Rakuten Mobile and Ligado Networks have reached an MoU for commercial trials for 5G mobile private networks based on the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). Under the MoU announced Feb. 12, the companies will define a strategy that leverages Rakuten’s ecosystem to advance a jointly developed 5G mobile private
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It sounds like coronavirus with a subtly different backstory, but it sums up today s international market for open RAN. The telco industry is enthralled by the concept. Its complaint is that today s all-powerful suppliers are not compatible, forcing the operator of a mobile site to be faithful to one system and squeezing out the technology specialists. Open RAN interoperability could be a leg-up for smaller firms that diversifies the market. The risk is that it becomes a proliferation of incompatible systems.
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Mobile operators worldwide are looking for alternatives to traditional, monolithic 5G suppliers, particularly in the RAN. They recognize that 4G’s proprietary architectures and best of suite models don’t work for 5G, which is about scalability, speed, and innovation. Several Tier 1 operators have responded to the bottleneck of the RAN evolution by investing in openness to spur a healthier supplier ecosystem, better economics, and more innovation. With operators calling for openness, innovation and access to an ecosystem, NEC’s leadership in the 5G RAN stands out.
Reinventing 5G RAN’s economics
Though other parts of operators’ networks have adopted virtualization and openness, the RAN has remained an oligopoly rooted in proprietary systems. As consolidations have narrowed the 5G market, there have become too few viable, large scale 5G suppliers and not enough openness among them to help accelerate the pace of innovation or the move towar
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Rakuten Mobile and Ligado Networks sign Memorandum of Understanding to enter into commercial trials for 5G mobile private networks based on the Rakuten Communications Platform
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RESTON, Va. and TOKYO, Feb. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Rakuten Mobile, Inc. and Ligado Networks Inc., today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) where the two companies will collaborate to create a blueprint for Ligado s 5G mobile private network solution that leverages the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP). Under the MoU, the companies will commence efforts in Q1 2021 with ecosystem partners and vendors to establish a timeline for the implementation of network trials and blueprint for solutions.