Rakuten Symphony aims to deploy 30,000 Open RAN edge units in Japan

By Juan Pedro Tomás September 28, 2022

Rakuten Symphony noted that the Symware device is based on the Intel Xeon D processor

Rakuten Symphony announced the general availability for its Symware Open RAN distributed edge product, along with its plans to deploy 30,000 units across Rakuten Mobile’s network in Japan.

The Japanese company noted that the rollout is targeting installation across 23,000 new sites in a 10-month period.

The firm also said that the Symware device is expected to deliver high cost-efficiency via a “zero data center footprint and elimination of associated rent overhead” in deployment in Rakuten Mobile’s network infrastructure. “Rakuten Mobile expects to reduce data center and associated operational costs by as much as half due to simplified data center installation and increased power efficiency,” the company noted in a release.

Tareq Amin, CEO of Rakuten Symphony, said in a statement: “The revolutionary hardware design supported by the software-based network and full Symworld operational platform will deliver transformational results for Rakuten Mobile and telecom operators around the world.”

The Symware device is sold as a service with the standard model comprising lifecycle management of hardware components.

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