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Under the agreement with Ericsson India, the partners will set up an Ericsson 5G Centre of Excellence at BRBRAITT, offering hands-on training and online learning under the Ericsson Educate Program for more than 2,000 students annually.
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The Bengaluru expansion is part of Ericsson’s global strategy, underpinned by $5 billion in annual research and development (R&D) investments
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Coming close on the heels of their collaboration on Airtel’s 5G Core, the new agreement will see Ericsson manage Airtel’s pan-India network through its centralized NOC
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A senior executive said Ericsson plans to fully localise the production of passive antennas by June 2025, laying the foundation for increased value addition and exports
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While the commercial deployment of 6G is expected around 2030 and standardisation efforts are set to begin next year, Ekholm cautioned that the telecom sector is still in the early stages of its 5G journey.
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In an exclusive interaction with Moneycontrol, Ericsson’s global CEO and President Börje Ekholm said the company is well-positioned to replicate global success in India by leveraging Aduna, its newly formed joint venture focused on network APIs (Application Programming Interface)
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Ekholm emphasised Ericsson’s ambition to be a “domestic champion” in India, actively contributing to the local ecosystem by collaborating with telecom operators, universities, startups, and other stakeholders
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Both the companies also set up five on-field war rooms that worked round-the-clock on foot in a ‘no vehicle zone’ to ensure service availability.
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Ericsson will deploy network solutions for to help Airtel customers with wider coverage and enhanced capacity, the company said in a statement.
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The top technology executive suggested that telecom operators should consider integrating satellite technology into their overall coverage strategies as it is a complementary resource, rather than a competing one
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Ericsson estimates that the data traffic in India will grow from 29 GB per smartphone user per month to 68 GB per smartphone user per month by 2029.
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Vodafone Idea has relied on its existing long-term partners, Nokia and Ericsson for its capacity expansion while also onboarding a new partner in the form of Samsung.
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The company anticipates that the impact of the Vodafone Idea transaction, in which it took an equity stake to settle outstanding accounts receivables, will be recognized in the third quarter.
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India has made large-scale mid-band deployments, covering over 90 percent of the population by the end of 2023 with 5G penetration reaching 10 percent.
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Nitin Bansal said that the Swedish telecom gear maker is bullish on the Indian market, which continues to see its 5G network expand. However, he expects the rollout pace to slow down this year following the rapid deployment by Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel.
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Ericsson India Managing Director Nitin Bansal, at a company’s event to showcase 5G technology, said the company is actively engaging with academia, partners, and ecosystem players to develop relevant India-specific use cases.
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European vendors Nokia and Ericsson will face some competition from American vendor Mavenir and South Korea’s Samsung which have been running pilots of OpenRAN and vRAN technologies, respectively, in a few circles.
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Both European vendors expect fresh deals from struggling telco Vodafone Idea, which has earmarked Rs 12,750 crore of the total FPO proceeds to purchase equipment for expanding its network infrastructure by setting up new 4G sites, expanding the capacity of existing 4G sites and new 5G sites.
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The Ericsson executive said that the recent developments related to Vodafone Idea’s fundraising plan are a positive change and will help the telecom ecosystem in the country.
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Ericsson and Department of Telecommunications (DoT) collaborate to offer accredited courses on 5G for DoT’s initiative on 100 5G use case labs.
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CCI appealed against Delhi HC order which held that Patents Act of 1970 is a special law, and any issue related to a party's exercise of its patent rights should be addressed exclusively under the patent law, rather than the Competition Act of 2002
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Börje Ekholm, President and Chief Executive, said that the availability of a nationwide 5G network will spur local innovation and entrepreneurship, resulting in new 5G use cases, and helping telecom operators to monetise their network investments.
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Ericsson launched a 6G research team for its 'India 6G' program and fundamental telecommunications solutions will be the team's focus.
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Ivan Razon, Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Affairs at Ericsson, underscored India's 5G Standalone availability, while also noting a substantial lag in progress in Europe.
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Ericsson had recorded 4 per cent of total net sales contribution of 2,721.6 million SEK (about Rs 2,100 crore) from India for the September 2022 quarter.
