Vodafone, Ericsson set sights on military 5G SA use-cases after radio backhaul ‘breakthrough’
Joe Purnell2026-06-22T12:58:00
CCW 2026: Vodafone and Ericsson are advancing military-grade 5G capabilities to meet defence demands for isolated, interworking, and resilient networks that can operate beyond traditional infrastructure.
This article includes:
- Themes: 5G deployment; Defence communications; Mobile private networks (MPN); Network resilience; Non-terrestrial networking; Radio access backhaul (RAB); Telecommunications innovation.
- Events: Critical Communications World 2026; REPMUS exercise.
- People: Beatriz Zapatero; Elena Murakhveri; Ghada El Nikheli; Marco Zangani.
- Geographic: Europe; United Kingdom (UK).
- Organisations: Airbus Defence & Space; Ericsson; European Union (EU); NATO; Vodafone; Vodafone Business.