- Ericsson is flexing its enterprise muscles, once again
- The vendor's Head of Thought Leadership, Peter Linder, highlighted work on automated ports
- SNS Telecom & IT noted that Ericsson had also undertaken a public-private port partnership in Singapore
Ericsson is flexing its enterprise muscles once again. The Swedish vendor launched its latest State of Enterprise Connectivity Report this week, as well as held its annual Enterprise Day in Boston today.
In 2024, Fierce covered the launch of Ericsson's Enterprise Connect radios and neutral host system at the Boston day, but this year's Enterprise Day was only for analysts.
Ericsson’s Head of Thought Leadership, Peter Linder, told Fierce on a call this week that the day was “mainly a strategy meeting” this time. Nonetheless, Linder was keen to talk about some of the enterprise work that Ericsson is doing.
Digital maturity for ports and factories
Some ports and factories are approaching “digital maturity” thanks to the automation efforts undertaken by the enterprises and Ericsson, Linder said. Digital maturity is tied to the growth of enterprise 5G, providing low-latency connections and enabling the company to control industrial robots — like automated guided vehicles (AGVs) — specifically via standalone 5G (5G SA) networks.
Digital maturity also means doing more with less humans. Linder said that the massive Rotterdam World Gateway port “runs the whole thing with 15 people running 84 AGVs” They unload a container every 12 seconds, the Ericsson exec said.
“That’s probably the most automated port we’ve been involved with,” Linder claimed.
An automated port in a storm
Aside, from the Rotterdam port, Linder also named some smaller ports, including the port of Tyne in the U.K .and the port of Belfast in Northern Ireland.
“Ericsson is trying to push ahead, with private network deployments at the ports of Tyne, Virginia, Rotterdam and several others,” 5G research director Asad Khan at SNS Telecom & IT told Fierce in an email.
“One of the largest hybrid public-private network deployments is at the Tuas Mega Port in Singapore, in collaboration with mobile operator Singtel. The custom-built network implementation involves on-premise 5G infrastructure operating in 700 MHz, 2.1 GHz and 3.5 GHz spectrum, local user plane functionality, network slicing technology, and virtual private networks tailored to the port’s specific security needs,” the analyst said, referencing SNS’s latest private 5G report.