Telefónica Deutschland has selected Ericsson 5G core to have the most modern mobile core network in Germany and will be able to use the full potential of the 5G standard for private and business customers.
As part of the agreement, Telefónica Deutschland, which operates under the O2 brand in Germany, will implement a completely independent 5G core network with full cloud compatibility in its infrastructure by 2021, using Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core. The capacities of the new core network are dimensioned to optimally ensure the growing transport and data transmission tasks in view of the massively increasing data streams of its customers over the long term.
With the Telefónica Deutschland deal, Ericsson currently has 92 commercial 5G agreements or contracts with unique operators globally, including 40 live networks.
Mallik Rao, CTIO, Telefonica Deutschland
We have a clear plan for the further development of our network infrastructure towards a standalone 5G network that can handle the massive data streams of the future and open up new digital business models for all our customers.
Stefan Koetz, Head of Customer Unit Western Europe, Ericsson
The partnership between Telefónica and Ericsson in the 5G core network underlines that all three German mobile network operators rely on us in different parts of their networks.
