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Ericsson will be supplying key 5G equipment to telecom operator Bharti Airtel for seamless transition to a commercially live, full-scale 5G Standalone (SA) network over time, the Swedish telecom gear maker said on Tuesday.
The new capabilities represent a strategic enhancement to Bharti Airtel's 5G monetisation efforts, enabling the development of new business models, Ericsson said.
In the SA mode, the network is built only on 5G, whereas in the NSA mode, the 5G network operates as a top-up on an existing layer of the 4G and 3G radio network.
Until now, Reliance Jio has been offering 5G through SA technology, while Airtel has been using Non-Standalone (NSA)-based networks.
As part of the agreement, Ericsson will deploy its signalling controller solution within Airtel's network.
Ericsson's 5G SA-enabled charging and policy solution will also be introduced.
These new capabilities represent a strategic enhancement to Bharti Airtel's 5G monetisation efforts, enabling the development of new business models.
Airtel is set to soon roll out fixed wireless access (FWA) services on an SA basis, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director Gopal Vittal had said.
The telco was expected to launch by December 2024. Airtel's core, transport, and radio networks are SA-ready, the company had said.
Last year, Airtel announced a foray into SA mode of 5G to ensure faster uplink and downlink performance in domestic FWA. Ericsson has pushed 5G SA globally as the way forward in all markets.
This mode of 5G allows slicing, enabling services to be tailored for different users or different services to one or many users.
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