Bharti Airtel ties up with global firms, kicks off ORAN tech plan

ORAN is based on open platforms rather than the traditional proprietary technology offered by incumbent gear makers

Bharti Airtel has tied up with global technology companies to develop products to power 4G and 5G networks based on Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) technology.

These companies include Rakuten, a Japanese e-commerce giant and 4G operator which is the first to launch commercial 5G services in Japan based on the new technology.  

The others are Japanese hardware giant NEC, Taiwanese major Sercomm, cloud player Red Hat in the US, and start-ups like Texas-based Mavenir. Confirming the development, a top Bharti executive said: “We are passionate about ORAN and our strategy is to collaborate with the best in the world and help