The New South Wales (NSW) Telco Authority has selected NEC Corporation to build the initial phase of a 5G innovation lab, which the companies said will provide an environment for the exploration and testing of new technologies and solutions for Public Safety Mobile Broadband (PSMB) applications.
For the project, NEC will design, supply, install and commission its cloud-native, containerized, 5G core on public cloud, in conjunction with a local distributed User Plane Function (UPF). It will also provide 5G Open RAN virtualized centralized and distributed (CU/DU) units, Open Radio Units (O-RUs) and CPEs (Customer Premises Equipment).
