Telefonica: NEC, Open RAN demonstration in 4 countries: UK, Germany, Spain, Brazil
NEC
Telefonica
Telefonica’s main market
Spain,
Germany,
United Kingdom,
Brazil,
Agreed on pre-commercial demonstration of Open RAN.
In 2022, more than 800 locations in 4 countries
Set up a base station,
Aim for commercial development.
Open RAN solution:
Open RAN solution
Of various partner companies in the world
Software and hardware products,
It is integrated and configured.
NEC products:
A 5G Radio Unit equipped with a Massive MIMO antenna will be used.
Until now NEC has
Telefonica Deutschland,
With Telefonica UK
We have been demonstrating Open RAN.
Madrid, Spain
Telefonica Automation Lab
Both companies
At the new Telefonica Automation Lab in Madrid, Spain
We will verify and introduce the latest Open RAN technology and various use cases.
ZDNet Japan
https://japan.zdnet.com/article/35176798/
Telefónica and NEC to build Open RAN live pilots in 4 global markets
Madrid and Tokyo – September 14,
2021 -Telefónica and NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701)announced today that they have entered an agreement to conduct Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) pre-commercial trials in
Telefonica’s four core global markets: Spain,
Germany,
the UK and Brazil.Telefónica is an early adopter of open networks and one of the major European operators that signed the Open RAN MoU in January this year,
committing to the implementation and deployment of Open RAN solutions aimed at building more flexible, efficient and secure mobile networks in the 5G era.
The company has a target of reaching 50% radio network growth based on Open RAN by 2025.
Following the successful milestones achieved through the trials in Telefónica Germany and the UK, under this agreement,
NEC will serve as the prime system integrator to implement and conduct trials of multi-vendor-based Open RAN solutions
with the Telefonica group’s operating companies in four global markets, planned to scale to a total of at least 800 sites for commercial use starting in 2022.
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