Ericsson

Overview

Ericsson & Red Hat - Innovators in the Open

Ericsson and Red Hat collaborate to facilitate the onboarding and hosting of Ericsson CSP functions and applications onto Red Hat® cloud platforms. By establishing technical collaboration projects for selected combinations of Ericsson applications and Red Hat cloud platforms, the two companies work jointly to meet the needs of CSPs.

Red Hat and Ericsson have been collaborating on OpenStack for a while. All our technology collaborations address CSPs that have opted to deploy a combination of Ericsson and Red Hat technology. We live in an ecosystem where we need to relate to one another, making the best solution available with the customers’ requirements in focus while representing the partnership factually and truthfully.

Måns BurmanHead of Partnering and Alliances, Ericsson Digital Services

SUCCESS STORY

Magenta Telekom Austria deploys cloud-native Ericsson Billing

At Magenta Telekom (T-Mobile Austria GmbH), Ericsson Billing is deployed on Red Hat OpenShift on Magenta Telekom’s private cloud, ensuring the speed, scalability and reliability of billing services for its end customers. The full deployment also offers the flexibility to support evolving billing requirements for future 5G use cases, helping to enable new service opportunities as they emerge.

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Benefits to working with Ericsson

Pre-validated cloud solutions

With Red Hat and Ericsson, CSPs can deploy validated virtualized cloud solutions faster and more cost-efficiently without the need for extensive system integration.

High performing Cloud RAN

The advanced radio technologies, and future-ready architecture of Ericsson Cloud RAN with Red Hat OpenShift make it highly capable for modern telecom needs.

Simplified upgrades and Reduced operational complexity

Red Hat and Ericsson streamline the deployment, upgrade, and configuration of Red Hat OpenShift clusters while running Ericsson 5G Core CNFs, based on agreed reference designs.

Network resiliency, observability, and availability

The long-term partnership between Red Hat and Ericsson is based on technical collaborate on engineering and validation to ensure network resiliency, observability, and availability.

Our partnership

Together, Ericsson and Red Hat onboard and host Ericsson network functions on Red Hat cloud platforms to help service providers improve and speed up networks, especially for 5G. Red Hat and Ericsson also collaborate as partners in Ericsson Open Lab to create innovative cloud RAN solutions and cloud-native applications to support service providers in their journey toward network transformation.

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Resources

TechTalk : Cloud RAN Validated Solution - A collaboration between Red Hat and Ericsson This on-demand TechTalk outlines the Cloud RAN validated solution, how it addresses both time synchronization and image-based upgrades to deliver faster & more cost-efficient integration, predictable...
Building the future of telco with an open ecosystem In this video interview with Red Hat, Ericsson look ahead to the future of telecom networks—exploring emerging trends, challenges, and how the partner ecosystem is critical in driving success across...
5 things to consider for a more sustainable RAN The partnership between Red Hat, Intel, and Ericsson can help CSPs achieve their sustainability objectives. Discover 5 ways CSPs can start building a more efficient RAN to advance their sustainability...
Partnership in the Ericsson Open Lab Red Hat is proud to further our collaboration in the Ericsson Open Lab. The lab provides both virtual and physical environments to share Red Hat and Ericsson’s joint open hybrid cloud solutions and...
Modernize to innovate Through collaboration with industry leaders and innovators like Ericsson, Red Hat provides the certified partner ecosystem needed to modernize your infrastructure, business, and operations and...
Red Hat and Ericsson partner for 5G deployment success (Telecom TV) TTV interview: A number of 5G deployments have already been delivered –what are some of the lessons learnt and what are some of the successes already measured?
OpenShift Lifecycle Management in Telco with Experiences from Ericsson This on-demand TechTalk reviews how Red Hat and Ericsson streamline the deployment, upgrade, and configuration of Red Hat OpenShift clusters while running Ericsson 5G Core CNFs, based on agreed...
Unleashing the power of the RAN ecosystem (TelecomTV) TTV Panel Interview: Intel, Ericsson & Red Hat TopicWhy service providers are turning to these ecosystem leaders to drive virtual network adoption and enable them to realise the technology’s full...

FAQs

How does the partnership address the shift to cloud-native architectures in telecom?

Red Hat provides the industry-leading Kubernetes platform (OpenShift), and Ericsson develops its network functions as cloud-native applications. This ensures that telecom networks are built on agile, scalable, and resilient foundations.

What kind of support can customers expect for joint Red Hat and Ericsson solutions?

Customers benefit from the combined expertise and support of both Red Hat and Ericsson, ensuring comprehensive assistance for the integrated solutions across their lifecycle.

What is the core of the Red Hat and Ericsson partnership in telecommunications?

Our partnership focuses on delivering open, cloud-native solutions to Communication Service Providers (CSPs). We combine Ericsson's network functions with Red Hat's open hybrid cloud platforms to accelerate network transformation, especially for 5G.

How do Red Hat and Ericsson ensure interoperability in multi-vendor environments?

We engage in extensive technical collaboration projects and pre-testing to ensure that Ericsson's network functions run seamlessly on Red Hat platforms. This creates validated reference configurations that simplify deployment and integration.

How does this partnership benefit Communication Service Providers (CSPs)?

CSPs gain increased flexibility, faster time-to-market for new services, reduced operational complexity, and the ability to build multi-vendor networks with validated, pre-integrated solutions. This de-risks deployments and saves resources.