MONTREAL — Ericsson and ENCQOR 5G, a Canadian testbed initiative which provides small and medium-sized enterprises with an open platform to develop their ideas and technologies, announced today the deployment of ENCQOR 5G’s standalone end-to-end 5G network.
“The ENCQOR 5G network is now capable of serving edge-based applications with one-way latency tolerances of less than five milliseconds, a critical breakthrough for the success of future innovations such as autonomous driving, robotics, and public safety,” reads Ericsson’s press release.
The new network builds on the earlier non-standalone (NSA) 5G managed and operated network that Ericsson makes available to the ENCQOR 5G community.
“The standalone network, including the cloud-native 5G core, is a crucial step in the 5G evolution because it enables the next wave of innovation by clearing a path for technology solutions that require ultra-reliable, low-latency communications and 5G network exposure function capabilities. 5G use cases requiring ultra-low latency and much higher capacity will only be feasible with a standalone 5G network,” explains the release.
“With the deployment of the standalone 5G service developed by one of our five anchor partners, Ericsson, ENCQOR 5G is taking a major step in helping Canada deliver its technological promise of 5G more rapidly,” said Pierre Boucher, general manager of ENCQOR 5G, in the release. “SMEs and other partners engaged in ENCQOR 5G, notably in the academic sector, will have easy and free access to this cutting-edge technology through our 5G test bench.”
ENCQOR 5G (which stands for Evolution of Networked Services through a Corridor in Quebec and Ontario for Research and Innovation) is a public-private partnership supported by funding from the governments of Canada, Quebec and Ontario as well as leading industry players Ericsson, Ciena, Thales, IBM Canada and CGI.
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