COUNTRY FOCUS: SWITZERLAND
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SUNRISE
WILL ALSO BE
LAUNCHING
A DEDICATED
SOLUTION FOR
COMPANIES,
ALLOWING THEM
TO BENEFIT
FROM 5G AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
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The deployment of the 5G Radio Dot System
is the latest step in a long and successful
partnership between Ericsson and Swisscom
in working towards commercial 5G services,
which began when Swisscom selected
Ericsson as its strategic partner for Gigabit LTE
and 5G in November 2017.
Since then, the two companies accomplished
Europe’s first end-to-end, multivendor 5G Non-
Standalone (NSA) data call on 3.5 GHz band
in September 2018, and Swisscom selected
Ericsson for a number of its solutions including
end-to-end 5G transport, Ericsson Expert
Analytics, and Ericsson Security Manager.
Also contributing to communication
development in the country is Sunrise
Communications, a leading provider in the
Swiss telecom market.
The company has announced that it is
providing more than 262 towns/cities across
Switzerland with 5G.
Olaf Swantee, CEO of Sunrise, commented
on the announcement and said that at
the start of April, Sunrise launched its 5G
network for selected customers.
The development made the company the first
5G provider in Switzerland and Europe. Since
then, it has successfully extended its lead.
Swantee said that the Sunrise 5G network
is the biggest in the country and sets a
benchmark in terms of coverage quality.
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