Reading, England & TOKYO, Japan:
Mavenir and NEC Corporation (NEC) have deployed massive MIMO (mMIMO) on Orange’s 5G standalone (SA) experimental network.
Mavenir’s cloud-native Open virtualised Radio Access Network (Open vRAN) software program has been deployed on Orange’s cloud infrastructure with NEC’s 32T32R mMIMO energetic antenna unit (AAU) to ship excessive capability and enhanced protection. Interoperability between radios and virtualised Distributed Units (vDUs) over the O-RAN Alliance Open Fronthaul Interface is essential to Open RAN’s capacity to simplify the deployment of multi-vendor networks and eradicate vendor lock-in.
The applied sciences have been deployed on the Orange Gardens campus in Chatillon close to Paris, and are half of the extension of venture Pikeo – Orange’s cloud-based and totally automated 5G SA experimental network, additionally known as Pikeo at this website.
“Mavenir and NEC’s successful Open RAN deployment of mMIMO on Orange’s Innovation 5G SA experimental network is a major stepping stone on the road towards Open RAN deployments and illustrates Orange’s commitment to support the development of multi-vendor Open RAN solutions with innovative partners. Our Open RAN Integration Centre, open to our partners worldwide, contributes to the development of a strong Open RAN ecosystem in Europe,” stated Arnaud Vamparys, SVP Radio Access Networks and Microwaves at Orange.
“Deploying 5G SA mMIMO is a significant milestone in developing Open RAN and transitioning from virtualised to cloudified networks. We are very proud of our continuing collaboration with Orange, NEC and other companies that are proving the potential of the multi-vendor, cloud-native, standards-based approach,” stated Hubert de Pesquidoux, Executive Chairman of Mavenir.
“The latest deployment of Open RAN mMIMO in Europe is another milestone for Open RAN and one that required close collaboration and tight integration between multiple vendors. This synergy is exactly what Open RAN needs to successfully deliver on its promise of a truly open multi-vendor ecosystem,” stated Naohisa Matsuda, General Manager of NEC’s 5G Strategy and Business. “Forward-thinking mobile operators like Orange are showcasing the potential of Open RAN mMIMO. This is the right time for the mobile industry to follow the blueprint set by industry-leading operators to move to the new era of Open RAN-powered connectivity.”
About Mavenir:
Mavenir is constructing the long run of networks and pioneering superior expertise, focusing on the imaginative and prescient of a single, software-based automated network that runs on any cloud. As the trade’s solely end-to-end, cloud-native network software program supplier, Mavenir is targeted on reworking the way in which the world connects, accelerating software program network transformation for 250+ Communications Service Providers and Enterprises in over 120 international locations, which serve greater than 50% of the world’s subscribers. www.mavenir.com
About NEC Corporation:
NEC Corporation has established itself as a frontrunner in the combination of IT and network applied sciences whereas selling the model assertion of “Orchestrating a brighter world.” NEC permits companies and communities to adapt to fast modifications going down in each society and the market because it gives for the social values of security, safety, equity and effectivity to advertise a extra sustainable world the place everybody has the prospect to achieve their full potential. For extra info, go to NEC at https://www.nec.com.
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