NEC: Established Open RAN COE in the UK: 5G global expansion
NEC: Open RAN
November 19, 2020
NEC establishes Open RAN business development base in the United Kingdom.
Global expansion of 5G:
NEC will accelerate the global expansion of Open RAN.
Established a business development base (Center of Excellence, hereinafter referred to as CoE) in the United Kingdom.
UK Business Development Center (CoE):
In NEC’s overseas Open RAN business
Product development support
Solution development
Project execution
It plays a role such as technical support.
Supporting the introduction of Open RAN around the world as a core in carrying out overseas projects
Open RAN Lab opened in India:
In addition, we will set up an Open RAN lab (technical verification facility) in India for global commercial expansion.
Build an Open RAN ecosystem:
We perform interconnection verification in a multi-vendor environment, product and system performance verification, and quality assurance.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXLRSP600357_Z11C20A1000000/
NEC establishes Global Open RAN Center of Excellence in the U.K.
Its operations will be further strengthened and scaled through an Open RAN Laboratory (technical verification facility) based in India,
an Open RAN Laboratory
which will be responsible for building up Open RAN ecosystems with interoperability validation in a multi-vendor environment,
as well as verifying product and system level performance and quality assurance. With this approach,
NEC will drive initiatives to promote openness of networks at full scale through an Open RAN ecosystem
that includes its own advanced product portfolio as well as the leading-edge products of partner companies.
NEC will further leverage the CoE to strengthen collaboration with partner companies
to contribute to revitalizing the global Open RAN market and transforming CSPs into digital service providers.
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