Ericsson Media Release | March 4, 2024
Ericsson’s multi-operator 5G radio dot system is designed to improve your indoor 5G experience. Following successful testing, Optus now plans to roll out the multi-operator Radio Dot system across Australia. This allows Optus to meet growing customer demands.
Optus was one of the first operators in the world to test the high-capacity broadband multi-operator Ericsson Radio Dot system ahead of further rollout across its network. The system will deliver high-capacity 5G connectivity indoors, allowing Australian businesses to deliver high speeds, ultra-low latency, and improved 5G reliability to end users to support data-hungry applications and devices. By doing so, you can improve your work efficiency. This allows customers of various communication service providers, including Optus, to receive indoor cellular coverage with the same quality if the service provider also connects their base station equipment to multi-operator radio dot systems. Become.
Following successful testing conducted at Optus Labs in Sydney, Optus is deploying the multi-operator Ericsson Radiodot system to indoor venues such as sports venues, high-rise buildings and shopping precincts across Australia to deliver superior experiences. We plan to provide it. For customers and end users. It will also be used as a 5G capacity overlay in locations where Optus already has legacy solutions in place, such as shopping center food courts, airport lounge rooms and stadium corporate rooms, enabling new immersive technologies such as XR and VR. It will be.
The multi-operator Ericsson Radio Dot system will enable Optus to deliver high-capacity 5G in indoor environments while supporting the wideband 3.5GHz spectrum of all Australian mobile operators. Multi-operator functionality allows every operator to share the total cost of ownership (TCO) in providing his 5G coverage and capacity in indoor environments, while meeting rapidly growing demands from enterprises and consumers. Additionally, the system will enable Ericsson to perform accurate indoor positioning of people and objects within high-rise buildings, airports, and underground locations where traditional GPS and other satellite technologies lack accuracy.
Kent Wu, vice president of access network strategy, planning and quality at Optus, said: “The success of this test and the future implementation of Radio Dot underscores Optus’ commitment to meeting the growing needs of our enterprise customers and delivering the highest quality and innovative technology. Operator With the 5G Radio Dot system, Optus supports consumer and business customers across multiple venues, providing high capacity 5G solutions for both uplink and downlink, and enabling 5G customers indoors. It can enhance the experience and enable new use cases such as XR/VR, precision positioning.”
Daniel Ord, Ericsson’s global customer lead for Singtel, said: As data demands rapidly increase and the complexity of providing the highest quality coverage in indoor environments increases, Optus supports large enterprise customers with easy-to-deploy solutions that provide indoor 5G coverage. We can now provide high-capacity 5G indoor coverage at 3.5 GHz. This is very important in indoor locations such as venues, sports stadiums, and buildings. ”
The first production implementation of the multi-operator Ericsson Radio.dot system is planned on Optus’ network in New South Wales during 2024.
Note to editors:
The multi-operator Ericsson Radio Dot system consists of a Radio Dot 4455, an Indoor Radio Unit (IRU) 1649, and an Indoor Connect (IC) 8855. IRUs and ICs enable multi-operator network sharing with different vendors, enabling multi-Gbps speeds and future-proofing communications. Network evolution and future mobile generations. Also, as part of the evolution of its network architecture, Optus plans to reduce the number of IRUs by half as soon as the new IRU 8850 becomes available, significantly improving TCO.
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