China Telecom and China Unicom select Ericsson 5G

China Telecom and China Unicom have selected Ericsson as a 5G radio access network vendor as part of their joint nationwide 5G network. China Telecom has also selected Ericsson as a 5G Core vendor. Ericsson currently has 91 commercial 5G agreements and contracts with unique operators, including 36 live 5G networks on four continents.

The Swedish tech giant will partner with Chinese operators to deploy their Radio System products and solutions, including Spectrum Sharing, as they roll out 5G across China. Ericsson will provide outdoor and indoor site solutions to build capacity and coverage in the 3.5GHz and 2.1GHz bands. Network services including provisioning, installation and testing will be provided to meet the CSPs’ technical needs and enable them to build and share 5G networks.

China Telecom has also selected Ericsson 5G Core portfolio solutions. These include Cloud Packet Core, Cloud Unified Data Management and Policy products, built on cloud-native technology for operational efficiency and agility to launch new 5G services. The 5G Core network will be deployed on Network Functions Virtualization Infrastructure along with Dynamic Orchestration.