Radisys Corporation and Telefónica S.A. announced that Telefónica is disaggregating its broadband network with Radisys’ Connect Open Broadband portfolio to reduce the risk associated with supply chain shortages, and to make it easier to introduce new network solutions.
Radisys’ Connect Open Broadband comes with hardware and software components, including white-box Combo-PON OLTs, the Connect Broadband Access Controller, and the Radisys Management System software. After extensive testing of Radisys’ cloud-native disaggregated broadband solution in the lab, Telefónica and Radisys have reached an agreement to deploy the technology in a live commercial network supporting residential and enterprise customers in 2023.
Communications service providers are seeking to disaggregate their networks, de-coupling hardware and software components and selecting best-of-breed solutions from a multi-vendor ecosystem, rather than be tied to a proprietary supplier. The current global supply chain challenges make disaggregated network elements more important than ever, according to a statement by Telefónica.
By choosing to disaggregate its network with Radisys’ Connect Open Broadband, Telefónica is able to mix and match components from multiple vendors and multiple supply chains which helps lower total cost of ownership while also mitigating supply chain risk associated with a proprietary solution.
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