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Raise your performance with Ericsson high-performing 5G RAN

 

Ericsson offers a complete and versatile purpose-built 5G RAN portfolio with Open RAN support – giving you the flexibility of choice when expanding capacity and capabilities across your network.

Ericsson Radio System

Benefits of Ericsson 5G RAN

Our latest industry-leading RAN portfolio delivers the highest benchmark of performance, energy efficiency and resilience – with the industry’s lowest total cost of ownership (TCO).

Superior performance

  • Advanced, high-performing hardware – unlocking more bits per hertz for higher throughput, wider reach and lower latency
  • Continuous AI-powered software updates and service differentiation – unlocking increased performance, energy savings and ease of operations
  • Flexible, Open-RAN-ready solutions – unlocking dynamic scaling and resource utilization across open architectures


Low total cost of ownership (TCO)

  • Lower energy per delivered GB – delivered through advanced energy-efficient hardware, as well as software preserving KPIs such as the Automated Energy Saver
  • The lowest site footprint – delivered through lightweight compact form factors and multi-band support, lowering site rental costs
  • Advanced spectrum performance – delivered through multiple transmit and receive branches, Massive MIMO, beamforming, and carrier aggregation

High site resilience

Site infrastructure and innovations like Site Energy Orchestration delivers advanced management of your radio sites, leveraging smart energy management, batteries, and renewable energy sources at the site, managing sites as a virtual power plant, providing unparalleled cost visibility and the chance to add revenues from the energy grid market. Maintaining a continuous, fault-tolerant network performance, as well as optimize energy-efficient use, in the event of power outages, equipment failures or cyber threats. 

 

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Our macro network solutions consist of remote radio units, massive MIMO radios, interleaved- and passive antenna systems, and performance- and efficiency-boosting software solutions, as well as flexible RAN processing and fronthaul transport solutions.

From dense urban traffic hotspots to elastic suburban sprawls and broad rural coverage zones, our solutions give you the highest level of performance that each deployment demands – at the lowest TCO.

Ericsson Massive MIMO Radios

Our Massive MIMO portfolio combines low-footprint hardware with sophisticated software to deliver superior performance, sustainability benefits and the best total cost of ownership (TCO) on the market. 

The broad portfolio spans Ultralight TDD, Wide-band TDD and Multi-band TDD and FDD options – all powered by the processing power of Ericsson Silicon. Designed with future-proofing in mind. All Massive MIMO antenna-integrated radios from 2020 are Open RAN prepared supporting uplink performance improvement (ULPI).

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Dense urban

Multi-band TDD Massive MIMO – with 10x downlink boost – and FDD Massive MIMO – with 3x uplink boost – are the optimal choice for building out capacity across dense, high-traffic urban deployments where traffic is growing and new use-cases increase need to offload traffic from low bands to mid bands.

Local high-traffic spots

Multi-band FDD Massive MIMO – with higher capacity for uplink throughput – is the optimal choice to serve uplink-heavy hotspots, such as industrial, business or event areas with services such as video conferencing, streaming and broadcasting.


Wide-area suburban

Both FDD Massive MIMO and 4T/8R radios are the optimal choice for suburban or rural areas, where demand exceeds the capacity of 4T/4R FDD solutions and long inter-site distances limit the impact of TDD mid-band.  


Our Massive MIMO solutions in numbers

10x higher downlink

with TDD Massive MIMO

3x higher uplink

with FDD Massive MIMO

50% more lightweight

across our latest portfolio         

30% more energy efficient

across our latest portfolio

Latest high-performing additions to our Massive MIMO portfolio

AIR 3266

AIR 3266

Wide-band Massive MIMO mid-band TDD radio with 32 transmitters and receivers (32T/32R).           

  • Wide-band TDD
  • 17 kg
  • 192 antenna elements
  • 400 MHz instantaneous bandwidth
  • 25/50 Gbps eCPRI - Open RAN prepared
  • Passive cooling – no fans, less maintenance
  • Ultra slim, high output power & bandwidth for Network sharing and rural deployments
  • 30% energy savings
  • 50% embodied carbon savings
AIR 6494

AIR 6494

Wide band and high output power Massive MIMO mid-band TDD radio with 64 transmitters and receivers (64T/64R).

  • Wide-band TDD
  • 30 kg
  • 256 antenna elements
  • ≥400 MHz instantaneous bandwidth
  • 25/50 Gbps eCPRI - Open RAN prepared
  • Passive cooling – no fans, less maintenance
  • Enables one radio solution instead of two
  • High EIRP PSD support
  • Improved uplink due to more antenna elements (256AE)
  • 30% more energy efficient
AIR 3265

AIR 3265

Ultra slim Massive MIMO mid-band TDD radio with 32 transmitters and receivers (32T/32R).

  • Single-band TDD
  • 19 kg
  • 192 antenna elements
  • 200 MHz instantaneous bandwidth
  • eCPRI - Packet fronthaul
  • Passive cooling – no fans, less maintenance
  • Open RAN prepared
  • Ultra slim and high EIRP for network wide deployments
  • 25% energy savings
  • 30% embodied carbon savings
AIR 3285

AIR 3285

Dual-band Massive MIMO FDD with 32 transmitters and receivers (32T/32R).

  • 192 antenna elements
  • 1800 & 2100, full instantaneous bandwidth
  • 30 kg
  • eCPRI – packet fronthaul
  • Passive cooling – no fans, less maintenance
  • Open RAN prepared
  • Ultra-light FDD M-MIMO for volume deployment​
  • Up to 2x downlink & 4x uplink capacity​ and off-load of TDD and low band FDD
  • 30% energy savings​
  • 40% ​embodied carbon savings​
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Ericsson Remote Radio Units 

Our remote radio portfolio spans from 2T/2R to 8T/8R capabilities comprising both performance- and footprint optimized solutions with both single- and multi-band support.

Built using high-performance Ericsson Silicon, our radio units feature market-leading weight- and energy-efficiency, reducing both tower load and power consumption. All radios are designed for easy rail mounting as well as antenna near mounting. The rail system, incorporating Ericsson’s unique one-bolt installation, provides tremendous flexibility and speed and resolves most site challenges faced by operators.

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Latest additions to our remote radio portfolio

Radio 4451HP

Radio 4451HP

Ultra compact dual-band FDD radio with 4T4R and 400W

  • Most compact dual-band radio with 4T4R and 400W
  • 20% lighter
  • 30% reduce eCO2
  • 20% energy savings
  • Dual-band FDD
  • 19 kg
  • eCPRI - Packet fronthaul
  • Passive cooling – no fans, less maintenance
  • Open RAN prepared

Radio 4451HP is light, slim and highly energy efficient 4T/4R radio.

Radio 4491

Radio 4491

Ultra-highpower and light dual-band FDD radio with four transmitters and four receivers (4T/4R).

  • Improved performance and extended coverage with 29% higher output power
  • Drastic weight and size reduction from 49 kg to 30 kg and from 50L to 32L
  • 15% energy savings
  • Dual-band FDD
  • 30 kg
  • eCPRI - Packet fronthaul
  • Passive cooling – no fans, less maintenance
  • Open RAN prepared

Radio 4491 allows 720W measurable output power at port without overbooking.

Explore our remote radio offering

Ericsson Antenna System

Ericsson Antenna System helps CSPs enhance signal quality, improve spectrum utilization and get the most out of software feature investments, resulting in tangible network impact. 

Superior coverage, capacity and user experience

Our antenna systems set the industry standard for both mechanical and technical performance, delivering advanced antenna and beam efficiency, ultra stable PIM and low wind load. All our solutions are proven to deliver results in the field through meticulous testing and computational fluid dynamic simulations.

All site types and traffic scenarios

Our portfolio supports all site types and traffic scenarios thanks to the extended range of ports (from 2-ports to 24-ports), a wide frequency spectrum (from 600MHz to 6GHz) and support for multiple technologies (TDD and FDD, multi-beam, beamforming, etc.)

Market’s lowest TCO

Our multi-band, energy-efficient and resilient portfolio combines to deliver the market’s lowest TCO – reducing installation, rental and maintenance costs by as much as €10,000 per antenna over its lifecycle.

Interleaved antennas

Our Interleaved Antenna 8000 series is the next generation in interleaved technology, combining low-band FDD Massive MIMO FDD with TDD Massive MIMO in a single antenna footprint – driving easier installation and reduced site rental costs.

Our antenna solutions in numbers

+57% uplink throughput

maximizing user experience in dense urban areas

20% lower wind load

compared market alternatives                                                          

37% more lightweight

than previous generations

29% more energy efficient

than comparable market alternatives                                                                        

Latest high-performing additions to our antenna portfolio

Interleaved Antenna 8000

Interleaved Antenna 8000

  • Low band FDD together with TDD and FDD massive MIMO in same panel position
  • Upgradable interleaved passive antenna for future Massive MIMO radios
  • Full transparency and modularity
  • Ericsson certified performance
  • Low-band Passive Antenna cover 600Mhz - 900Mhz
  • 30 kg
  • Multiple TDD and FDD Massive MIMO
  • Multiple beam through technology

Interleaved Antenna 8000 combines low band FDD, TDD and FDD Massive MIMO in same panel position for easy installation and reduced site rental.

Antenna 4818 2L 4M 2.1m

Antenna 4818 2L 4M 2.1m

  • Up to 85% electrical efficiency
  • Up to 85% beam efficiency
  • 42% reduced embodied CO2 and 37% reduced weight
  • Enables stable PIM –153 dBc @ higher power, enhancing uplink performance
  • Easy deployment combined with leading wind load
  • 12 ports, 2 low-band, 4 mid-band
  • Boosted electrical efficiency
  • Enhanced beam efficiency
  • Outstanding PIM stability
  • Honeycomb structure, light weight and leading wind load
  • Our most advanced feeding system to date, with powerful chamber feeding technology, cutting signal loss, boosting coverage.
  • Invisible metal radiators, enhancing beam efficiency and ensuring precise coverage, improving throughput.
  • PIM exceeding industry standards, new building practices and reduced interfaces stabilize PIM, enabling superior uplink performance.
  • Honeycomb structure with vortex generators, reducing wind load and weight, while ensuring reliable performance, anywhere.
Explore our antenna offering

 

 

5G indoor solutions

Our indoor network portfolio consists of the Ericsson Radio Dot System, Indoor Radio Units, Indoor Fusion Units, Indoor Connect and Indoor AIR 1279 – the market’s first indoor millimeter wave solution.

As the flagship of our indoor offering, the Ericsson Radio Dot System is the highest-performing, most flexible indoor 5G solution available on the market today. Suitable for single operator, multi-operator, neutral host, and enterprise deployments, the Radio Dot System provides multi-Gbps 5G speeds in any indoor environment, with the best energy efficiency on the market.  

Explore our 5G indoor offering
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RAN processing and open fronthaul solutions

RAN processing and open fronthaul solutions

RAN processing and open fronthaul solutions

Ericsson RAN Compute enhances your network’s performance – enabling faster, more powerful and more energy efficient RAN performance.

Powered by high-performance Ericsson Silicon, our portfolio enables 4x improved capacity compared to previous generations, supporting up to five different 4G and 5G modes, including Massive MIMO, in a single unit.

The breadth of our portfolio also makes it one of the most comprehensive on the market, giving you the required processing versatility to serve all site solutions across indoor and outdoor units supporting macro and micro sites.

Explore our RAN Compute offering
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Ericsson RAN Connect

Ericsson RAN Connect introduces a unified high-capacity open fronthaul solution that aggregates several of your radios or radio sites to a single AI-powered platform  – giving you scalable performance on-demand, enhanced RAN compute power and significantly lower operational costs through new remote radio rehoming possibilities.

The product line-up is available in both indoor and outdoor options, giving maximum site flexibility and tailored performance for every deployment scenario.

Explore our RAN Connect offering

5G Advanced software

We offer a suite of software subscriptions – integrated as part of the Ericsson Radio System and optimized to generate revenue, drive operational efficiency and enhance user experience.

Explore our 5G Advanced solutions
5G Advanced software
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Partner with the industry leader for 5G RAN

Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ leader

Ericsson has been recognized as a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CSP 5G RAN Infrastructure Solutions, with the highest position Ability to Execute axis.

Industry-leading performance

Our customers top 74% of the industry’s leading benchmarks reports

Unique domain expertise

Our networks manage 50 percent of the world’s mobile traffic outside China

Market-leading technologies endorsed by independent analysts

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Ericsson earns top spot in Omdia Market Landscape RAN Vendors report for 2025

Ericsson named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CSP 5G RAN Infrastructure Solutions 2025 report

Ericsson named a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CSP 5G RAN Infrastructure Solutions 2025 report

Ericsson ranks highest in Frost Radar™ 5G Network Infrastructure Market Report for fifth consecutive year

Ericsson ranks highest in Frost Radar™ 5G Network Infrastructure Market Report for fifth consecutive year

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Ericsson ranked overall leader in ABI Research report on small cells vendors

Experience what makes our 5G RAN unique:

  • Superior architecture – hardware and software co-design with Ericsson Silicon
  • An unrivaled portfolio designed for the future. Multi-band and multi-radio access technology – a solution for every need
  • Unique leverage of mid-band, the spectrum gem thanks to Ericsson Uplink Booster, award-winning Interference Sensing, Intelligent Cell Shaping and Carrier Aggregation with Coverage Boost
  • Traffic Steering with the powerful, flexible and future-proof Advanced Multi-Layer Coordination framework, enabling service providers to make the most out of their spectrum investments and to give all users the performance they expect
  • Our software blends big data with unique network domain expertise to deliver unprecedented speed, scale and accuracy in emerging internet-based network operations
  • Network Support Services in partnership with communication service providers to continuously improve and optimize network performance, security and energy efficiency
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