Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC)

• Highlights on display at the Ericsson booth will include the City model, AI drone, cloud robotics, connected vehicles and 3.5GHz connectivity
• Ericsson will host 20 SMMEs inside its exhibition stand

From September 10 to 13, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) will showcase the latest innovations in 5G, Digital Services, and IoT with a focus on supporting Small, Medium and Micro-sized Enterprises (SMMEs) at ITU Telecom World 2018 in Durban, South Africa.

• Strong momentum for Ericsson’s 5G-ready mobile transport portfolio
• Enhances its mobile transport offerings with key technologies to meet 5G challenges
• Partners to deliver best-in-class enhanced edge, core and security functions as well as optical transport

by Chafic Traboulsi; Head of Networks, Ericsson Middle East and Africa

• New Radio Access Network (RAN) Compute enhances network flexibility for enabling new 5G use cases, lowering latency, and lowering total cost of ownership
• Ericsson Spectrum Sharing to enable 5G within 4G spectrum bands, allowing communication service providers to quickly introduce and expand 5G coverage in bands used by 4G today
• Street Macro transport solutions simplify deployment of 5G millimeter wave for 5G capacity

• Investments will boost US-based R&D to meet the growing demand for 5G in the region
• New product introduction and manufacturing in the US will support global flexibility as well as benefit US customer

• Ericsson collaborates with Zain Iraq to modernize its network services
• Technical cooperation will ensure smooth 4G and 5G evolution while increasing capacity and improving end-user experience for subscribers in Iraq’s important high traffic cities.

Zain Iraq has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to modernize a number of its legacy sites with Ericsson Radio System in a contract signed recently that serves to strengthen the partnership of the two companies.

• Mobily and Ericsson demonstrate 5G in the western region of Saudi Arabia
• The demo showcased 5G throughput, targeting to achieve speeds up to 1Gbps.

by Chafic Traboulsi; Head of Networks, Ericsson Middle East and Africa

 There is substantial potential in industry digitalization for society, business, and ICT players alike by way of 5G adoption and integration.

• Ericsson announces 10 year old Nigerian as the winner of its global competition Girls Who Innovate in the 9-12-year-old category
• Ericsson engaged over 500 girls across the Middle East and Africa through a number of events and activities aimed at inspiring and guiding them into careers in ICT
• Ericsson aims to embrace gender diversity by reflecting 30% female inclusion across its entire workforce by 2020.

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