Telephone Germany first placed 5G antennas in an offenback operation, which is equipped with Ericsson Open-Ran technology. This is the first implementation of Ericsson Technology in the 5G standalone network in live operation worldwide, at the beginning of MWC Barcelona Mobile Phone Trade Fair on Monday. A total of eight masts in the area are to be equipped with technology.
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Cloud ran away from Ericsson
The “Open Rain” is an approach to virtue the functions of the radio network and walk the standard server in the cloud. Ericsson calls his product a “cloud night” and testing the new process with telephonica Germany in offenback. The converted work started about a year ago.

Telephone Germany initially installed classic hardware from Ericsson at selected places, which sparks with 4G and 5G. 5G functions were gradually replaced by cloud. The 3.6 GHz bands in the 5G frequency in the band.
Network operators hope that they will be able to make themselves more independent than their ownership hardware and software of great suppliers. All German network operators use it with open. Telefónica has also been doing open tests from Samsung in Bavarian Landsburg since May 2024. Neuling 1 & 1 also makes its entire network in the open.
“Future Network”
“We are working on our future networks, which combines the benefits of cloud solutions, automation and virtue to provide the best experience to its customers,” says Mallik Rao, CTO of telephonica Germany, Mallik Rao, CTO. “Separation of hardware and software will enable us more flexibility in the operation and expansion of our network in the future.”
However, previous experiences of three established network operators suggest that Open is not yet ready for large -goal use in the existing network. The new technology promises more efficiency, for example in network maintenance and software updates, but it also means that system integration requires high efforts and expertise that network operators still have to train.
(VBR)
