5G Open RAN based Networks to Get Global Collaboration from NTT DATA and Mavenir

NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services provider, and Mavenir Systems, Inc. will collaborate globally to provide products, solutions, systems and integration services for 5G networks based on cloud native, open architecture-based systems, including Open RAN to drive openness and virtualization in 5G networks. Through this collaboration, the two companies will combine various IT and telecommunication services, including integration services provided by NTT DATA worldwide, with Mavenir's Open Virtualized RAN (vRAN) solutions and Converged Packet Core to support the adoption of Open vRAN by telecommunications carriers and the realization of Digital Transformation by enterprises and telecom operators using 5G. NTT DATA. Mavenir will provide network services with the added value that open and virtualized 5G networks can bring. In particular, the two companies will prioritize and work closely together on pioneering projects to drive open architecture-based approaches in enabling bigger and broader ecosystems to unlock the true potential of 5G networks.

Mavenir, is an end-to-end cloud-native network software provider that has been providing advanced solutions for many years to a large number of telecom operators globally. Mavenir's Open vRAN encompasses 4G and 5G radio access. The disaggregated RAN approach extends virtualization to the edge of the network and provides strategic differentiation by enabling multisource Remote Radio Units (RRUs) to interwork with the virtualized, containerized, Cloud Based Base Band software over ethernet Fronthaul (FH), using the O-RAN open interface overcoming the traditional constraints of the proprietary specifications, making the radio access network highly scalable and flexible.

The Mavenir Converged Packet Core solution uses cloud-native architecture with granular micro-services, following web-scale principles which provide the required scalability, agility, and reliability to meet the wide range of 5G use cases and stringent 5G performance requirements for end-to-end latency, high throughput demand, and overall network availability.

NTT DATA's global delivery and Mavenir's solutions will be combined to meet the needs of operators around the world as they build or transition to open and virtualized 5G networks. NTT DATA and Mavenir will globally collaborate to provide products, solutions, systems and integration services for 5G networks based on cloud native, open architecture-based systems, including Open RAN. This strategic partnership is being driven in an effort to promote the adoption of Open RAN by telecom operators and the realization of Digital Transformation by enterprise operators using 5G. Through the construction of such a network, NTT DATA and Mavenir will also contribute to the digitization of regions such as rural areas, which have not benefited from high-speed wireless communications to date.