Telia Demonstrates 5G SA Network Slicing With Norwegian Armed Forces

Telia Norge and the Norwegian Armed Forces have partnered to establish a 5G standalone core network with a separate dial for the Armed Forces. According to the statement, this is the first time that a 5G standalone core network has been deployed for the military in Norway.

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Telia stated that the new network will enable the Armed Forces to take advantage of the advanced capabilities of 5G, such as disk sharing, virtual private mobile networks, and extremely low latency. This will be essential for a variety of military applications, such as command and control, situational awareness, emergency communication and remote operations.

The demonstration was announced on Wednesday by the director of the corporate market in Telia Norway and the radio system architect at the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency.

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“For several years, we have worked on securing both 4G and 5G for military use in close cooperation with the operators. Where 4G was a “one size fits all” technology, 5G gives us far more opportunities to adapt the mobile network to military use,” says the radio system architect at Defense Materiel.

“Through several pilots, we have tested both private 5G networks and disk sharing, but this is the first time we are testing services in an isolated military network disk inside a commercial mobile network,” the architect continues.

The new network is said to enable the Armed Forces to take advantage of the latest 5G technologies, which will improve their situational awareness and decision-making capabilities. Telia announced that the network is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2023.