Appalachian Wireless, an East Kentucky Network company, selects Ericsson 5G
Ericsson will upgrade cell sites with new radios and RAN equipment, with the majority of work completed in 2024
- Ericsson will upgrade cell sites with new radios and RAN equipment, with the majority of work completed in 2024
PLANO, Texas, Oct. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) announced today that Appalachian Wireless, an East Kentucky Network (EKN) company, has chosen Ericsson for a multi-year Radio Access Network (RAN) modernization project to bring world-class 5G technologies to underserved communities in Appalachia. - Appalachian Wireless aims to be the first regional carrier to implement 5G standalone (SA) to bridge the digital divide in rural America.
- In September 2022 , Appalachian Wireless, selected Ericsson to modernize its network with 5G capabilities.
- Under the agreement, Ericsson undertook to modernize Appalachian Wireless' network with its cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core solution to support 5G SA rollout.