Podcast: The journey towards open, virtual networks

Host: Per Narvinger, thank you very much for joining for this podcast.

Per: Thanks David. Thanks for having me.

Host: So, were going to talk about Ericssons new Cloud RAN offering in a minute, but first Id like to widen the lens a bit. Can you tell us where we are with 5G at the moment?

Per: Yes, of course. So, 5G is here, its definitely happening. So, today theres more than 100 5G networks in commercial service and out of those Ericsson is powering close to 70, across five continents and people and enterprises are beginning to really experience the benefits of 5G wireless service for the first time.

This year, of course, we see 5G scaling up. We estimate close to 190 million subscriptions by the end of the year. And by 2025, therell be close to 3 billion 5G users worldwide. So, this makes the fastest wireless generation to be implemented ever. The world will also be changing with the new use cases and applications. We will create, consume more data and more video this year than ever before. We will begin to work with more AI, augmented reality and virtual reality.

We even are playing with hologram concepts these days. Similarly, home connectivity is super important. So, it doesnt really matter if its cable, fiber or wireless. The need is larger than ever. And even industries are starting to bring 5G to life. So, the way we see it that with 5G we are moving technology boundaries forward to enable these amazing use cases.

And we still feel we are just at the beginning. The research and development and the innovations, the pace were seeing has never been as fast as now. And still we see so much potential as we move towards the future. So now its really key to let the wider ecosystem of developers and enterprises to get an early access to 5G networks. So they will innovate and by doing so realize the full potential of 5G.

Podcast: CloudRAN by Ericsson Per Narvinger, Head of Product Area Networks, Ericsson, talks about the new Cloud RAN offering in the latest episode of the Ericsson News Podcast.

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