Bouygues taps Ericsson for 5G SA core

France’s Bouygues Telecom aims to unlock a whole host of advanced 5G use cases with the deployment of an Ericsson 5G standalone (SA) core network.
Once up and running, the operator will be in a position to offer mobile services that make greater use of AI, extended reality (XR), and automation, said Ericsson when the deal was announced late last week. It will also support network slicing, enabling Bouygues to tailor the performance of individual virtual 5G networks to the differing require