Dish Network named Mavenir as its first 5G vendor, tapping the company to provide cloud-native OpenRAN software for its next-generation network as it prepares to enter the US wireless market.
The pair disclosed few details about the multi-year agreement, but a Dish Network representative told Mobile World Live Mavenir’s software will act as the “brain of the radio layer”.
Use of the open source kit will allow it to “source radios for the towers from any OpenRAN-compliant RF hardware vendor” and run the system using commercial off-the-shelf computers, the representative said. A Mavenir representative added interoperability tests are underway with unnamed hardware partners.
The announcement represents a huge boost for Mavenir’s OpenRAN ambitions, building on work with Turkcell and Vodafone Idea on the same.
Pardeep Kohli, Mavenir president and CEO, noted its agreement with Dish Network will see it support “the deployment of the world’s largest cloud-native OpenRAN 5G network.”
Dish Network has until June 2023 to build a 5G network covering 70 per cent of the US population, to fulfil a commitment it made to the US Department of Justice as part of a deal to win approval for T-Mobile US and Sprint’s proposed merger [1].
The company put out a request for proposals from 5G vendors [2] in July 2019, and Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen earlier this year detailed plans to use open architecture [3] for its forthcoming network.
Ergen previously indicated the company expects to spend up to $10 billion on construction of the network.
[1] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/home-banner/sprint-t-mobile-merger-wins-doj-approval/
[2] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/dish-charts-course-to-us-mobile-success/
[3] https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/dish-plans-open-ran-approach-for-5g-network/
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