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For the sixth consecutive year, Ericsson has been positioned as the clear leader in Growth and Innovation by Frost & Sullivan\u2019s \u201cFrost Radar\u2122: 5G Network Infrastructure, 2026\u201d report. This recognition underscores Ericsson\u2019s position as a long-term partner for 5G evolution, setting the pace for AI-driven, open, and sustainable 5G networks.<\/p>\n
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The analysis places Ericsson at the forefront among the top 20 leading companies assessed in a field of more than 100 global industry participants.<\/p>\n
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The Frost Radar\u2122 report identifies Ericsson as the leader in both the Growth axis and Innovation axis, highlighting the company\u2019s comprehensive 5G network infrastructure portfolio spanning Radio Access Networks (RAN), transport, and core and edge networks, including traditional RAN, open and virtual RAN, AI-enabled RAN, and private networks, as well as its proven ability to scale innovation globally. It also notes the company\u2019s progress with network APIs as a road to new innovation around mobile networks and utilizing AI to automate its network offerings.<\/p>\n
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The report notes Ericsson\u2019s strong and sustained investment in research and development, with almost 21 percent of revenue invested in R&D in 2025. Frost & Sullivan also highlights Ericsson\u2019s role as a founding member of the AI RAN Alliance, and its continued focus on energy efficiency. Ericsson\u2019s target is to reduce energy consumption at new typical radio base station sites by 40 percent by 2025 compared with a 2021 baseline has already been achieved, now extended to 50 percent by 2027.<\/p>\n
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Energy performance improvements are achieved through a combination of network evolution and innovation across Ericsson\u2019s portfolio from RAN modernization with high performing, energy efficient hardware to software innovations that embed intent driven and AI enabled energy saving features for intelligent network operation, and the continuous optimization of Ericsson\u2019s dual-mode 5G Core and Cloud Native Infrastructure Solution for the market\u2019s latest processors to reduce energy consumption, while improving performance.<\/p>\n
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The Frost Radar\u2122 measures growth rates in addition to absolute revenue and combines them with several other factors to measure companies\u2019 performance on the Growth Index. The Frost Radar\u2122 measures innovation for each company by assessing its product portfolio, the scalability of its innovations, the efficacy of its R&D strategy, and several other factors.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For the sixth consecutive year, Ericsson has been positioned as the clear leader in Growth and Innovation by Frost & Sullivan\u2019s \u201cFrost Radar\u2122: 5G Network Infrastructure, 2026\u201d report. This recognition underscores Ericsson\u2019s position as a long-term partner for 5G evolution, setting the pace for…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[4819,4820],"yoast_head":"\n