The 5G Timeline

The Ericsson 5G timeline provides a temporal overview of the milestones towards 5G standardizations and commercialization and Ericsson’s related contributions over the past years covering technology updates and reference collaborations with relevance for the success of 5G in Germany with eco-system partners covering ICT, advanced industries, politics and academia.

5G standardization and commercial milestones

Ericsson 5G: Technology and product evolution

Ericsson 5G: Research and partner collaboration milestones

2021

November

November 2021

The 5G Timeline

Porsche and Ericsson research collaboration for 5G in automotive manufacturing

Germany's first “5G Litfass” pillar is located in Düsseldorf powered by Vodafone and Ericsson

Ericsson launches Time-Critical Communication for real-time 5G experiences

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson successfully tested new 5G low latency feature “L4S” for time-critical applications

Germany's first “Voice over New Radio (VoNR)” call from Telefonica supported by Ericsson 5G core network

Ericsson boosts 5G Network Services portfolio with Intelligent Deployment features

Ericsson contributing to IAA Mobility 2021 together with Unikie to demonstrate automated factory parking

Ericsson adds a 12 kg light-weight radio to Massive MIMO portfolio for easier 5G mid-band deployment

Deployment of 5G mobile sites at the Formula 1 racetrack in Zandvoort, Netherlands

New Ericsson street solutions equip busy urban locations with low-visibility, high-performance 5G radios

VodafoneZiggo and Ericsson test 26 GHz frequency in the 5G Hub NL

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson look beyond 100GHz to boost 5G backhaul capacity towards 6G

Vodafone Germany selects Ericsson as sole vendor for the first 5G Core Standalone network in Germany

Launch of “Ericsson Private 5G” as the next-generation private network system tailored to provide cellular connectivity to digitalizing industrial sectors

First 5G Standalone Data call in the Netherlands with KPN

Ericsson strengthens Cloud RAN portfolio with 5G mid-band support

Ericsson in world-first 5G network slicing trial with Deutsche Telekom and Samsung

Ericsson and Swisscom strategic partnership extension to include 5G Standalone

New Ericsson products (Dots and AIR) to accelerate 5G indoor connectivity

T-Systems and Ericsson launch global campus network initiative

Opening of the Ericsson Device Hub in Germany, in collaboration with TÜV Rheinland

Airbus takes off with private network from Ericsson to digitalize aerospace factories

Deutsche Telekom with the “First 5G standalone data connection in Germany” powered by Ericsson

Ericsson launches 5G Core Policy Studio to make networks smarter

Ericsson to accelerate 5G mid-band rollouts with ultra-light Massive MIMO and RAN Compute solutions

Deutsche Telekom and Ericsson partner on renewable solar energy for 5G sites

T-Systems and Ericsson launch global campus network initiative

Launch of 5G-COMET: Time-Sensitive Networking research collaboration Ericsson, Fraunhofer IPT and other partners

Ericsson a key player in EU drive to develop 6G multi-antenna technologies

Ericsson launch 5G RAN Slicing in order to enable end-to-end Network Slicing capabilities for better service differentiation

Switzerland Connected: 5G enabled virtual concert powered by Swisscom and Ericsson

Ericsson to lay technical 6G groundwork in new Hexa-X project

Sky and Vodafone testing 5G for media production in the German Football Bundesliga

Closing of 5G-ConnectedMobility after four successful years of 5G testing across mobility use-cases involving road, rail and air traffic at the A9

Ericsson completed the acquisition of Cradlepoint and did locally immediate testings with new 5G modem and routers

Vodafone and Ericsson develop a drone remote control solution over the 5G Network

URLLC Testbed arrived at the 5G-Industry Campus Europe in Aachen for demanding low-latency industrial use-cases.

Telefonica Germany 5G Launch: Switching on 5G in the five largest German cities

Ericsson announce Cloud-RAN portfolio for increased flexiblity in the network

KPN Netherlands selects Ericsson 5G Core

Global Ericsson 6G Kick-off at the IEEE 5G World Summit in Dresden

Ericsson launches integrated Packet Core Firewall to boost 5G core security

Mercedes-Benz Cars´ “Factory 56” officially opened - 5G network powered by Telefónica Germany and Ericsson

Telefonica Germany offering possibility for cloud-based 5G industry applications based on a cooperation with Ericsson and Amazon Web Services

Ericsson joins the 450Mhz Alliance dedicated to critical communication application

Deutsche Telekom chooses Ericsson for 5G Radio Access Network

New Ericsson software makes the shift to Standalone 5G easier

Successful completion of the Connected Vehicle (V2X) of Tomorrow project, in which Ericsson is an important part for Vehicle-to-Network solutions

Hannover Messe 2020 Sustainability Award for the Ericsson 5G sconnected Port of Livorno in Italy

Telefónica Deutschland selects Ericsson 5G core for their upcoming commercial 5G launch

New Ericsson AIR solutions to accelerate 5G mid-band deployment

Vodafone launches the RedBox, which was built with Ericsson: the first 5G product for industry

3GPP Release 16 including enhancements and new features, e.g. relaying/IAB, operation in the 5GHz unlicensed band, positioning, V2V

New Ericsson RAN Compute makes embracing 5G eabasebandsier

Ericsson enables 5G standalone for industries with dedicated network trial kits together with DT

Europe´s largest 5G research network “5G-Industry Campus Europe” is now live on air

Telekom and Ericsson switch on Private 5G Network in Aachen

New Telekom Campus Network on air in Leipzig for BMW Group based on Ericsson Technology

5G Hub Netherlands opening together with Vodafone Ziggo, Brainport Development and High-Tech Campus Eindhoven

5G-Industry Campus Europe: Fraunhofer IPT and Ericsson start deploying the biggest 5G-network for industrial research activities in Europe

Ericsson and Kathrein join forces for a more competitive radio portfolio

Opening of Ericsson Industry 4.0 Centre of Excellence in Germany

Deutsche Telekom 5G commercial launch readiness

Vodafone Germany 5G commercial launch

Ericsson launches standalone (SA) 5G NR software

Ericsson and Telefónica make 5G car manufacturing a reality for Mercedes-Benz’s Factory 56

Ericsson launches edge solution for cloud application development

Ericsson, e.GO and Vodafone Germany launch 5G car manufacturing

Swisscom launches the first commercial 5G network in Europe based on Ericsson technology

Fraunhofer IPT and Ericsson present 5G-Industry Campus Europe Concept

Ericsson brings 5G connectivity to Hannover Messe 2019

Ericsson enhances 5G platform with Dualmode 5G Cloud Core solution

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom launch Campus Network at Osram

First 5G commercial launch globally in South Korea by SK Telecom

First 5G data call in Europe with Swisscom

Audi and Ericsson pioneering 5G for automotive manufacturing

Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom launch National 5G Energy Hub research project

3GPP 5G New Radio (NR) standard officially signed off

Foundation of the 5G- Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation