en.Wedoany.com Reported - Ericsson is promoting AI-native network infrastructure among US telecom operators to support the deployment of private 5G and automated cloud RAN systems.
As the US telecom industry transitions toward fully automated AI-native network infrastructure, Ericsson believes that the next phase of American industrial leadership relies on connectivity architectures capable of delivering high-speed services to enterprises, consumers, and industrial sectors. Ericsson has been operating in the US for 120 years.
US communications service providers are actively integrating AI algorithms into their radio access networks to automate spectrum management. T-Mobile has launched commercial field trials of an AI-native scheduler aimed at optimizing network traffic. AT&T has deployed AI-native software on its cloud RAN architecture to upgrade its hardware infrastructure. Verizon Business continues to drive the expansion of private 5G network deployments for enterprise customers.
The hardware supporting these operators' deployments comes from Ericsson's US 5G Smart Factory in Lewisville, Texas.
Ericsson's Texas facility, spanning 300,000 square feet, features a continuous production line for manufacturing advanced telecommunications equipment. Engineers produce massive MIMO arrays and RAN computing hardware specifically for major US communications service providers. Localizing the manufacturing process streamlines complex operator supply chains and reduces hardware delivery times.
Production metrics from the Lewisville plant show sustained capacity growth since operations began in March 2020. Plant management has tripled the specialized workforce, bringing total employees to over 550. By combining industrial automation technology with human manufacturing expertise, factory engineers have achieved an eightfold increase in total output.
Ericsson focuses its programmable network development at the D15 Innovation Center in Santa Clara, California. Research teams at this facility collaborate with Silicon Valley partners and telecom operators to validate AI-driven automation protocols. The site serves as a dedicated testing environment for experimenting with advanced network use cases, including network slicing architecture.
Enterprises adopt these cellular technologies through specialized business units. Vonage partners with Ericsson's Enterprise Wireless Solutions division to facilitate private 5G deployments for businesses. These subsidiaries provide open APIs to corporate directors. Developers leverage these open APIs to directly integrate advanced cellular communication capabilities into proprietary software applications.
Ericsson employs over 6,200 people across more than 30 locations in all 50 US states. Ericsson President and CEO Börje Ekholm stated that the US is one of Ericsson's core markets and its most important innovation hub, where the world's first pre-standard 6G session took place, and where Ericsson is building the future as AI reshapes network functions. The next phase of American industrial leadership depends on connectivity, and Ericsson is committed to powering it.
Engineers working at the Americas headquarters in Plano, Texas, executed the world's first pre-standard 6G over-the-air transmission session. The Plano engineering team also conducted field trials of integrated sensing and communication technology. During the integrated sensing and communication trials, operators repurposed existing massive MIMO radio hardware to detect drones flying in the surrounding airspace, successfully tracking these aircraft using only radio signals. This capability demonstrates how future cellular networks can perform environmental sensing functions independently of standard data connection tasks.
