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Ericsson to upgrade e& UAE’s 5G core network in multi-year deal

Ericsson to upgrade e& UAE’s 5G core network in multi-year deal

Ericsson announced on Monday it has signed a multi-year agreement with global technology group e& to upgrade e& UAE’s 5G core network to support new services such as immersive gaming and mission-critical IoT services.

Under the agreement – which was signed and announced at the GITEX Global 2025 event in Dubai – e& UAE will deploy core network applications from Ericsson’s dual-mode 5G Core solution, including IMS, unified data management (UDM), user data consolidation (UDC) and Secure Entitlement Server (SES), all of which will run on a combination of Ericsson’s cloud-native infrastructure solution and e&’s own cloud.

Khaled Al Suwaidi, senior VP of core networks and platforms at e& UAE, said the upgraded cloud-native 5G core will enable the lower latency, consistent service quality, and highly personalized network offerings necessary to drive applications such as gaming and mission-critical IoT.

“It lets us launch new services sooner, reduce delays and improve call quality,” he said in a statement. “It also strengthens how we support businesses, from smart industry to public services, with secure and reliable connectivity.”

Petra Schirren, president of Ericsson Gulf at Ericsson Europe, Middle East and Africa, added that the 5G core upgrade will also provide e& UAE with robust platform stability via automation, continuous software updates and optimizations.

“Under this agreement, we are enabling the secure, high-performance connectivity needed to power innovation across industries and accelerate new 5G use cases,” Schirren said.

Schirren also said Monday’s 5G core agreement builds on a 5G UDM contract signed by both companies in 2020.



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