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Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 1 2020-01-20 5G – An Outlook Mobile Subscriptions - Q3 2019

8 billion

Mobile subscription in Q3 2019

6161 million Subscriptions added in Q3 2019

Figure 1: Subscription penetration Q3 2019

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 3 Mobile Subscriptions – 2025 Forecast

Figure 3: Subscription by Technology (billion)

5G subscriptions in 2025

Figure 2: Subscription by Technology (billion) 2025 forecast: • LTE dominant access technology (4.8 bn) Subscriptions added in Q3 2019 • 5G uptake (2.6 bn) • SlowerMobile decline subscription for /3Gin Q3 2019 Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 4 Mobile Subscriptions – 2025 Forecast 70% subscriptions in Mobile Broadband (subscriptions that advertise data speeds of 256kbit/s or greater and allows access to the ) in 2025 (Sub-Saharan Africa)

5G subscriptions in 2025 Driving factors for this shift: • Young and growing population with increasing digital skills • 61Affordable Subscriptions added in Q3 2019

Subscriptions addedFigure in Q3 4: Mobile2019 subscriptions by region and technology (percent)

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 5 5G Today First with commercial 5G live networks in 4 continents

Live Elisa Live Live eir O2 UK Live Ireland Vodafone UK Live Live Vodafone Germany 78 DiGi Romania Live Live Live T-Mobile Live Verizon Live Sprint Live TIM Italy Live LG U+ KT Live SK Telecom AT&T Vodafone Spain Live Commercial 5G agreements or Live Live Live Live contracts with unique operators Batelco Ooredoo STC Etisalat Live Live

Live Live networks Live 24

*As of Oct 2019

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 7 2019 – A year of Ericsson 5G Firsts Commercial launches and technology milestones

World First Live Technology First Technology First 5G mmWave Stand Alone data call Spectrum Sharing smartphone & call Verizon MediaTek Qualcomm

January Apr 2019 July Sep 2019

Joint First Live World First Live Technology First Joint first Live 5G 3.5 GHz with 5G 2.6 GHz with Low Band NR call Low Band NR smartphones smartphones in field smartphones Korea Sprint T-Mobile US T-Mobile US

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 8 5G drives increase in average mobile data consumption

Immersive formats contribute to traffic 25% growth. For example: By the end of 2019, 25 • percent of total mobile data High quality may be carried over SK AR/VR content Telecom’s 5G network could consume 12GB per hour • e-streaming sports event could consume 7GB per hour

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 9 5G Network Performance in 2019 November

Downlink Throughput [Mbps] Uplink Throughput [Mbps] 727 641 116 608 562

422 406 75 58 58 51 38

Samsung Galaxy S10 LG V50 Galaxy S10 LG V50

SKT (Ericsson) KT (Vendor B) LGU+ (Vendor C) SKT (Ericsson) KT (Vendor B) LGU+ (Vendor C) Busan: Unique environment for head-to-head performance benchmarking Ericsson consistently provides leading UL and DL performance across terminal types

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 10 5G 2.6GHz Network Performance – North America OoklaSpeedtest, Oct 7-14, 2019

DL performance * UL performance *

700 40

35 600

30 500 25 400 20 300 15 200 10

100 5

0 - 10% DL 50% DL 90% DL 10% UL 50% UL 90% UL

Ericsson Vendor B Vendor C Ericsson Vendor B Vendor C

* Best city per vendor Ericsson provides the best 5G performance leadership in US Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 11 Network Evolution to 5G The 5G spectrum opportunity

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 13 The 5G need from operators

Ubiquitous Capacity & Latency & Coverage Peak Speeds Network Slicing

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 14 Key 5G building blocks

Ubiquitous Capacity & Latency & Coverage Peak Speeds Network Slicing

Low band Carrier Aggregation Standalone 5G

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 15 Carrier aggregation: Using low band to maximize mid band coverage

45% 67% 84% % of subs who access TDD Mid-band

Carrier Mid-band Dual Connectivity Aggregation NR on mid-band TDD

Ericsson innovation - UL data UL/DL ctrl e5 interface

NR/LTE on low-band FDD withLTE onEricsson low-band Spectrum FDD Sharing

Standalone NR coverage baseline Non-Standalone NR Dual Connectivity +9dB Inter-band NR Carrier Aggregation +3-7dB

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 16 Carrier aggregation: Using low band to maximize mid band coverage

45% 67% 84% % of subs who access TDD Mid-band

Carrier TDD Mid-band Dual Connectivity Aggregation NR on mid-band TDD

Ericsson Spectrum Sharing FDD Mid-band on FDD mid-band

FDD Low-band LTE NSA anchor

Non-Standalone NR Inter-band NR Dual Connectivity +9dB Carrier Aggregation +3-7dB

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 17 Spectrum evolution example Use cases Spectrum MBB NR

mIoT m-MTC NR & LTE shared FWA Local-area c-MTC LTE

2 3 2 3.5GHz/mmW 2 2 3 3 1-3GHz 2 1 <1GHz

2 2 2 3 3 3

1 mIoT 1

Dense urban Urban Suburban Rural

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 18 Key 5G building blocks

Ubiquitous Capacity & Latency & Coverage Peak Speeds Network Slicing

Low band Carrier Aggregation Standalone 5G

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 19 Ericsson unique enablers

Ubiquitous Capacity & Latency & Coverage Peak Speeds Network Slicing

Carrier Low band Carrier Aggregation Standalone 5G Aggregation Ericsson Spectrum Sharing: SW & HW Ecosystem cooperation

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 20 Ericsson Spectrum Sharing

Ericsson Spectrum Sharing NR carrier scheduled over LTE carrier

Scheduling lends resources to NR based on traffic 5G NR avoids symbols used in LTE for cell Frequency specific signals Time

Unique scheduler to Increase the value of Nationwide 5G coverage dynamically share mid/high-band spectrum – with minimum impact spectrum between 5G - increase coverage and to LTE performance and 4G capacity NR coverage with LTE capacity Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 21 Ericsson Spectrum Sharing

Live experience Value of PRB and 1ms sharing Strong ESS evolution

— SW delievered to 26 — User throughput — DSS/ISS customers improvements — LTE/NR/CDMA spectrum 1.3 sharing — Commercial launches Q1 1 — SA support 2020 — Support for FDD Active Antenna System — LTE/NR/Cat-M/NB-IoT 50% PRB-level granularity spectrum sharing — Optimizations for NR — 1ms argumentation being performance and spectral prepared for MWC efficiency — Radio support Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 22 Ericsson 5G

Strong market position in 2019 Performance and Differentiors Lead in 5G evolution in 2020

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 23 5G Trial with MTN Nigeria MTN Nigeria use case - Connected Healthcare

A Haptic glove is used to guide a paramedic to perform an ultra sound on a patient, showcasing real-time interaction capabilities over 5G with IMS data channel concept.

Remote haptic control Remote Examination

Paramedic has a haptic glove and HD voice and video call is set-up an ultra sound probe Ultra sound image coming from the The ultra sound image is shown on ambulance in real time a screen both in the ambulance and in the hospital. Doctor has a joystick to steer the haptic glove remotely

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 25 MTN Nigeria use case – Speedtest result

Lagos Speedtest – Event Day Calabar Speedtest – Event & Post Day

5G only (20 MHz) Dual Connectivity 4G + 5G (20 MHz) 5G only (100 MHz) Dual Connectivity 4G + 5G (100 MHz)

Ericsson | A | 2020-01-20 | Technologies for Network - The Ericsson 5G Evolution Journey | Open | Public | Page 26 Q & A

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