The side effects of the US-China trade war are cascading. And Wind Tre reduces the orders entrusted to ZTE in 2016, for fear of repercussions on the ability of the Chinese group to meet its commitments in the coming months. In fact, Wind Tre has also decided to outsource the modernization of the access network (RAN) throughout Italy to Ericsson. The Swedish company wins the contract also beating the other two companies in the running, Huawei and Nokia. The telephone company led by Jeffrey Hedberg has therefore decided to reduce the 1 billion order previously signed with the Chinese operator how to it had been rumored for some time despite official denials from both sides. The reasons for Telco's caution lie in the possible repercussions of the US events on the advancement of the network towards 5G. And despite the partial softening of Trump, the change of ZTE's top management, demanded by the US administration in addition to the sanctions inflicted on the Chinese company, Ck Hutchison's Telco – which passed under the complete control of the Hong Kong group on 3 July last – went straight.
According to CorCom, the Ericsson "construction site" will start in October and in detail, the Swedish company will deploy the ERS (Ericsson Radio System) product portfolio including the new ERS Radios and ERS Basebands to improve the quality of the network and the user experience of Wind Tre's 31 million customers.
“More and more service providers are relying on our state-of-the-art radio system to meet RAN's transformation challenges,” said Arun Bansal, Senior Vice President and Head of Europe & Latin America at Ericsson. The strengthening of the partnership with Wind Tre will guarantee the best radio access solutions for the national network. This will allow Wind Tre to offer a better experience to its customers in an increasingly demanding market in terms of data demand and ultra-low latency".
