Ericsson and Turkish Telekom sign a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in exploring the 6G ecosystem and its application areas during MWC Barcelona 2024
Swedish vendor Ericsson has announced two separate developments with Turkish carriers to cooperate in various areas including 5G-Advanced (5G-A) and 6G.
In the first agreement, Ericsson and Turk Telekom signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in exploring the 6G ecosystem and its application areas during the recently held Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024.
Turk Telekom said it will develop a 6G project as part of a recently signed agreement.
Through its research base and only center in the Middle East and Africa (MMEA) region, Ericsson Research Turkey and Turk Telekom are committed to developing future wireless communications technologies through joint research and development projects carried out in Turkey and internationally. We will cooperate with the development of
Ümit Önal, CEO of Türk Telekom, said: “At Türk Telekom, we continue to cooperate in the field of next-generation communication technologies, including the development of the 6G ecosystem and application areas through participation in national and international 6G projects. It will be of great value to us to advance our efforts and explore this important area together. Through this partnership, our goal is to accelerate our country’s digital transformation and support the global 6G development. It’s about leading the adoption.”
“6G is expected to change the way we live and interact, and to realize its full potential, we will We believe that joint cooperation is essential.” We are confident that this MoU will serve as a foundation for further innovation and progress. ”
In a separate announcement, Ericsson and Turkish operator Turkcell announced the successful completion of a 5G Standalone (SA) proof of concept (PoC). The companies will explore how customized 5G network slices can be instantiated on demand to meet customers’ connectivity needs, and how multiple slices can be combined into a single 5G device with both enterprise and consumer user profiles. We jointly demonstrated how services can be provided and how charging can be differentiated between different slices. Bender said.
The PoC demonstrated how “work” and “personal” applications on a 5G device can be associated with different profiles and each can be linked to a dedicated network slice.
The PoC was implemented on a 5G core testbed running on Turkcell’s communications cloud infrastructure deployed in Turkcell’s lab environment. The setup included Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G core, Dynamic Radio Resource Partitioning, a 5G RAN slicing feature, and Ericsson Radio Systems products. Automation was provided through Ericsson Orchestrator. Additionally, the PoC included Ericsson Charging, which was utilized for differentiated charging models based on slice characteristics.
Ericsson and Turkcell will develop 5G SA technology and innovative 5G uses such as network slicing for 5G connected autonomous mobile robots, sensor networks, private 5G networks, enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and fixed wireless access (FWA). I’ve tried the case.
