Ericsson on Thursday said KDDI will use the vendor’s cloud-native dual-mode 5G core to launch standalone 5G services in its network in Japan. That comes two days after Nokia disclosed a deal to supply Japan’s SoftBank with cloud-native 5G Core...

For more than a year Dish has been talking about building its new infrastructure-based wireless network using modern cloud-native technologies. There’s been a lot of speculation that Dish would emulate Rakuten Mobile’s new greenfield network in Japan and perhaps buy...

Ericsson secured a contract to supply its cloud-native 5G core for SoftBank Corp., enabling the mobile operator to launch standalone (SA) 5G services in Japan. SoftBank already chose Ericsson as its primary radio access network (RAN) vendor in May 2019....