Ericsson partners Intel on 5G development

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Ericsson has announced that it is partnering with Intel for the development efforts for Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI), to help communications service providers deliver 5G and edge services in Nigeria.

Ericsson in a recent statement said: “The resulting next-generation infrastructure management platform will deliver a new level of cloud-like agility, transparency and efficiency required for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), distributed cloud and 5G.”

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Ericsson’s SDI Manager Software and Intel’s Rack Scale Design will be converged, with software and hardware innovations resulting from the collaboration offered in Ericsson hardware platforms.

Sandra Rivera, SVP and Manager of Intel’s Network Platforms Group, said: “Our infrastructure manageability collaboration with Ericsson will help communications service providers remove deployment barriers, reduce costs and deliver new 5G and edge services with cloud-like speed on a flexible, programmable and intelligent network.”

In September 2018 she proclaimed Intel is “powering the first wave of 5G networks”, highlighting work with Ericsson and Nokia on trials and pilots.

Meanwhile, Ericsson has revealed plans to open a 5G development facility in the United States to train infrastructure workers in how to install and maintain 5G networks.

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