Second consecutive year Rakuten Mobile and Airspan recognized by
Small Cell Forum; 5th year in a row Airspan honored for innovation
by the Forum
Category: Excellence in Commercial Deployment by a Mobile
Network Operator; Rakuten Mobile and Airspan Recognized for Open
RAN network densification deployments
Category: Excellence in Commercial Deployment by a Private
Network Operator; Airspan 5G Network in a Box/Starter Kit
recognized for Accelerating Adoption of 5G Private Networks,
Solving Complex Integration Challenges, Streamlining Time to
Market; with Druid Software
Category: Outstanding Contribution to New Small Cell Business
Case; Betacom 5G as a Service, the first fully-managed private
wireless service, powered by Airspan and Druid Software
Airspan Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Airspan Networks Holdings
Inc. (NYSE American: MIMO), a US-based provider of groundbreaking,
disruptive software and hardware for 5G networks, and a pioneer in
end-to-end Open RAN solutions, has won three Small Cell Forum
Innovation Awards. The awards include:
- Excellence in Commercial Deployment by a Mobile Network
Operator, Rakuten Mobile, for Open RAN network densification
deployments featuring Airspan solutions
- Excellence by a Private Network Operator for Airspan’s 5G
Network in a Box/5G Starter Kit, with Druid Software
- Outstanding Contribution to New Small Cell Business
Case/Betacom 5G as a Service, powered by Airspan’s comprehensive
portfolio of innovative indoor and outdoor private wireless small
cells and by the Druid Raemis 4G/5G core platform with unique
features designed specifically for critical enterprise
applications
This is the second year in a row Rakuten Mobile and Airspan have
been recognized for its innovation and leadership by the Small Cell
Forum, and the fifth consecutive year Airspan has been honored by
the Small Cell Forum, which announced its 2022 innovation award
winners at its annual event on May 24 in London.
Deployment of Open RAN and Small Cells
Rakuten Mobile has demonstrated an open and virtualized RAN
network can be deployed at scale, integrating macro cell sites and
small cells to improve coverage in hard-to-reach outdoor areas, to
boost capacity in hot spots and to provide indoor coverage as well.
The Rakuten Mobile network utilizes Airspan’s 4G and 5G small cells
and radios specifically optimized for Rakuten Mobile’s unique open
and virtualized RAN requirements to provide coverage and capacity
in multiple dense urban areas in Japan.
“Small cells play a key role in our network, expanding coverage
and capacity and improving densification," said Sharad Sriwastawa,
CTO, Rakuten Mobile, Inc. "Working with Airspan, Rakuten Mobile is
able to deploy thousands of cells in a matter of minutes instead of
hours or days. This ability to accelerate deployments through plug
& play technology is a key differentiator of the Rakuten Mobile
network.”
5G Network in a Box Accelerating Adoption of 5G Private
Networks Globally
One of the main challenges in deploying private networks in this
multi-vendor architecture environment is the complexity of
integration. So Airspan accelerated and streamlined the end-to-end
integration process. Our team invited a number of strategic
ecosystem partners into our 5G innovation labs. The strategy was to
use a controlled environment to gather knowledge on the integration
process, create an improved integration model, and begin the
partner validation process with our innovative and disruptive small
cell solutions. Airspan has worked with a number of strategic
partners, including Druid Software, to bring this innovation to
market, which can be deployed in just days not months, a game
changer.
Airspan has accelerated its innovation and industry leadership
in private networks with a number of new solutions, deployments and
strategic partnerships to take advantage of this surging interest
to accelerate private network adoption, across the globe. That
includes the award-winning 5G Network in a Box.
“Airspan is proud to once again be recognized by the Small Cell
Forum for our innovation and leadership with partners Rakuten
Mobile, Druid Software and Betacom,” said Abel Mayal, Airspan’s SVP
of Marketing and Technology. “The fact Airspan has been recognized
for five consecutive years by the Forum is a demonstration of our
focus on driving innovation and excellence in industry-leading
solutions development.
“Airspan’s innovative solutions are based on intelligent
software to provide automation for plug & play functionality
for enterprise private network deployments at scale,” said Mayal.
“Small cells are the critical, integral radio form factor for
numerous private network and public network use cases. Small cells
are a superior option to improve indoor and outdoor coverage and
capacity, and we are proud to work with Rakuten Mobile to help
build and densify their Open RAN network.”
“Druid is delighted to be recognized by the Small Cell Forum for
the fourth year in a row for the market- leading capabilities our
Raemis cellular core platform with our partners Betacom and Airspan
Networks solutions,” said Tadhg Kenny, Druid Software’s SVP of
Marketing & Partnerships. “This industry commendation is a
great testimony to Druid’s vision to make 5G core networks agile,
scalable and easy to manage.”
Outstanding Contribution to New Small Cell Business
Case
As Betacom was developing their 5G as a Service offering, the
team surveyed the ecosystem to find best-in-breed partners for
providing two key components of the solution – a flexible mobile
core that could be deployed on premises, and a RAN that could
deliver 4G at launch and then quickly migrate to 5G. With this
award, Betacom announced that they selected the Druid Raemis core
and the Airspan Networks’ RAN. For enterprises, this means the
solution has been fully tested as a whole, and it just works when
installed. This allows Betacom to commit to Key Performance
Indicators with fully integrated solution elements for each and
every customer. Private 4G/5G networks have incredible potential to
revolutionize the way that industries such as transportation,
manufacturing, and warehouse/logistics conduct their business and
accelerate progress as they implement Industry 4.0 strategies, and
the Betacom solution with trusted partners makes this possible.
“Airspan is a top innovator in the private networking space and
an invaluable partner for Betacom as we work to scale our 5GaaS
offering,” said Betacom CEO Johan Bjorklund. “Our ability to plan
and manage the country’s best private 5G networks must be supported
by a rock-solid radio access foundation, which is exactly what
Airspan provides. We are very pleased to see them receive this
well-deserved recognition.”
To read more about several examples of innovative 5G Starter Kit
use cases with numerous customer and partner 5G/Open RAN private
network deployments, which are contributing to rapid private
networks expansion, promoting 5G adoption, and accelerating the
Open RAN ecosystem worldwide, please go to
www.airspan.com/news.
About Airspan Networks
Airspan Networks Holdings Inc. (NYSE American: MIMO) is a
U.S.-based provider of groundbreaking, disruptive software and
hardware for 5G networks, and a pioneer in end-to-end Open RAN
solutions that provide interoperability with other vendors. As a
result of innovative technology and significant R&D investments
to build and expand 5G solutions, Airspan believes it is
well-positioned with 5G indoor and outdoor, Open RAN, private
networks for enterprise customers and industrial use applications,
fixed wireless access (FWA), and CBRS solutions to help mobile
network operators of all sizes deploy their networks of the future,
today. With over one million cells shipped to 1,000 customers in
more than 100 countries, Airspan has global scale. For more
information, visit www.airspan.com.
About Rakuten Mobile
Rakuten Mobile, Inc. is a Rakuten Group company responsible for
mobile communications. As the fourth entrant to the mobile carrier
business in Japan, Rakuten Mobile aims to redefine industry
expectations and provide simple and easy-to-use mobile services
through its innovative network technology. For more information,
please visit: https://corp.mobile.rakuten.co.jp/english/.
About Betacom
Betacom offers the first fully managed private 5G network,
building on its long history as a wireless infrastructure provider
to AT&T, T Mobile, and Verizon. Founded in 1991 and
headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the company has regional
offices throughout the country. Having completed more than 800
large-scale design and deployment projects, Betacom inspires
confidence among their customers who have worked closely with them
to meet their pressing high-performance connectivity needs. Its
private 5G wireless service is the first managed service of its
kind in the United States. For more information, visit
http://www.betacom.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Druid:
Druid Software is a core cellular network software company based
in Ireland. Established in 2001 Druid has evolved into one of the
world’s leaders in Private 5G & 4G Cellular technology over the
last 20 years. Druids RAEMISTM platform is a mature 3GPP compliant
4G/5G core network, with unique features designed specifically for
business and mission critical use.
Druid’s mature RAEMISTM platform is in use today by ISPs and
Enterprises for mission critical environments in the U.S, EMEA,
LATAM and Asia Pac. Druid technology enables solutions in different
areas including enterprise communications, IoT, mobile edge
computing, and public safety. For more information, please visit
www.druidsoftware.com or stay up to date with everything private
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