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Swisscom selects Ericsson to build its 5G network

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Swisscom, a major telecommunications provider in Switzerland, picks Sweden’s Ericsson to lead a total digital overhaul of its mobile network to prepare Switzerland for 5G.

Ericsson’s full-stack telecoms cloud system will deploy by Swisscom, in the help of its intention to give a gigabit-skilled 4G long term evolution (LTE) network across Switzerland from 2018, and 5G after two years.

It is said by the operator that it would not just empower it to massively enhance its mobile broadband offering for clients, yet additionally quicken the improvement of enterprise 5G utilize cases work around massive machine type communication (MTC) and critical MTC in verticals comprising manufacturing, energy and health.

Already, 5G network slicing based applications have been demonstrated by the two companies and narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) intended to help the digitization of big business forms, as well as working with academic partners at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) to create and trial industrial applications.

It is promised by the CIO and CTO of Swisscom, Heinz Herren that the company would provide the best network service to its clients in Switzerland, presently and in the future. On account of it, the company is investing too much money in the latest mobile technology such as gigabit LTE and 5G.

“Ericsson is a true pioneer in 5G technology and I am convinced that, together, we will fulfill our objective to convey more prominent development and furnish clients with the best experiences.”

Ericsson’s radio products comprising small cells, and core systems comprising network functions virtualization (NFV), virtualized evolved packet core and virtualized IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), will be utilizing by the Swisscom. It will likewise incline toward the Swedes for optimization, planning, design and integration services.

Presently, 60% of the population with 459Mbps 4G browsing, and 80% with 300Mbps can be addressed by the Swisscom, and the upgrade of its 4G network to gigabit speeds, and nationwide coverage- is as of now well in hand, with 11 urban areas the nation over anticipated that would have updated locales before the finish of 2017.

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