At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, umlaut, a cross-industry full-service company providing technology and organizational consulting service is installing its first 5G campus network at its headquarters location in Aachen, Germany.
The 5G standalone network will use 100 MHz of C-Band spectrum and leverages virtualized architecture to deliver flexibility and scalability. The project is being done in collaboration with Airspan, a U.S.-based provider of disruptive software and hardware for 5G networks and end-to-end Open RAN solutions and Druid Software, an Ireland-based provider of 4G/5G private cellular technology.
Liam Kenny, CEO of Druid Software, commented on the announcement: “We are delighted to support umlaut as they pioneer 5G standalone capability for enterprise innovation in the German market. umlaut is ideally positioned with the enterprise slicing capabilities of the Druid Raemis™ 5G NGC and Airspan’s ORAN solution to address the business-critical needs of Industry.”
The 5G campus network is being designed as a foundation for engineering studies and collaborative testing of a variety of pioneering applications in areas including logistics, manufacturing, health & life, utilities.
Hakan Ekmen, CEO Telecommunication at umlaut, says: “With our 5G campus network, we can test a wide variety of industrial applications and scenarios which provide real value for our customers. We will provide them with tangible, reliable results to help them develop their 5G strategies and proof of concepts, in the perfect test environment, saving the cost of building and operating their own 5G test beds. umlaut will also support our customers in creating their own tailor-made environment from planning license applications for network rollout, launch and optimization and managed operation of our clients’ private networks,” he said.
Reader Interactions