NEC and Altiostar Networks have announced a collaboration to accelerate the deployment of 4G/5G open vRAN solutions.
The combined offering will help service providers to improve quality of experience, enhance spectral efficiency and significantly reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).
Under this collaboration agreement, NEC, its subsidiary Netcracker Technology and Altiostar will jointly work on 4G/5G open vRAN business development, including joint marketing activities and development of solutions that leverage each company's advanced technologies and experience. The collaboration will bring together NEC's IT, network and system integration expertise and Netcracker's orchestration capability with Altiostar's field-proven vRAN technology.
Altiostar, a US-based company, pioneered open vRAN solutions where service providers deploy a radio access network using best-of-breed solutions. NEC, a Japan-based company, together with its wholly owned subsidiary Netcracker, actively promotes an open, virtualized infrastructure model in support of the 5G era, utilizing both IT, orchestration and network expertise.
Thierry Maupile, EVP, Strategy and Product Management, Altiostar
We are excited about our collaboration with NEC to solve 4G/5G network challenges through enhanced network intelligence and simplified network rollouts for service providers.
MAyuko Tatewaki, GM, NEC
The combination of our advanced assets will accelerate the development of the open vRAN market, help mobile service providers transform their networks to support innovative services and accelerate their TCO goals.
