Swedish telecommunications and network infrastructure company Ericsson has chosen Malaysia as the manufacturing hub for the group’s most advanced fifth-generation (5G) telecommunications equipment in the Asia-Pacific region, the company said in a presentation in Kuala Lumpur on July 23. The company The global telecom giant plans to start manufacturing its “latest and most advanced” 5G radios in the country in the third quarter of this year – a core element of fifth-generation mobile telecom network infrastructure – David Hägerbro, CEO of Ericsson Malaysia, at the event Say. Praises Malaysia’s skilled workforce “supporting the decision to make Malaysia a regional manufacturing hub is availability…
Swedish telecommunications and network infrastructure company Ericsson has chosen Malaysia as the manufacturing hub for the group’s most advanced fifth-generation (5G) telecommunications equipment in the Asia-Pacific region, the company said in a presentation in Kuala Lumpur on July 23.
Ericsson Malaysia chief executive David Hägerbro said the global telecoms giant plans to start manufacturing its “latest and most advanced” 5G radios in the country in the third quarter of this year – a core element of fifth-generation mobile telecoms network infrastructure. in activity.
Praise for Malaysia’s skilled workforce
“Supporting the decision to make Malaysia a regional manufacturing hub is the skilled workforce and strong infrastructure that Malaysia provides,” Hägerbro noted.
“Complementing the manufacturing is our new regional distribution centre at KLIA, as well as our maintenance and support centre in Shah Alam, which will allow us to improve the delivery of responsive and support services to customers in the Asia Pacific region,” he added.
He added that Ericsson would also invest more and create more jobs in the country through skills training programmes with partners such as the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM).
In cooperation with University of Science and Technology Malaysia
“In the first year alone, the collaboration is expected to benefit up to 1,200 students and enable UTM students to participate and contribute to the country’s digital economy and Industry 4.0 transformation,” said the CEO.
Ericsson can look back on Malaysia’s rather long history. As early as 1964, it entered the country as a supplier of Telecom Malaysia to build the country’s first telecommunications network. The company’s local headquarters is in Petaling Jaya, Greater Kuala Lumpur, while its existing production facility is located in nearby Shah Alam.
