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Far EasTone Taiwan expands exclusive Ericsson 5G partnership services . These abilities will maximize FET ’ s spectrum assets by expanding its mid-band base stations and modernizing existing lowband stations .
Taiwanese communications service provider Far EasTone Telecom ( FET ) has chosen Ericsson as its vendor for 5G Standalone ( SA ) and Non-standalone ( NSA ) dual-mode 5G Core and Voice over LTE ( VoLTE ) services .
The deal builds on Ericsson ’ s existing 5G partnership with FET , including the launch of commercial 5G in July 2020 . Ericsson will support FET in the expansion of its 5G NSA capabilities and SA evolution on the low , midand high-band frequencies .
In addition to end-to-end network orchestration and management , the expanded partnership will include full network design , planning and optimization
Ericsson will also provide a turnkey solution to deploy cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core , including the container-based Ericsson Cloud Packet Core , Ericsson Cloud Unified Data Management and Policy , Ericsson Cloud-native Infrastructure and Ericsson Orchestrator . Ericsson Cloud VoLTE solution will enable FET to improve voice user experience in current 4G networks in addition to being the foundation for voice use cases and 5G voice .
Chee Ching , President , Far EasTone , said : “ The recent 5G network performance recognition both by Speedtest and Opensignal confirms our commitment to providing best 5G experiences for customers in Taiwan .”
Equinix announces major expansion in Japan
Equinix has provided details on its
US $ 3 billion xScale data center program , including projects currently under development in Japan .
This planned global expansion , financed with the support of joint venture partners , will serve the growing demands of hyperscale companies that are deploying infrastructure at Equinix , while providing Equinix ’ s ecosystem of 10,000 customers with access to these strategic providers .
On March 1 , Equinix opened its first xScale data center in Tokyo TY12x . Equinix has had early success with this , securing an anchor tenant committed to the full phase one capacity and a significant portion of phase two capacity .
In addition to TY12x , the OS2x xScale data center in Osaka is currently under development and is expected to open in Q4 2021 . Equinix also anticipates developing one additional xScale data center in Japan in the future .
Jabez Tan , Head of Research , Structure Research , said : “ The adoption of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures is only picking up steam , and hyperscalers are looking for digital infrastructure partners that not only provide large amounts of space and power in strategic locations , but also a platform that enables them to interconnect with partners and customers . With the continued innovation around Platform Equinix and investments in purpose-built sites in Europe , Asia-Pacific and now Latin America as well , Equinix is well-positioned to meet hyperscalers ’ needs .”
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