Ericsson Doubles Down on India With Customised Products, Says to Drive 4G Deployment

Ericsson, the maker of telecom equipment, on Tuesday launched its new dual-band radio products, which are customised for the Indian market. The company said that the new solutions would help Indian telecom operators drive the deployment of 3G and 4G networks, besides helping them to operate expenditure.

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“Video and Social media are driving the dramatic increase in data traffic. Growing smartphone penetration and rapidly changing data usage patterns have put a lot of focus on network performance. Ericsson’s latest range of dual-band radio solutions have been designed to help Indian operators address this heightened demand by increasing capacity, improving coverage outdoors and indoors while enabling significant opex benefits,” Nitin Bansal, Head of Network Products, Ericsson India, said in a statement.

The new solutions include Wideband Radio 2242 – a single radio addressing two spectrum bands (1800 MHz and 2100 MHz) and three standards and Dual Band Radio Dot –provides a significant boost to indoor mobile broadband connectivity. It combines two frequency bands (1800 MHz and 2100 MHz) in one form factor simplifying deployment that integrates 100 percent with outdoor networks. These radio solutions from Ericsson are designed to provide a superior end-customer experience while enabling telecom operators to boost capacity and at the same time be more energy and cost-efficient.

Ericsson has been working with all leading telecom operator, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, in the country, helping them deploy 2G, 3G and 4G networks. The company competes with the likes of Finnish gear maker Nokia and China’s Huawei, and Samsung, which is the sole network provider for Reliance Jio’s pan-India 4G network.