Ericsson to expand its production in India

Telecom networking company Ericsson has announced expansion plans of the production capacity and operations with its partner Jabil in Pune to meet the needs of 5G network deployments in the country. The company said it will also work with local ecosystem partners to support its 5G production in the country.

The production increase will expand operations with high-technology production and will also generate employment for around 2,000 people. Ericsson manufactures equipment with Jabil that includes 4G and 5G radios, RAN Compute as well as microwave products.

Ericsson India is also establishing a technology centre that will focus on new product introduction and production engineering to secure high-quality standards, testing/integration, and supply preparations on early-phase products, as well as operational support to ensure efficient 5G development and deployment in the country.

Nunzio Mirtillo, Head of Market Area Southeast Asia, Oceania and India, Ericsson, said, “With our experience of deploying 5G in more than 50 countries, we look forward to the opportunity of helping our partners to seamlessly transition to 5G. The production in India is part of our global production footprint with a presence across continents.”

Ericsson’s ultra-lightweight, ‘Massive MIMO’ antenna integrated radios ‘AIR 3219’ and ‘AIR 3268’ will be produced there initially to support the 5G deployments. Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio have selected Ericsson as their partner to deploy 5G networks in the country.