Ericsson focusing on radio to bring connectivity to Africa AfricaTechFestival
The event, which ran for a number of days, aimed to highlight what the current telecoms landscape is like on the African continent, and where many organisations are focusing efforts in the coming years in order to address connectivity.
Hypertext: Ericsson is one of the headlining exhibitors here at AfricaCom. What has the company been particularly interested in showcasing to delegates and engaging in conversations around?On the floor here we are showing some really interesting innovations. Solutions related to enterprise, what kind of applications we can do with enterprises in terms of 5G.
We are showcasing this, but we are also showcasing other applications for the African market like Fixed Wireless Access . What we are seeing is that this is5G application that is driving the most traffic. 5G speeds are fibre speeds in reality, so it’s a good fibre replacement and at the very least a good copper replacement.Hypertext: There has been much talk of 5G in Africa this week. What are Ericsson’s thoughts on its maturity on the continent?I’d say that South Africa is leading in Africa.
So all the countries that have awarded licences to the operators, the operators are now installing them. There isn’t a lot of traffic on them, but that will change once they launch CPEs and FWA services, and people need to have 5G phones. As an example, all our radios that have been built from 2015 or 2016 can carry 5G technology. It’s not new frequencies as it’s existing radios, but when you’re going to be doing 5G standalone, you will need those frequencies to make the broadband pipe bigger.
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