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Vodafone Egypt upgrades Ericsson RANs with AI chips

Vodafone Egypt upgrades Ericsson RANs with AI chips

Ericsson announced on Thursday that Vodafone Egypt has commercially deployed its AI-powered RAN Processor 6672 that will enable the telco to run AI directly at Ericsson radio sites rather than at a central AI location.

The RAN Processor 6672 – which is built for 5G Advanced and AI workloads – enables Vodafone Egypt to leverage AI in the RAN to respond to changes in network conditions as they occur throughout the day, rather than relying on settings that engineers adjust only periodically.

According to Ericsson, the chip delivers up to four times higher processor capacity while reducing energy consumption by more than 50%. It also enables Vodafone Egypt to simplify its radio sites by replacing three basebands with one RAN processor, which helps reduce site complexity and energy consumption.

For Vodafone Egypt, this means higher investment efficiency by extracting more performance from existing spectrum and sites, directing radio capacity to where customers are using it, and improving the user experience without a proportional increase in energy consumption, said Dalia Merheb, country manager and head of sales at Ericsson Egypt.

“The deployment of RAN Processor 6672 supports Vodafone Egypt in addressing growing capacity requirements while simplifying radio sites and improving energy efficiency,: she said in a statement.; “It also creates a stronger foundation for continued network evolution and the introduction of new capabilities as traffic demand and network requirements continue to grow.”

Vodafone Egypt’s technology director Catalin Buliga said the telco is deploying the RAN chip across RANs that Ericsson has supplied to the telco across Greater Cairo and the Delta.

“With Ericsson's RAN Processor 6672, we are increasing our efficiency in terms of processing power and energy consumption for our Ericsson radio sites, while enabling AI to run directly on the radio site for better customer experience," Buliga said.



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