New facility combines virtual platforms, cloud solutions to connect 20,000 engineers
With an eye on streamlining research and development around “5G” mobile networks, Ericsson this week announced the opening of a new Global ICT Center in Roserberg, Sweden.
The facility is the second Global ICT Center in Sweden, the other is in Linkoping, and there are plans to open a third in Montreal later this year. From a high level, the facilities use Ericsson cloud and virtualization solutions to shorten “innovation cycles,” as the company calls it, as well as reduce R&D costs.
In addition, Ericsson customers will soon be able to connect remotely to run tests on a virtual live mobile network. That service will be provided through 10 “business-near centers,” which Ericsson reps said would be announced this year.
“By streamlining R&D through our cloud-powered Global ICT Centers, we will enable new services and innovations that will create benefits for people, business and society,” said Anders Lindblad, head of business unit cloud and IP for Ericsson. “Our company’s ICT transformation journey is accelerating, and the Global ICT Centers will support 24/7 collaboration and ensure we can leverage our global skills and scale to the full. At the same time, with an explosion in data traffic we can bring Ericsson’s technology and services leadership to customers faster than ever before.”
The facility site in Roserberg was chosen because of proximity to Ericsson R&D facilities in Kista, as well as a direct fiber link between the two locations helped “optimize connectivity speed, reliability and security,” the company said.
