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Rakuten Mobile, NEC partner on Open RAN in global telecom markets

Tuesday 18 May 2021 | 09:34 CET | News
Japan's Rakuten Mobile and NEC have signed a memorandum of understanding to promote Open RAN in global mobile telecommunications markets. In Japan, NEC is currently providing 5G radio units (5G RU) for Rakuten Mobile's fully virtualized cloud native mobile network. The two companies are also jointly developing Rakuten Mobile's containerized 5G Stand Alone (SA) core network (5GC).

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: NEC / Rakuten Mobile
Countries: Japan
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