Spark kicks off 5G standalone rollout

New Zealand incumbent Spark will spend up to NZ$60 million ($37.5 million) over the next three years upgrading its 5G network to standalone (SA).
Ericsson and Red Hat are the chosen suppliers. The former will provide its dual-mode 5G core network solution, which will run the latter’s OpenShift software. Last year they participated in a three-month 5G SA trial on Spark’s fixed wireless access (FWA) network. It seems to have gone sufficiently well that the telco is ready to commit to a