Also in Australia, NEC Corporation said it has been selected by the New South Wales (NSW) telco authority to build the initial phase of a 5G innovation lab as part of a new strategic partnership.
The new 5G innovation lab will provide an environment where the NSW telco authority and public safety agencies can explore new technologies, prove interoperability, and boost mobile technology in the context of Public Safety Mobile Broadband (PSMB) applications. The lab will run on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide an immersive 5G test bed experience in the cloud, NEC said.
“This first phase of the 5G Innovation lab helps the NSW telco authority to test the latest cloud native core technology alongside Open RAN, explore cloud deployment options, build PSMB use cases and provide emergency service organizations with the mobile broadband capacity to facilitate easier communication and better situational awareness,” said general manager of NEC’s 5G strategy and business, Naohisa Matsuda.
Under this deal, NEC will deliver a turnkey end-to-end solution to design, supply, install and commission NEC’s cloud native 5G core on public cloud, in conjunction with a local distributed User Plane Function (UPF).
NEC will also provide 5G Open RAN virtualized centralized and distributed (CU/DU) units, Open Radio Units (O-RUs) and CPEs to leverage applications for the NSW telco authority. https://www.rcrwireless.com
