Swedish telecommunications and network infrastructure company Ericsson has selected Malaysia as manufacturing hub for the group’s state-of-the-art fifth-generation (5G) telecom equipment in the Asia-Pacific region, the company said at a presentation in Kuala Lumpur on July 23. The global telecom giant plans to start manufacturing of its “latest and most advanced” 5G radios – core elements in a fifth-generation mobile telecom network infrastructure – in the country in the third quarter this year, David Hägerbro, CEO of Ericsson Malaysia, said at the event. Lauding Malaysia’s skilled workforce “Supporting the decision to make Malaysia a regional manufacturing hub are the availability…
Swedish telecommunications and network infrastructure company Ericsson has selected Malaysia as manufacturing hub for the group’s state-of-the-art fifth-generation (5G) telecom equipment in the Asia-Pacific region, the company said at a presentation in Kuala Lumpur on July 23.
The global telecom giant plans to start manufacturing of its “latest and most advanced” 5G radios – core elements in a fifth-generation mobile telecom network infrastructure – in the country in the third quarter this year, David Hägerbro, CEO of Ericsson Malaysia, said at the event.
Lauding Malaysia’s skilled workforce
“Supporting the decision to make Malaysia a regional manufacturing hub are the availability of a skilled workforce and the strong infrastructure that Malaysia offers,” Hägerbro noted.
“Complementing the manufacturing will be our new regional distribution center at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, as well as the maintenance and support center in Shah Alam which will allow us to improve response and delivery of support services to customers in the Asia-Pacific region,” he added.
Ericsson would also be stepping up its investments and creating more employment opportunities in the country through skills training programmes with partners such as the University of Technology Malaysia, or UTM, he added.
Collaboration with University of Technology Malaysia
“A collaboration is expected to reach up to 1,200 students in the first year alone and will enable UTM students to participate and contribute to the country’s digital economy and Industry 4.0 transformation,” the CEO said.
Ericsson can look back at quite a long history in Malaysia. It entered the country as early as in 1964 as supplier for Telekom Malaysia to establish the nation’s first telecom network. The company’s local headquarters is in Petaling Jaya in Greater Kuala Lumpur, while existing production facilities are in nearby Shah Alam.
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