India, July 9 -- Bharti Airtel and Ericsson have expanded their long-standing partnership through a new agreement aimed at supporting Airtel's rollout of Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services in India. The deployment will utilise Ericsson's core network portfolio to enhance Airtel's core network capabilities and capacity for FWA, with the goal of improving user experience for Airtel's FWA customers.

As part of the agreement, Ericsson will introduce a new platform that supports higher network capacity while maintaining a smaller physical footprint and improved total cost of ownership. This deployment builds on the previously announced dual-mode 5G Core solution deal between the two companies, which laid the foundation for a unified and fut...