{"id":3943,"date":"2021-03-25T14:01:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T14:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.5gworldpro.com\/?p=3943"},"modified":"2021-03-25T14:01:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T14:01:21","slug":"etisalat-partners-rakuten-to-develop-open-ran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.5gworldpro.com\/?p=3943","title":{"rendered":"Etisalat partners Rakuten to develop open RAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Etisalat, one of the world\u2019s largest telco service providers operating in 16 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, is working with Rakuten Mobile to jointly develop a reference blueprint for mobile broadband networks based on the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP)<\/p>\n<p>In an agreement recently signed with Rakuten Mobile, Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat will explore and co-develop a mobile network reference design based on open standards. Through Rakuten Mobile\u2019s RCP, Etisalat\u2019s customer base of more than 154 million subscribers are positioned to realize the potential of a cloud-native, software-centric and fully virtualized and containerized platform.<\/p>\n<p>Hatem Bamatraf, Chief Technology Officer, Etisalat International said<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a unique opportunity for Etisalat and Rakuten Mobile to co-explore and further develop next generation mobile networks based on RCP that will allow Etisalat to leverage a cost-effective, cloud-native, OpenRAN based mobile network architecture that is secure, scalable and reliable,\u201d explained Hatem Bamatraf, Chief Technology Officer, Etisalat International.<\/p>\n<p>This announcement for advancing Open RAN technology follows similar recent agreements with Madrid-based Telef\u00f3nica and Riyadh-based stc, both signed in late 2020. Through its collaboration with Rakuten Mobile, Etisalat will continue its drive to deliver groundbreaking network performance with a rich user experience, while also becoming a mobile operator to watch in the era of Open RAN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Etisalat, one of the world\u2019s largest telco service providers operating in 16 countries across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, is working with Rakuten Mobile to jointly develop a reference blueprint for mobile broadband networks based on the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) In an agreement recently signed with Rakuten Mobile, Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat will explore [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[424,191,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-3943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-5g-news","8":"tag-etisalat","9":"tag-open-ran","10":"tag-rakuten"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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