Parallel Wireless, Turk Telekom and Juniper Networks Announce Leading-Edge Open RAN Initiative in Turkey
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NASHUA, N.H., Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
-- Enabling state-of-the-art 4G and 5G broadband communications and new
applications
Parallel Wireless, Inc. (
), the U.S.-based Open RAN company delivering the world's leading All G - 2G,
3G, 4G, and 5G, cloud-native Open RAN solution, has announced a collaboration
with Turk Telekom (
) and Juniper Networks (
) on a multi-vendor Open RAN initiative to deliver state-of-the-art broadband
communications. Turk Telekom, the leading-edge and first integrated
telecommunications operator in Turkey, will deploy Open RAN technology
utilizing the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC). Deployments will occur across
trial sites after completing tests in the Turk Telekom Innovation Center.
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Turk Telekom is an early adopter and pioneer of Open RAN technology, utilizing
a broad vendor ecosystem to build more flexible, efficient, and secure mobile
networks to meet the demands of the 5G era. Turk Telekom has previously
collaborated with Juniper Networks for the productization of the RIC, a
critical part of Open RAN architecture, to automate networks, enable efficient
resource utilization, and provide an optimal customer experience.
Within the scope of this new initiative, Turk Telekom will utilize Parallel
Wireless Open RAN software and Juniper's state-of-the-art RIC:
- Parallel Wireless will provide an end-to-end Open RAN solution utilizing
Band 1, 3, 7, 8, 20 radios and DU,CU software for 2G, 3G, and 4G and
band 78 radios and DU,CU software for 5G.
- The first phase of the lab trial utilizing the RIC for admission control
over 4G has been completed with more phases to come.
- Juniper Networks will be working alongside Turk Telekom and Parallel
Wireless to provide its extensive RIC platform. Juniper will be
deploying both the near-real-time (near-RT) and the non-real-time
(non-RT) RIC and demonstrating the capabilities of various xApps/rApps.
This will enable Turk Telekom to deliver differentiated services faster
to their customers.
This Open RAN initiative will be trialed in both Turk Telekom's Innovation
Center and in field environments by:
- Building a cloud-native, Open RAN world-class network solution based on
a high-performance, distributed architecture.
- Improving service agility and reducing overall Total Cost of Ownership
(TCO) with the introduction of RAN automation.
- Providing a turnkey solution that optimizes high traffic capacity
requirements.
- This leading-edge network will help to enable mobile broadband services
such as 8k video streaming, Internet of Things (IoT), e-Health, e-
Education and much more.
Yusuf Kirac, CTO, Turk Telekom, said, "At Turk Telekom, we successfully
represent our country in the global arena by taking active roles in drawing the
roadmap for 5G. As a result of our cooperation with Juniper Networks for the
RIC solution last year, we now export our new technology solutions globally.
We have also established collaborations with global technology manufacturers.
Within the scope of these collaborations, we continue our development, tests,
and productization of Open RAN. Our collaboration with Parallel Wireless and
Juniper Networks on this initiative is extremely important throughout our Open
RAN journey and we are confident that this collaboration will be an important
step towards enabling state-of-the-art 4G and 5G broadband communications and
new applications."
Constantine Polychronopoulos, VP, 5G and Telco Cloud at Juniper Networks, said,
"Collaborative efforts by technology vendors and service providers are critical
to demonstrate real-world interoperability in this exciting and emerging space.
Juniper's ability to provide an open SDK and network-based APIs facilitates
seamless portability of x/rApps on its RIC in multivendor environments and
underscores the potential for all operators."
Keith Johnson, President of Parallel Wireless, said, "Parallel Wireless is
proud to partner with Turk Telekom, the first integrated telecommunications
operator in Turkey, providing our leading-edge, next-generation Open RAN
softare platform, enabling All G - 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G broadband communications
and new state-of-the-art digital applications."
About Parallel Wireless
Parallel Wireless's ALL G (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G) O-RAN compliant software platform
has been deployed with global Mobile Network Operators from across six
continents and forms an open, secure, and intelligent RAN architecture to
deliver wireless connectivity, so all people can be connected whenever,
wherever, and however they choose. For more information, visit:
www.parallelwireless.com. Connect with Parallel Wireless on LinkedIn (
) and Twitter (
).
About Turk Telekom
Turk Telekom, with over 180 years of history, is the first integrated
telecommunication operator in Turkey. Having a wide service network and product
range in the fields of individual and corporate services, Turk Telekom unified
its mobile, internet, phone and TV products and services under the single "Turk
Telekom" brand. "Turkey's Multiplay Provider" Turk Telekom has 16.9 million
fixed access lines, 14.3 million broadband, 2,9 million TV and 24 million
mobile subscribers as of December 31, 2021. Turk Telekom Group Companies
provide services in all 81 cities of Turkey with nearly 36 thousand employees
with the vision of introducing new technologies to Turkey and accelerating
Turkey's transformation into an information society. www.turktelekom.com.tr
SOURCE: Parallel Wireless
CONTACT: Susan Layne, slayne@parallelwireless.com
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