Orange Group selects Ericsson for 5G network slicing orchestration in Europe

Orange Group has selected Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to automate the creation of advanced 5G services for enterprises and subscribers across its European affiliates. Before this award, the solution was successfully trialed in Belgium in late 2024, demonstrating its ability to deliver end-to-end automation of 5G network slices.

Ericsson Service Orchestration and Assurance is a comprehensive, multi-domain, multi-service platform that will enable Orange to streamline, automate, and accelerate the deployment of 5G Standalone (5G SA) services. The intent-based design capabilities of the solution simplifies the creation and replication of new 5G and network slicing use cases such as mobile private network, CellLock or Geofencing service for the enterprise market, or Fixed Wireless Access service for the consumer market.

This collaboration supports Orange’s group transformation towards a cloud-native operating model to serve customer needs for seamless connectivity with a differentiated end-to-end quality of service. Ericsson’s solution has been successfully onboarded on Orange’s Telco Cloud infrastructure based on Sylva, an open-source telco cloud platform, demonstrating its versatility.

Laurent Leboucher, Group Chief Technology Officer at Orange, says: “This partnership with Ericsson is an important step in our journey towards cloud native and demand-centric, autonomous networks. Ericsson’s service orchestration solution will run above our horizontal Orange telco cloud infrastructure and will enable our 5G networks to deliver differentiated experience to our business and retail customers.”

Christian Leon, Head of Global Customer Unit (GCU) Orange at Ericsson says: “Ericsson is proud to continue supporting Orange in breaking new grounds towards advanced autonomous networks, enabling Orange’s local operations to unlock new revenue opportunities and deliver next-generation experiences.”