To provide differentiated 5G B2B services
The need for a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) solution
Deutsche Telekom is piloting the solution.


Intel and VMware announced on the 6th that the two companies will collaborate on the development of an integrated software platform for virtualized Radio Access Networks (vRAN) to promote the introduction of virtualization in LTE and 5G networks.

A growing number of communications service providers (CoSPs) are adopting software-defined virtual infrastructure to launch 5G services. Some CoSPs have already virtualized their core networks to improve operational costs and bring new services to market more quickly. Intel and VMware expect this expanded collaboration to help CoSPs shorten service development cycles and easily expand into a wider range of services.

Many CoSPs are adopting open and disaggregated vRAN architectures to provide differentiated services to users, such as cloud gaming and cloud-controlled robots. Through this collaboration, the two companies plan to streamline the process of building implementable vRAN solutions and enable easy integration.

Intel and VMware will work with a broad ecosystem, including telecommunications equipment manufacturers, OEMs, and RAN software providers, to help CoSPs more easily deploy vRAN to address specific use cases.

The two companies will also build an open, programmable interface that leverages Intel's FlexRAN software reference architecture and VMware's RAN intelligent controller.

Through this collaboration, the two companies plan to develop wireless network functions utilizing AI/ML to support real-time resource management, traffic steering, and dynamic slicing. Through this collaboration, the two companies aim to provide optimized Quality of Experience (QoE) for the launch of new 5G B2B services.

Meanwhile, Deutsche Telekom is already piloting a vRAN solution designed by Intel and VMware, optimized for real-time, low-latency workloads.