Ericsson has teamed up with du, a subsidiary of Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), to bring its next generation of 5G radio technology to du’s network. While du continues to aggressively build 5G in the UAE, the strategic alliance aims to reduce network energy consumption.
This collaboration is in line with the UAE’s long-term sustainability policy and is part of du’s ambition to simplify network rollout and efficiently handle the expected surge in data traffic across its 5G network. Ericsson demonstrated decreased power consumption benefits utilising their lightweight Massive MIMO radios as part of this agreement. This will also allow du to use their 5G spectrum holdings to quickly and efficiently develop out services and provide subscribers with 5G user experiences.
Saleem AlBlooshi, Chief Technology Officer, du says: “At du, we seek to build modern networks that bring about positive transformations in sustainability and in enhancing the efficiency of operations, to meet the demands of our customers at present and in the future. Network modernization meets the long-term strategic goals of reducing the carbon footprint and implementing the best practices in sustainability through deploying modern technological features that meet the highest standards of sustainability in various operational aspects. Our cooperation with Ericsson to deploy 5G MIMO and RAN solutions is a new step in the endless efforts to achieve the ambitions and goals for the future, as well as embodying the aspirations to enhance the sustainability of operational operations.This is achieved by modernizing the infrastructure to ensure the provision of higher capacity for the network and reducing the carbon footprint. We are confident that in cooperating with Ericsson, we will be able to bring about significant qualitative improvements and positive transformations of the network operations, thereby supporting the UAE vision towards a more sustainable future.”
Wojciech Bajda, Vice President and Head of Gulf Council Countries at Ericsson Middle East and Africa says: “With sustainability being at the core of our purpose, we constantly strive to develop products and solutions that meet exceptional network standards and at the same time lowers power consumption. Our industry-leading lightweight and energy-efficient 5G products and solutions will massively help du meet the surge in traffic demands while simultaneously achieving sustainability with energy efficiency on their 5G networks.”
Ericsson’s 5G solutions will not only assist du in overcoming 5G implementation problems like as increased power consumption and tower loading, but will also ensure that its network is ready to serve the flood of devices, data, and technologies as the UAE transitions to the digital era.
