{"id":19646,"date":"2022-09-30T08:24:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T07:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=19646"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:33:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T13:33:45","slug":"malaysias-5g-network-to-use-new-energy-saving-ericsson-radios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2022\/09\/30\/malaysias-5g-network-to-use-new-energy-saving-ericsson-radios\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia\u2019s 5G network to use new, energy-saving Ericsson radios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Malaysia\u2019s 5G network being deployed by Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) will be more energy efficient thanks to the use of new AIR 3268 energy-saving radios from Ericsson, which reduces power consumption at the network level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is the first in Asia to use Ericsson\u2019s latest ultra-lightweight radio which, based on field measurements, is 18% more energy efficient than the previous generation radio. It will therefore be more energy efficient when introducing 5G over mid-band frequencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AIR 3268 supports Ericsson\u2019s unique Massive MIMO architecture and Uplink Booster capabilities that deliver leading network performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 12kg and 23 litres the ultra-lightweight AIR 3268 is one of the lightest and smallest Massive MIMO radios in the industry and has been designed for 5G mid-band Massive MIMO performance to deliver the benefits of deployment simplicity and improved energy efficiency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With 200W output power, 32 transceivers and passive cooling, the radio weighs about 40% less than the earlier generation, making installations easy on towers, rooftops, poles and walls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe AIR 3268\u2019s improved energy efficiency will reduce the cost of operations and impact on the environment,\u201d said David H\u00e4gerbro, Head of Ericsson Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. \u201cThe new generation radios that will be deployed throughout Malaysia by Digital Nasional Berhad will be comparatively more energy efficient, thereby ensuring a more sustainable and responsible 5G rollout.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malaysia\u2019s 5G network being deployed by Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) will be more energy efficient thanks to the use of new AIR 3268 energy-saving radios from Ericsson, which reduces power consumption at the network level. It is the first in Asia to use Ericsson\u2019s latest ultra-lightweight radio which, based on field measurements, is 18% more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":19647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,36,59,42,44,54],"tags":[103,3780,2592,3779,3781],"class_list":["post-19646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intelligent-technology-newsletter","category-networking","category-south-east-asia","category-industry-verticals-telecom","category-top-stories","category-used","tag-5g","tag-air-3268","tag-digital-nasional-berhad","tag-ericsson-malaysia","tag-mimo"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19646"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19956,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19646\/revisions\/19956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}