New networks by Dish and Japan's Rakuten use Open RAN.
"All of the new equipment that we are going to be putting out will be Open RAN capable," Chris Sambar, president of AT&T Network, told Reuters.
Winning the Open RAN deal will make Ericsson the largest supplier to AT&T as it slowly takes over Nokia's share, the company said.
AT&T will still have contracts which other Open RAN vendors outside this deal.
AT&T expects fully integrated Open RAN sites operating in coordination with Ericsson and Fujitsu, starting in 2024.
Persons:
Chris Sambar, Sambar, You've
Organizations:
Ericsson, Mobile, Nokia, Huawei, Telefonica, Vodafone, Dish, RAN, AT, T Network, Reuters, Samsung, Verizon, U.S ., Fujitsu
Locations:
Barcelona, Spain, ORAN, United States, New York