StarHub has successfully conducted Singapore’s inaugural Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) call on its 5G network – marking a significant milestone in the global telecommunications landscape.
This achievement comes as part of a groundbreaking demonstration in collaboration with NTT DOCOMO.
“With the successful demonstration of our Open RAN, in collaboration with NTT DOCOMO, we are thrilled to be the first to bring it to market, marking this significant milestone for StarHub and Singapore,” said Ayush Sharma, Chief Technology Officer, StarHub.
Sadayuki Abeta OREX Evangelist and Chief Open RAN Strategist of NTT DOCOMO and Chief Technology Officer of OREX SAI, said: “On top of giving MNOs the freedom of choice and lowering operational costs, Open RAN allows MNOs to keep up with the latest technology, freeing them from any particular provider’s roadmap.
“This opens the door to an infinite number of possibilities in how we build networks around the world.”
StarHub’s Open RAN underwent rigorous validation by Keysight Technologies.
Through Keysight’s UeSIM UE Emulation RAN Solutions – which validates end-to-end Radio Access Network performance by emulating real network traffic over radio – StarHub’s Open RAN successfully performed a thorough validation of DOCOMO OREX packages to ensure network reliability, performance and implementation – validating the Open RAN’s readiness for market adoption.
StarHub’s Open RAN achieved a downlink and uplink throughput of up to 1.295Gbps and 73.5Mbps respectively – with an average latency of 15ms establishing its consumer readiness.
