The operator MasOrange has reached an agreement with Ericsson to deploy a unified 5G Stand Alone (SA) Data Core which will provide service to all the group’s brands and will support the development of new 5G services for its customers, both for residential customers and for companies and Public Administrations.
The agreement also represents the closing of the technological integration of the merger between Orange and MasMovil, and consolidates a convergent network architecture in a unique cloud-native environment. With this step, MasOrange will unify the cores into a single platform, which simplifies the architecture and eliminates complications, in addition to increasing long-term efficiency.
The new core also enables differential services, which opens new avenues for generating income for the operator in sectors such as industry, automotive, logistics, public administrations and digital entertainment. In addition, it opens the door for the operator to have a network with greater autonomy and supported by automation, advanced analytics and cloud-native functions.
This 5G SA Data Core will allow the launch of services with advanced network capabilities and opening of functions through APIs to third parties. MasOrange customers, for their part, will have better network quality and stability, with low latency and reliability and the ability to adapt performance to the specific needs of each service. In addition, it will offer more stability, since due to its characteristics it will be able to act more quickly when there is an incident on the network.
Among these new advanced 5G SA services that MasOrange will be able to provide more easily and more stabilized with this new core are augmented reality, streaming gaming, immersive video calls or massive IoT services. It will also be able to offer critical connectivity to Industry 4.0 in areas that require high network capacity and speed.
Thanks to slicing and multislicing “on the same devices”, companies will be able to have dedicated network partitions with guaranteed quality for corporate use or real-time video transmission on the same devices. Residential customers, for their part, will have more fluid, faster and safer applications.
Companies and developers will be able to securely access, via API, functions of the 5G network, and take advantage of its characteristics to create their own applications and services. This new architecture will also allow you to take advantage of AI use cases based on network intelligence.
The alliance that MasOrange and Ericsson have signed includes four of the latter’s solutions, which will facilitate the modernization of the operator’s network: Ericsson dual-mode 5G Core, for the efficient management of mobile data traffic; Cloud-native Subscriber Data Management, to offer customers personalized services in real time, improve IoT device management and strengthen privacy; Ericsson Evolved Charging and Billing Evolved, which unifies collection processes in a single tool; and Ericsson Expert Analytics, with advanced intelligence to analyze and automate network operation.
The agreement also includes the national update of Ericsson Cloud Native Infrastructure for most core applications. This allows us to reduce energy consumption, costs and environmental impact. In addition, Ericsson will provide level 3 support with a team of experts who already know the MasOrange network.
Meinrad Spenger, CEO at MasOrangehas commented that «With the unification of the Core 5G we once again lead innovation in Spain, making one of the most advanced networks in Europe available to our customers. This project is a decisive step in our vision of offering next-generation 5G services and improving our customers’ experience.«.
Christian Leon, Head of Ericsson West Europehas stated that «Together with MasOrange, we are creating a unique and flexible platform that enables new service models, drives operational efficiency and realizes the full potential of 5G. By making this transformational leap a reality, MasOrange and Ericsson take a step forward to become the backbone of Spain’s digital infrastructure«.
