Ericsson announced a new speed record for high-speed microwave backhaul — 2.5Gbps.
Ericsson estimates that more than 60 percent of radio base stations are backhauled using microwave.
Georges Antoun, head of IP and Broadband at Ericsson, says: “Microwave has been a key component when it comes to fast and cost-effective rollouts of mobile networks, and will continue to be just that when the capacities take off in the networks. We have now delivered more than 2 million MINI-LINKs around the globe and we see that microwave will remain as the solution for mobile backhaul as it provides the lowest total cost of ownership.”http://www.ericsson.com