Magyar Telekom, the leading Hungarian telecom service provider, and a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom has selected Richardson, TX-based Mavenir to deploy a cloud-native containerized converged packet core (CPC). Magyar Telekom will use Deutsche Telekom’s locally deployed private cloud solution for its primary network operations. Mavenir’s containerized CPC will enable deploying new enterprise applications and services, taking advantage of 5G features such as low latency and network slicing.
Magyar Telekom, headquartered in Budapest, served nearly 6 million mobile devices at the end of 3Q22, and has close to 45 percent share of the Hungarian mobile market, ahead of its main competitors, Vodafone and Yettel.
Laszlo Boka, Platform and Core Services Tribe Lead at Magyar Telekom says, “It was important for us to partner with a software provider [like Mavenir] that could deliver on three main fronts: a converged packet core to support all access technology integration from 2G to 5G, an open architecture that could run on our specified hardware and software platforms, and seamless integration with third-party network functions.”
Mavenir’s 5G Core solution is part of its cloud-native MAVcore portfolio that is based on an open architecture, cloud-native design. The company claims that MAVcore’s fully containerized solution allows better resiliency and faster recovery in the event of network failures.
Mavenir’s CPC integrates multiple third-party vendors, including 4G and 5G radio access equipment (eNodeBs and gNodeBs) along with subscriber and policy management functions. Moreover, its converged architecture supports 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G in both non-standalone and standalone modes. This convergence capability enables all access technologies to run on the common cloud-native platform provided by Deutsche Telekom, and accommodates onboarding of users onto Deutsche Telekom’s Containers-as-a-Service (CaaS) facility.
Ashok Khuntia, Mavenir President for Core Networks said, “Working with mobile network operators globally, we’ve created an agile software delivery process that accommodates specific integration and feature requirements. Integrating Mavenir’s Converged Packet Core into Magyar Telekom’s existing network will enable a fully automated network with the reliability, scale, and flexibility to deliver innovative services.”
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