stc reveals a Whitepaper in collaboration with GCC Open RAN Consortium

To further enhance its collaboration with other regional operators and building on its earlier announcement to establish a joint GCC Consortium in a step to accelerate the early adoption of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) solutions in their brownfield networks with a robust regional ICT ecosystem, the Consortium launched a regional community open lab that provides shared facilities and access to members and vendors for Open RAN solution trials and validations.
To establish the right mechanism and understanding of Open RAN, today the consortium announces the publication of a whitepaper titled “Open RAN for Brownfield Operators Challenges and Opportunities”. The white paper sets out the challenges of deploying Open RAN in brownfield networks, such as interoperability, operational complexity, cyber security, performance, and TCO issues. As well, addressing the potential opportunities, mainly 5G prospects, disaggregation, the path to 6G, and Automation. Furthermore, the white paper discusses the summary of recent Live trials and the community Open Lab.
stc Group will continue to work with Open RAN consortium members and other stakeholders aligning on Open RAN trials, technology strategy, and leveraging on international partners’ experience for the early adoption of Open RAN. Allowing stc to strengthen its drive and strategical drive towards a digital future, a pillar of its DARE strategy and an essential element of the Kingdom’s drive towards vision 2030.
Eng. Bader A. Allhieb, stc Infrastructure VP said: “stc Group is committed to promoting and working with the operator members from GCC Open RAN consortium to achieve the objective of accelerating Open RAN adoption in brownfield networks. The whitepaper release announcement indicates the entry into a new era of operators’ collaboration to promote the development of open RAN technology, which leads to growth of our local ICT sector and provides a trusted avenue for new entrants, in both the hardware and software fields to work with operators.”