Ericsson announced its 5G deal with Melita, a leading Maltese network service provider, to bring an improved network performance and experience to its wireless subscribers.

Ericsson will supply its Ericsson Radio System (ERS), while modernizing and expanding the virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) which is deployed on Ericsson BSP 8100 and Ericsson Cloud Execution Environment. Melita will be focusing on 5G and IoT use cases.

Simon Montanaro, chief technology officer of Melita, said: “Our strategic goal is to stay at the forefront of customer experience and Ericsson is the best suited partner to address these requirements.”