NEC: Telefonica UK and demonstration experiment :: Open RAN succeeded
February 2, 2021
NEC,
Telefonica UK,
“We have succeeded in a joint demonstration experiment using Open RAN technology” with Telefonica UK, a group company of Telefonica, a major Spanish telecommunications company.
NEC was in charge of the overall design of the system, and verified it using the development base in the United Kingdom.
Demonstration experiment:
Artio Star provides software,
Supermicro provides hardware,
NEC is in charge of system integrator.
NEC used the open-run business development base in the United Kingdom to verify connectivity.
Multiple base station networks:
Aiming for “openness” to configure a network with multiple base station manufacturers, mainly in Europe and the United States.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODZ022OJ0S1A200C2000000
O2 and NEC jointly conduct Open RAN trial:
London/Tokyo,
February 2, 2021 –
O2 (Telefonica UK) and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701)
have announced a successful Open RAN trial on O2’s network with NEC and its ecosystem of partners that includes virtualized RAN software from Altiostar and hardware from GigaTera Communications and Supermicro among others.
NEC helped
to define a customized Open RAN architecture, optimized and adapted to the requirements of the O2 mobile network.
Given its role as the system integrator for this trial, NEC coordinated
the overall design of the system, which delivered a solid end-to-end solution and was conducted in collaboration with the aforementioned industry leaders.
Derek McManus, COO of O2 said,
The partnership between NEC and O2 promises to accelerate the provision and growth of Open RAN solutions in the UK.
O2 will continue to transform our network through collaboration and the optimization of new technologies such as Open RAN.
About Telefónica UK
O2 is the principal commercial brand of Telefónica UK Limited, part of
the global telecommunications group Telefónica S.A, headquartered in Spain and operating in Europe, and North, Central and South America.
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