The community for Ooredoo is ‘5G-ready’ and the gear used is ATEX 2 Zone licensed, mentioned Ericsson
Ericsson is deploying a 4G community to assist Ooredoo Qatar’s oil and fuel enterprise prospects join their offshore services with arriving ships. The community will function RAN gear designed to resist “demanding and complicated working circumstances,” in line with the businesses.
Eighteen months in the past, the Qatari cellular operator mentioned it was working with Ericsson, in addition to rival Nokia to deploy a “devoted LTE community for the oil and fuel trade,” describing it on the time as “a primary for Qatar.” Final week, Ooredoo did certainly announce the launch of a non-public LTE community from Nokia that sounds remarkably much like the Ericsson deployment, leaving some room for confusion about how precisely these deployments will go down. Are there are twin non-public community initiatives in play? Maybe they may interconnect and serve completely different function?
Regardless, Ericsson and Ooredoo declare to have already deployed a proof of idea for the expertise on one website and mentioned additional execution is within the works. The community is “5G-ready” and the gear used is ATEX 2 Zone licensed, which suggests its meets the necessities to function in hazardous settings, claimed Ericsson.
“By designing an ATEX-certified enclosure to make sure that our gear can stand up to the difficult offshore setting, we look ahead to supporting Ooredoo Qatar’s prospects within the coming years throughout their digital transformation,” Kevin Murphy, vice chairman and head of Ericsson Levant Nations and International Buyer Unit Ooredoo Group at Ericsson Center East and Africa, elaborated. “We’re assured that our experience and collaboration with Ooredoo Qatar, which has seen huge RAN and infrastructure upgrades lately, will ship the high-quality connectivity that its oil and fuel enterprise prospects require.”
Ooredoo Qatar Chief Enterprise Officer Thani Al Malki said that the partnership with Ericsson will allow the corporate to leverage its “in depth community infrastructure” and supply its oil and fuel enterprise prospects with “a cutting-edge offshore 4G community.”
This summer season, Ericsson and Ooredoo Qatar signed a five-year extension of their present 5G deal to extend collaboration on RAN services. Beneath the renewed contract, Ericsson will present 5G RAN options and providers and proceed supplying indoor small cell options.