Ericsson and Mobily test Open RAN rApp to boost 5G uplinks

Indian telco Bharti Airtel said on Tuesday it has signed a deal to deploy 5G core network solutions from Ericsson as part of its plan to transition to a 5G standalone (SA) network.

Nokia revealed on Saturday details of last week’s billion-dollar network contract win with Indian telco Vodafone Idea to modernise and expand its 4G network – to include 5G upgrades – over the next three years.

As the telecoms industry hurtles towards the digital world, demand is already growing for emerging bandwidth-intensive applications and services such as artificial intelligence (AI).