NEC Corporation (Japan) - NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) has developed an innovative solution aimed at modernizing the planning, design, and construction tasks, enabling telecommunications operators to install network infrastructure, such as base stations, more efficiently. With the implementation of this solution, it is possible to reduce the time required for building mobile infrastructures, from RAN to core, by approximately 60% compared to conventional methods.

This modernization is driven by the growing adoption of 5G network virtualization technology (v-RAN, O-RAN, NFV), which requires adapting network infrastructures to new processes based on cloud-native technologies. NEC anticipates that the synergy between virtualization and modernization will lead to even higher levels of automation in network infrastructure construction, making the process more efficient, of higher quality, and more productive.

Solution Features:

Provision of Professional Services

The solution is based on NEC's extensive knowledge in building virtualization platforms, providing a detailed analysis of the business processes required for network infrastructure construction, from site design to construction, testing, maintenance, operation, and quality management. This support helps operators identify issues, formulate a vision, and create a modernization implementation plan, as well as offering consulting on improving business processes to increase quality and productivity.

Technology Package to Support Mobile Network Modernization

The solution includes a set of technologies needed to automate operations for each construction process. This allows telecommunications operators to focus on implementing modernization measures. The solution is compatible with cloud-native technologies and uses a microservice architecture, allowing the development and linking of applications as small independent service groups, enabling support for open, multi-vendor equipment.

Real-time Confirmation of Operational Data and Acceleration of the Feedback Cycle

Network operations personnel can confirm operational data for all base stations in real-time. This contributes to improving communication quality by accelerating the feedback cycle on the status of base stations and increasing operational efficiency.

NEC provides the "Network and Cloud-Native Orchestrator" for telecommunications operators, supporting digital transformation (DX), including modernization, hyperautomation, and network operations automation/autonomy. The solution enables efficient and optimal operational management (orchestration), from network virtualization/containerization and cloud design/construction to maintenance, optimizing the entire lifecycle of network infrastructure, from construction to operation.

Through this solution, NEC helps telecommunications operators quickly expand their service areas and also contributes to their profitability.

NEC offers end-to-end DX services, from strategic consulting and concept development to implementation-focused offerings, based on the three pillars of business models, technology, and organization/talent. Additionally, in its transition from a traditional systems integrator to a "Value Driver," NEC restructured its value creation model under the name "NEC BluStellar," leveraging cutting-edge technologies developed and refined over years of experience and proven cross-industry expertise. The goal is to transform business models, address social challenges, resolve management issues faced by clients, and guide them to a brighter future.