5G, otherwise pertained to as 5th generation mobile network, is a new global wireless standard that follows 1G, 2G, 3G, and 4G networks. 5G enables a brand-new kind of network designed to virtually connect everyone and everything together, including objects, machines, and devices.
5G wireless technology provides a massive network capacity, multi-Gbps peak data speeds, ultra-low latency, more reliability, improved availability, and a more consistent user experience. With these, 5G can empower users and connect new industries.
Technology companies are making sure this vision is fulfilled.
Partnership on boosting 5G adoption in Thailand
Multinational technology company Intel recently announced its partnership with Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company Ericsson to develop 5G user cases and accelerate the digitalization of enterprises in order to support Thailand’s 4.0 vision.
Intel is a company that provides microprocessors for computer system manufacturers and also manufactures motherboard chipsets, flash memory, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, embedded processors, graphics chips, and more devices associated with computing and communications.
Meanwhile, Ericsson is a networking and telecommunications company based in Stockholm, Sweden. It sells infrastructure, software, and ICT services for telecommunications providers and enterprises, including 5G equipment, IP, and more.
Thailand has been a front-runner in the 5G market in its region. Intel’s partnership with Ericsson will ensure the Southeast Asian country will remain competitive worldwide. Intel and Ericsson share their respective visions to bring each of their state-of-the-art technologies and solutions to realize Thailand’s objective of becoming a full-fledged digital economy.
“Through this collaboration, we will help enable Thailand’s 5G infrastructure with innovative edge services – powered by Ericsson and Intel technologies – to help local enterprises transform and accelerate their businesses through digital solutions,” Thomas Sennhauser, Intel’s chief technology officer for Communications Business in the Asia-Pacific and Japan regions, told news outlets.
Intel and Ericsson will combine their respective technology expertise to showcase how communications service providers can boost 5G adoption and expand their B2B engagements based on 5G uses cases.
This tie-up will focus on categories that include manufacturing, logistics, and transport. Additionally, it will also involve showcasing 5G’s role in building a sustainable digital economy.
“We will leverage our global 5G experience and collaborations with Intel to the benefit of CSPs in Thailand, with resilient network performance, scalability, simplicity, and security as a primary focus,” Igor Maurell, head of Ericsson Thailand, stated.
Not the first partnership between the 2 companies
This is the first-time Intel partnered with Ericsson. Last April, the two companies also announced their tie-up, and that time, to boost 5G adoption in Malaysia, another country in Southeast Asia.
The collaboration has demonstrated how the 5G infrastructure in Malaysia, together with innovative edge services powered by Intel and Ericsson’s technologies, enables the country’s enterprises to transform and accelerate their business operations through digital solutions.
