Vodafone Spain picks Ericsson for 5G SA core

The Spanish bit of Vodafone has joined its British and German stablemates in picking Ericsson for its standalone 5G core work.
In common with previous announcements this is a ‘precommercial’ thing at this stage, which is presumably somewhere between a trial and the real deal. The announcement says Vodafone Spain has selected Ericsson as its technology partner for the work, which implies exclusivity without explicitly stating it. There’s also the standard talk about how great ev