UK based wireless telecommunications provider, Vilicom announced it has partnered with cloud-native software company Mavenir to bring a new offering to the marke – “Connectivity-as-a-Service” – that will streamline the delivery of high capability inbuilding 4G and 5G mobile connectivity.
Mavenir’s virtualised RAN (vRAN) platform enables Vilicom to host multiple networks using the same IT infrastructure. This means Vilicom can streamline operations and rapidly reduce the cost of inbuilding 4G and 5G connectivity for new customers.
Working with Vilicom, Mavenir’s vRAN platform brings increased business agility with network elasticity, flexibility, and dynamic RAN optimisation – an approach that is very different from traditional proprietary approaches.
Primarily aimed at property developers, landlords and business professionals, Vilicom’s new CaaS solution is targeted towards anyone that considers mobile connectivity to be an important asset on their properties.
Responding to an email question from The Fast Mode, Vilicom's CEO, Sean Keting said that the product is designed to tenant multiple MNOs as a digital service running on top of a common IT and vRAN.
Stefano Cantarelli, COO, Mavenir
Mavenir is delighted to partner with Vilicom who shares its vision to transform mobile network economics and address infinite demand from consumers and devices for mobile connectivity on a massive scale.
Sean Keating, CEO, Vilicom
Mobile Network Operators will also benefit from this product, since we believe, it will allow them to densify the deployment of network coverage and capacity, where it is most needed, the indoors.
