Singapore – Nokia, a B2B tech innovation company, has recently unveiled that StarHub has completed its trial of Southeast Asia’s first 5G Cloud RAN in a joint effort with Nokia and Dell Technologies.
As per the company, this cloud-driven solution will allow StarHub to enhance its enterprise offerings and prepare for the transition to advanced 5G and 6G, supporting its Cloud Infinity program’s mission to accelerate digital transformation.
By adopting Cloud RAN, StarHub is preparing for the next evolution of mobile networks, ensuring efficient resource scaling and AI-driven network optimisation. Said technology allows StarHub to provide advanced services, from ultra-low-latency applications to dynamic throughput management, while also expanding enterprise offerings and revenue potential.
Furthermore, Nokia’s commercial 5G Cloud RAN solution integrates with all leading cloud or server infrastructures. As part of the trial, Nokia’s commercial 5G Cloud RAN solution was used to place a carrier-grade call. This move demonstrates feature consistency with the existing purpose-built RAN.
Ayush Sharma, chief technology officer at StarHub, stated, “StarHub is committed to delivering high-performing network and innovative services to our customers. This partnership will enhance our network’s performance, efficiency, and resilience while future-proofing it for emerging technologies. It also marks a key step in our Cloud Infinity journey, strengthening our ability to deliver cloud-native services and drive the future of connectivity.”
Andrew Vaz, vice president, product management, Telecom Systems Business at Dell Technologies, also shared, “Dell is collaborating with Nokia in the Cloud RAN initiative to contribute to the future of radio technology and drive transformation for service providers such as StarHub. By combining our collective strengths, we can deliver a comprehensive and powerful Cloud RAN solution that improves efficiency, performance and scalability, making it easier for service providers to deploy Cloud RAN.”
“With our industry-leading Cloud RAN solution, StarHub will be able to offer scalable services and augmented performance to delight its customers. Our anyRAN approach provides StarHub with true flexibility while ensuring feature and performance consistency across Cloud RAN and purpose-built RAN. This is an essential step that enables StarHub to prepare its network for AI-RAN,” said Jae Won, Senior Vice President and Head of APAC for Mobile Networks at Nokia.
Meanwhile, the company’s network management solution, Nokia MantaRay NM, ensures seamless interworking between the Cloud RAN and purpose-built RAN. Its virtualised Distributed Units (vDU) and Centralised Units (vCU) were also running on Dell PowerEdge XR8620 servers.
StarHub further integrated Red Hat OpenShift, a Kubernetes-based hybrid cloud platform, to support cloud-native RAN functions and optimise network operations.
