Comprised of Ericsson’s Cloud Packet Core, its Cloud Unified Data Management and Policy and Ericsson NFVI, the solution will support SoftBank’s operational transformation.
“Japan is a leading 5G telecom market and together with Ericsson we are building a new platform of innovation for the country,” said Keiichi Makizono, senior vice president and CIO of SoftBank.
“Under our new agreement, we will extend our long-term partnership and provide a high quality and future-proof platform enabling a new wave of innovation for Japanese society.”
Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core gives SoftBank capabilities that enable the development of new 5G use cases for mobile broadband users, as well as for enterprises and industry partners.
Zero-touch operation, including continuous delivery and integration processes (CI/CD), is made possible through container-based microservice architecture and its automation capabilities
“Ericsson’s cloud native dual-mode 5G Core provides the cutting-edge container-based microservice architecture that will help SoftBank to both develop new business models towards consumers, enterprise and industry partners as well as to move onto the next level of network operational efficiency,” added Luca Orsini, head of Ericsson Japan.
The news follows a string of collaborations between Ericsson and SoftBank developing and deploying 5G technologies throughout the Japanese market including 5G RAN and 5G EPC.
In May 2019, Ericsson was selected by SoftBank as its primary 5G radio access network (RAN) vendor.
Last month, SoftBank set a price of US$103 for each of the shares in T-Mobile US that it is selling. The sale will raise $14.8 billion from institutional investors.
