{"id":25450,"date":"2024-03-28T23:38:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.5gworldpro.com\/?p=25450"},"modified":"2024-03-28T23:38:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:38:20","slug":"elisa-finland-launches-first-5g-standalone-with-slicing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.5gworldpro.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/28\/elisa-finland-launches-first-5g-standalone-with-slicing\/","title":{"rendered":"Elisa Finland launches first 5G standalone with Slicing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Elisa, in partnership with Ericsson<\/a> , have commercially launched a 5G<\/a> standalone<\/a> (SA) network<\/a>, bringing the most advanced mobile<\/a> connectivity available to Finland.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n With Elisa\u2019s new 5G standalone<\/a> network p<\/span>owered by Ericsson\u2019s dual-mode<\/span>\u00a05G<\/span> Core<\/a><\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Elisa<\/span>\u00a0introduc<\/span>es<\/span>\u00a05G SA<\/a> as a new\u00a0<\/span>premium service<\/span>\u00a0to its customers.<\/span>\u00a0Adding to this,\u00a0<\/span>customers are offered home broadband through Fixed Wireless Access (FWA<\/a>). The new mobile service provides\u00a0<\/span>lightning-fast speeds, stable and uniform connectivity, and Elisa estimates up to 50 percent lower latency<\/a> compared to\u00a0<\/span>n<\/span>on-<\/span>standalone (<\/span>NSA<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0Battery life<\/span>\u00a0of devices connected to the 5G standalone network\u00a0<\/span>will also\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>up to<\/span>\u00a015\u201320% longer.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ilkka Pohtola, the director responsible for consumer subscriptions at Elisa says: \u201cIn addition to the user benefits and power<\/a> savings, the 5G standalone network will continue to improve the energy efficiency of the mobile network<\/a>, consuming less energy per unit of data transferred than older network technologies\u201d.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The new 5G SA network gets<\/span>\u00a0added to Elisa\u2019s existing 5G network, which already covers more than 90 percent of the Finnish population<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By utilizing network slicing<\/a>, a technology that reserves parts of the network to provide tailored services for different applications and users, Elisa paves the way for new innovation opportunities and<\/span>\u00a0next generation use cases including applications for events, gaming, smart<\/a> factories and connected vehicles<\/a> and more.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Nora Wahby, Head of Customer Unit Northern, Ericsson says, Ericsson, says: \u201cThe way consumers engage with 5G is changing, creating a world of new opportunities to offer and capture 5G value. Elisa has been a longstanding pioneer in this field, and this latest development is a significant milestone to further<\/span>\u00a0accelerate next-generation digitalization<\/span>\u00a0in Finland.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elisa, in partnership with Ericsson , have commercially launched a 5G standalone (SA) network, bringing the most advanced mobile connectivity available to Finland.\u00a0 With Elisa\u2019s new 5G standalone network powered by Ericsson\u2019s dual-mode\u00a05G Core,\u00a0Elisa\u00a0introduces\u00a05G SA as a new\u00a0premium service\u00a0to its customers.\u00a0Adding to this,\u00a0customers are offered home broadband through Fixed Wireless Access (FWA). The new mobile […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n