1&1 builds its network with Open RAN • Table.Briefings

Mobile operator 1&1 plans to build a new 5G network entirely without Huawei components. The company is partnering with Japan’s Rakuten for this purpose. This shows that it is possible to proceed without relying on the Chinese company. However, for established providers, such a conversion would be very costly.

If it were up to Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, network operators would have to ban Chinese technology suppliers such as Huawei or ZTE from their networks – especially from the strategically important fifth-generation mobile networks (5G). Repeatedly, the Commission has warned of the risks that certain mobile equipment suppliers posed to security in the Union. In 2020, it provided a 5G toolbox to member states, with measures to reduce the risks. And a month ago, Breton announced the Commission itself was no longer procuring connectivity services that relied on equipment from Huawei and ZTE. He called on member states to do the same.

1&1 builds its network with Open RAN instead of Huawei

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