India, Nov. 14 -- Ericsson is sharpening its long-term India strategy with a new Radio Access Network (RAN) Software R&D unit in Bengaluru - a move that signals how rapidly the country is becoming central to next-generation telecom innovation. The decision follows the company's series of recent India-based R&D investments, underscoring the depth of talent available in the market and India's maturing role in global telecom engineering.

The new unit will initially focus on developing 5G and 5G Advanced capabilities for Ericsson's 5G baseband, closely aligned with its global RAN software teams. For Bengaluru - already one of the world's fastest-growing technology clusters - the announcement adds another high-value R&D mandate to its ecosyst...