Ericsson and Future Technologies are expanding their collaboration to scale enterprise wireless and private 5G networks for industrial AI applications. The partnership targets the manufacturing, energy, transportation, and logistics sectors across North America.

The initiative addresses a growing requirement for resilient connectivity as industrial operations deploy artificial intelligence into physical environments. The companies stated that traditional enterprise networks often lack the real-time performance and reliability needed to support the data movement between autonomous systems, edge computing platforms, and the cloud.

“Artificial intelligence is moving into the physical world, and that fundamentally changes the role connectivity plays inside enterprises,” said Åsa Tamsons, Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Enterprise Wireless Solutions at Ericsson. She noted that enterprise wireless is becoming foundational infrastructure for the next generation of industrial innovation.

The collaboration utilises Ericsson’s private cellular technologies and Future Technologies’ systems integration expertise. Future Technologies will manage the architecture, deployment, and lifecycle services for wireless transformation projects. The partnership builds on more than 13 years of joint engagement, representing over $150 million in cumulative project value across public and private cellular sectors.

To support deployment, Future Technologies operates a Living Lab and a mobile demonstration platform in Atlanta. These facilities allow industrial firms to validate connectivity architectures and test operational use cases before moving from pilot programmes to full-scale production.