UTStarcom Announces Progress in the Development of a Disaggregated Solution for 5G Transport Networks
November 06 2020 - 6:00AM
UTStarcom (“UTStarcom” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:UTSI), a global
telecommunications infrastructure provider, announced today the
Company’s progress in the development of a disaggregated router
platform optimized for use in 5G Transport Networks. Importantly,
UTStarcom recently secured a win of a RFP for joint development of
a disaggregated platform for 5G transport with one of the major
telecom operators in China.
Scope of the project includes development of a chassis-based
modular redundant white box hardware platform, ONIE (Open Network
Install Environment) integration, implementation of hardware
drivers and APIs enabling seamless SONiC support over Intel x86 CPU
and Broadcom DNX switch chip, as well as integration of certain
UTStarcom’s software modules to implement advanced features such as
PTP (Precision Time Protocol), SyncE (Synchronous Ethernet) and
chassis redundancy into the customer’s NOS (Network Operating
System) based on the SONiC open source network operating
system.
UTStarcom has completed hardware development and delivered first
batch of test units for NOS porting and testing to the customer.
Field deployment is expected to start in 2021.
UTStarcom’s Senior Vice President of Product & Technology,
Mr. Steven Chen, commented, "We are excited about this project win
at a major telecom operator in China, as it validates UTStarcom’s
technology leadership and ongoing R&D efforts in 5G transport.
Disaggregation of hardware and software in telecommunication
networks, and more specifically in 5G transport networks, is an
increasingly important technology. It has the potential to reduce
capex and opex of transport networks, while enabling the support of
a variety of requirements in a flexible and cost-efficient manner.
The requirements include huge network capacity, scalability,
synchronization delivery, network slicing, and a number of
others.”
Mr. Chen continued, “We believe that with its rich telecom
industry background and flexible design culture of customer-centric
tailored products, UTStarcom is well positioned to fill the gap
building full-featured telecom-grade redundant modular
disaggregated (white box) routers optimized for access and
aggregation in 5G transport networks as well as suitable for many
other applications.”
The ongoing development of a disaggregated solution is an
important step within the Company’s overall strategy to support 5G
networks rollouts by delivering advanced transport network
infrastructure products designed and optimized for 5G. As part of
this strategy, the Company released earlier this year its advanced
high-performance SkyFlux Converged Packet Transport integrated
platform based on SR and FlexE technologies. The development of the
disaggregated packet transport platform utilizes the Company’s
expertise in telecom networks and carrier-grade products design to
address the market demand for cost-effective and flexible 5G
transport network edge/access and aggregation products based on
open architectures.
About UTStarcom Holdings Corp.
UTStarcom is committed to helping network operators offer their
customers the most innovative, reliable and cost-effective
communication services. UTStarcom offers high performance advanced
equipment optimized for the most rapidly growing network functions,
such as mobile backhaul, metro aggregation and broadband access.
UTStarcom has operations and customers around the world, with a
special focus on Japan and India. UTStarcom was founded in 1991 and
listed its shares on the Nasdaq Market in 2000 (symbol: UTSI). For
more information about UTStarcom, please visit
http://www.utstar.com.
For investor and media inquiries, please
contact:
In China
UTStarcom Holdings Corp.Tel: +86 571 8192 8888Ms. Ning Jiang,
Investor RelationsEmail: njiang@utstar.com / utsi-ir@utstar.com
In the United States:
The Blueshirt Group Mr. Ralph FongTel: +1 (415) 489-2195Email:
ralph@blueshirtgroup.com
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