NTT Docomo, NEC to form JV for providing Open RAN solutions

NEW DELHI: NTT Docomo and NEC Corporation will establish a joint venture (JV), effective April 1, 2024, to provide packaged solutions for full-scale global deployment of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) services.

Docomo will hold 66%, while NEC will hold 34% in the joint venture ‘OREX SAI’.

The companies said in a statement that the joint venture will procure all necessary Open RAN network equipment and software from OREX partners, and then conduct system verification for the planning and construction of mobile networks tailored to each telecom operator.