Chinese vendor ZTE announced it has secured the winning bid for the commercial 5G Standalone core network in China Mobile’s 2020 centralized procurement for new 5G SA core network equipment.
ZTE will provide the core technology that will power China Mobile’s 5G in 12 provinces of China. Once completed, the project will become the world’s largest 5G SA network, according to ZTE.
China Mobile’s 5G SA core network project uses ZTE’s Common Core solution, which features a services-based architecture, micro-service components, stateless design and network slicing.
