Now any enterprise can afford Private 5G
Antevia Networks claims it has invented a new approach to 5G in-building private networks that reformulates RAN design using Picocom’s system on a chip (SoC) technology. The efficiencies of these small but powerful units help it conquer the monsters of the three Cs: coverage, capacity and costs. As a result it claims it can persuade enterprise buyers that Private 5G is both serviceable and affordable.
Antevia Networks is to use Picocom’s silicon technology as it pioneers a ‘new class of 5G private network coverage for enterprises’ across the globe. Bristol-based Picocom’s SoC products are the building blocks for a new type of indoor private 5G networks because its intelligent routing extends coverage, reach and capacity within buildings or campuses, it’s claimed.
Antevia Networks used Picocom’s Open RAN Distributed Unit (O-D) and Radio Unit (O-RU) components to reframe indoor coverage with standard open interfaces defined by the O-RAN Alliance, according to Picocom president Peter Claydon. “This is a great illustration of how Open RAN enables network operators to create highly differentiated products on top of the building blocks that Picocom’s flexible silicon provides,” said Claydon.
One of the weaknesses in any Open RAN strategy, according to analysts, is that the supply chain can’t feed the nascent networking ‘ecosystem’ quickly enough to invigorate it. In 2020, in response to the analyst’s warnings, the UK government outlined its supply chain diversity strategy. But the speed of developments were disappointingly glacial and by May 2022 it was so desperate that it launched a £10m search for a supply chain diversity csar.
However, Picocom claimed that PC802 is shipping in mass production quantities together with mature software for Open RAN Distributed Units (O-DU) and Radio Units (O-RU), as well as integrated small cells. In addition, said Picocom, PC802 will support both 4G LTE and 5G NR.
The new Antevia Networks 5G meets the increasing need for highly reliable 5G connectivity within big corporations, public utilities airports and industrial plants like mining, manufacturing and ports. It can also cope with the variable demand placed on the networks, according to CEO Simon Cosgrove.
“Antevia Networks is pioneering a new class of 5G private network coverage for enterprises worldwide. In working together with Picocom, their state-of-the-art 5G silicon and collaborative approach is allowing us to innovate faster, reach the market sooner and deliver ground breaking solutions for enterprises needing cost-effective 5G private networks,” said Cosgrove, CEO of Antevia Networks.
Picocom and Antevia Networks said they will be at MWC Barcelona 2023 in Hall 5 – Stand 5I32.