Intel secured a contract to supply virtualised RAN (vRAN) equipment for a standalone 5G deployment by US operator Dish Network. The operator said it is working with Intel to build a fully virtualised RAN.
The contract is spanning radio reference designs; fronthaul optimisation; hardware-based security; and server blueprints. It plans to use Intel’s vRAN dedicated accelerator; FlexRAN software reference architecture; Xeon Scalable processors; and Ethernet network adapters. Development of edge applications for enterprises, open RAN standards, and data optimisation and machine learning technologies is also included.
“A trusted advise“ throughout the process of designing its open RAN network, adding it was pleased with the maturity and power demonstrated in testing of commercial off-the-shelf hardware based on Intel’s FlexRAN architecture," said Marc Rouanne, Dish Network EVP and chief network officera. Dish Network previously contracted Nokia to provide core network software.
The award comes as Intel ramps its efforts in the 5G infrastructure market: last month, it expanded a range of next-generation infrastructure products first unveiled in February to capitalise on what it said was a $25 billion market opportunity.
Nokia and SURF, the organization for IT in Dutch education and research, have successfully reached a single carrier 800Gb/s optical transmission over SURF’s existing cross-border, multi-vendor research and education network infrastructure.
Nokia and Vodafone are collaborating to test the viability of L4S technology over passive optical networks (PON).
The GSMA believes that critical reform of European laws is necessary to position the region as a technology frontrunner by 2030.
