Intel, Airtel Collaborate To Drive 5G

Intel Corp INTC and India's premier communications solutions provider Bharti Airtel collaborated to drive network development of 4G and 5G virtualized radio access network (vRAN) and open radio access network (RAN) technology.

• The partnership aims to transform Airtel's networks to reap the full possibilities of 5G for its customers. The work by Intel and Airtel will evolve communications networks from fixed-function equipment to virtualized cloud-native deployments and enable edge-to-cloud communications to power our hyperconnected world.
• Airtel delivers their next-generation enhanced network with a breadth of Intel technology, including Intel Xeon Scalable processors and FlexRAN software to optimize RAN workloads, Intel CVP Dan Rodriguez said.
• Price action: INTC shares traded higher by 0.33% at $55.42 in the premarket session on the last check Wednesday.