KIANEWS First commercial launch of Open RAN with multiple partners
27. 02. 2023 Monday / By: Robert Denes / Industrial / Exact time: BST / Print this page
In the next phase of its open RAN journey, Deutsche Telekom will work with Nokia, Fujitsu and Mavenir, among others, on initial commercial deployments across Europe.
Nokia and Fujitsu have become partners for the first commercial open RAN deployment in Germany from 2023. Customers in Neubrandenburg will receive 2G, 4G and 5G services through deployment in Telekom Deutschland's "brownfield" network environment. In addition, Mavenir has been selected as a partner for the multi-vendor rollout of DT starting in 2023.
"Open RAN is key to Deutsche Telekom's strategy to promote supplier diversity and accelerate customer-focused innovation in the radio access network," underlines Claudia Nemat, Board Member for Technology and Innovation. "We are committed to making the opening of the RAN the technology of choice for the networks of the future and the catalyst for moving Europe forward in the digital age, which is why we are making this happen together with our partners. "
“The open RAN has matured in terms of both stability and performance in recent months, which has given us confidence for the initial commercial rollout. Together with Nokia, Mavenir and other ecosystem partners, we will use our collaboration as a springboard to accelerate open RAN development and pave the way for large-scale deployment,” said Abdu Mudesir, CTO and CTO Germany, Deutsche Telekom Group.
Adopting Open Fronthaul for Interoperability and HW/SW Decoupling for Cloud RAN Adopting Open Fronthaul for Interoperability and HW/SW Decoupling for Cloud RAN
It deploys traditional radio access networks as an integrated solution from a single vendor. Open RAN unlocks some interface gateways between different parts of the radio access network, allowing service providers to introduce components from different vendors. The open fronthaul interface defined by O-RAN ALLIANCE and now accepted by ETSI enables cooperation between these components. Operators can therefore combine a baseband unit from one manufacturer with a radio unit from another manufacturer in one location. It deploys traditional radio access networks as an integrated solution from a single vendor. Open RAN unlocks some interface gateways between different parts of the radio access network, allowing service providers to introduce components from different vendors. The open fronthaul interface defined by O-RAN ALLIANCE and now accepted by ETSI enables cooperation between these components. Operators can therefore combine a baseband unit from one manufacturer with a radio unit from another manufacturer in one location.
The Neubrandenburg sites are based on an open RAN architecture from several manufacturers, with open fronthaul support and equipment from Nokia and Fujitsu. Nokia supplies the baseband units. The O-RAN compatible remote radio units (O-RU) are provided by Nokia and Fujitsu. The Neubrandenburg sites are based on the open RAN architecture of several manufacturers, with open fronthaul support, and equipment from Nokia and Fujitsu. Nokia supplies the baseband units. O-RAN compatible Remote Radio Units (O-RU) are provided by Nokia and Fujitsu.
For additional deployments in the European area, Mavenir provides Cloud-Native baseband software for 4G and 5G distributed units (O-DU) and central units (O-CU), including open fronthaul-based mMIMO radio units. Other partners will be announced in due course. For further deployments in the European area, Mavenir will provide Cloud-Native baseband software for 4G and 5G distributed units (O-DU) and central units (O-CU), including open fronthaul-based mMIMO radio units. The other partners will be announced in time.
Development of the open RAN ecosystem Development of the open RAN ecosystem
Deutsche Telekom has been pioneering open RAN since co-founding the xRAN Forum in 2016, which led to the formation of the telco-led O-RAN ALLIANCE in 2018. In 2021, Deutsche Telekom launched the O-RAN Town pilot in Neubrandenburg to test it. , evaluate and gain operational experience from a high-performance multivendor deployment on a brownfield network. Following the completion of the O-RAN Town pilot, Deutsche Telekom recently shared its learnings with Deutsche Telekom has been pioneering open RAN since co-founding the xRAN Forum in 2016, which led to the formation of the telco-led O-RAN ALLIANCE in 2018 . In 2021, Deutsche Telekom launched the O-RAN Town pilot in Neubrandenburg to test it. , evaluate and gain operational experience from a high-performance multivendor deployment on a brownfield network.
Deutsche Telekom also collaborates with other leading European operators (the Open RAN MoU group) to develop the open RAN ecosystem and solutions. Its latest report defines the operators' agenda for 2023 under three main themes: maturity, security and energy efficiency.
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