Tim, what happens on 5G with Ericsson, Nokia and Huawei
Tim's choice of Huawei on the 5G access network (RAN) is in fact suspended and swaps are blocked by Nokia. Facts, names and indiscretions
Tim and Huawei responded to the binding requests of the Dpcm with which the government exercised Golden Power on 5G contracts with extra-EU sales to all operators.
In consideration of the very heavy implications and also of the impact on revenues of the Covid crisis, at the moment a reshaping of the 2020 works plan has been carried out, says an insider as the story unfolds.
Tim's choice of Huawei on the 5G access network (RAN) is in fact suspended and swaps are blocked by Nokia.
Tim's competition for the Radio Access Network (RAN) is closed. But the results are known to the experts, according to the rumors collected by Start Magazine in corporate environments: Nokia excluded, ok instead for Ericsson and Huawei: contracts with Ericsson and Huawei have been signed.
The areas currently covered by Nokia Base Transceiver Station (BTS) are assigned (in part) to the 2 winning vendors, who are already mobile access network (RAN) providers.
So – according to Start's reconstruction – this is the situation in Tim:
Ericsson : already present in Piedmont, Val D'Aosta, Lombardy, Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Umbria are also assigned.
Huawei : already present in Sardinia, Abruzzo, Molise, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, Trentino Alto-Adige, Friuli Venezia-Giulia and Veneto are also assigned.
In the ex-Nokia regions (Trentino Alto-Adige, Friuli Venezia-Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Umbria) it will therefore be necessary to proceed – say sources aware of the dossier – to a swap of existing RAN devices with others of the winning vendor ( Ericsson and Huawei).
In Padua, in recent days, the first swap of a site from Nokia to Huawei was carried out: positive outcome and active site.
The swap will be complete in its entirety when the Nokia 2G, 3G, 4G (GSM, UMTS, LTE) devices are completely replaced (in a period of time to be defined, probably around 18 months).
In the areas for which the activation of 5G NR (“New Radio”) nodes at 3700 MHz is expected in 2020, the swap and simultaneous installation of the 5G equipment will be carried out (with limited exceptions for technical / operational reasons).
But what are the reasons for the delay in the official assignment of the RAN race? An expert who asks for anonymity replies: "Beyond the need to define some operational details with economic implications, they are probably to be found in the" political "delicacy of the 5G designation of the Huawei vendor, and waiting for the closing of the similar RAN tender at Vodafone ”.
The redistribution of the areas to Ericsson and Huawei alone – according to the rumors of Start – is stopped. What is said (in informal ways) is due to Golden Power and pressure.
It is said that Nokia remains as a RAN provider, but how to implement 5G in the areas (southern Italy, Abruzzo-Molise and Sardinia) where the Legacy access network (2, 3, 4G) is currently Huawei remains open in these scenarios.
Significant words two days ago the number one Tim, Luigi Gubitosi, that even without going into details, competitions etc., he said, s ccording he writes the 'Nova Agency : if the government were to put stakes of Huawei for the supply network 5G, however, there would be no problems. "We have more suppliers – explained Gubitosi, answering journalists' questions at the end of his speech on the second day of the Ambrosetti forum in Cernobbio – our main one is Erikson, then Nokia and Huawei: we will have no difficulty in managing the situation".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/tin-che-cosa-succede-sul-5g-con-ericsson-nokia-e-huawei/ on Mon, 07 Sep 2020 13:10:58 +0000.