Partners: Red Hat and Ericsson

Open collaboration powering global communication

Ericsson and Red Hat collaborate to deliver multivendor solutions for communication services providers (CSPs).

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What we're doing together

Ericsson and Red Hat collaborate to facilitate the onboarding and hosting of Ericsson CSP functions and applications onto Red Hat® cloud platforms. By establishing technical collaboration projects for selected combinations of Ericsson applications and Red Hat cloud platforms, the two companies work jointly to meet the needs of CSPs.

Faster time to market

Faster time to market

Accelerate deployment with pretested applications and cloud platforms.

Reduce costs

Reduce costs

Pursue a multivendor strategy with system-verified, open solutions.

Manageable risks

Manageable risks

Ensure technology combinations are verified in a common environment prior to deployments in customer networks.

Continue exploring the Red Hat and Ericsson partnership

Learn how Red Hat and Ericsson are advancing 5G with Cloud RAN

Watch this Open5G 2022 keynote presentation from Ericsson to discover how telecommunications companies can use flexible and scalable Cloud RAN to realize the full potential of 5G hyperautomation, mobile network operations, and far-edge deployments.

Spark works with Ericsson and Red Hat for 5G Standalone (5G SA) trial

The proof-of-concept 5G SA trial for New Zealand’s leading telecommunications provider demonstrated the low latency, high bandwidth, and reliability needed for high-performance use cases.

Verizon extends network virtualization with Ericsson virtualized cell site

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Icon-Red_Hat-Media_and_documents-Quotemark_Open-B-Red-RGB Red Hat and Ericsson have been collaborating on OpenStack for a while. All our technology collaborations address CSPs that have opted to deploy a combination of Ericsson and Red Hat technology. We live in an ecosystem where we need to relate to one another, making the best solution available with the customers’ requirements in focus while representing the partnership factually and truthfully.

— Måns Burman

Head of Partnering and Alliances, Ericsson Digital Services

Tested. Certified. Supported.

With more than 20 certifications on Red Hat OpenStack® Platform, Red Hat and Ericsson work jointly to create best-practice test specifications. Both companies maintain independent responsibility for sales, delivery, support, and life cycle management. For CSPs, this enables greater choice and flexibility.

Tested. Certified. Supported.

Partnership in the Ericsson Open Lab

Red Hat is proud to further our collaboration in the Ericsson Open Lab. The lab provides both virtual and physical environments to share Red Hat and Ericsson’s joint open hybrid cloud solutions and enable service providers to deploy cloud-native applications at scale.

Partnership in the Ericsson Open Lab

Learn more about deploying Ericsson network functions on Red Hat cloud platforms