Nokia said the trial demonstrated the use of augmented reality in industrial applications.
Finnish vendor Nokia and Saudi carrier stc announced the successful testing of a 5G private wireless network based on cloud-native O-RAN technology.
Nokia said in a release that the trial was hosted on Microsoft’s carrier-grade cloud platform, Microsoft Azure Operator Nexus.
stc aims to leverage O-RAN technology to bring the benefits of openness, virtualization, flexible and interoperable networks to various industries and organizations across Saudi Arabia.
The trial features Nokia’s O-RAN 7-2x compliant radios and virtual distributed/centralized units (vDU/vCU) running on Azure Operator Nexus hosted on HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen11 servers with in-line It was conducted in the wireless environment used. L1 acceleration. Nokia said the trial demonstrated the use of augmented reality for industrial applications and demonstrated the potential and versatility of the jointly developed solution.
said Haisem Alfaraj, CTO of stc. Our collaboration with Nokia and Microsoft, as part of our R&D developments with partners and hyperscalers, underlines our commitment to driving digital transformation and enabling our customers to exploit the full potential of advanced technologies. Masu. By leveraging the power of O-RAN and cloud computing, stc can drive innovation, enable advanced Industry 4.0 applications, and unlock new business opportunities. ”
“The successful trial of an O-RAN-based 5G private wireless network on Microsoft Azure demonstrates the potential of open, scalable networks combined with cloud capabilities. This is a significant step forward in enabling customers to make the most of their digital transformation and take advantage of digital transformation,” said Mark Atkinson, Head of RAN at Nokia.
Meanwhile, Shawn Hakl, vice president of Azure for Operators 5G strategy at Microsoft, said this milestone demonstrates how cloud computing and advanced wireless technologies can be combined to drive innovation and power businesses. I said that.
Last week, stc Solutions announced an O-RAN agreement with US company Mavenir to launch what it claims is Saudi Arabia’s first commercial O-RAN network.
The service is expected to be commercially available in 2024. The agreement follows the successful initial deployment of a multi-layer 4G and 5G NSA access network on an O-RAN platform to Saudi carrier STC, delivered in partnership with STC and Mavenir solutions.
The newly launched multi-layer 4G and 5G wireless network leverages Mavenir’s 4G Remote Radio Unit (RRU) and 5G Massive MIMO (mMIMO) Active Antenna Unit (AAU) technology and is fully containerized in the cloud. Leverages the native Mavenir Webscale Platform (MWP). Centralized unit (CU) and distributed unit (DU) software.
