UTStarcom wins project from Guangdong Research Institute of China Telecom
UTStarcom announced that it has been selected as a winner of the RFP "Self-developed STN-A Equipment Hardware Production and OEM Procurement Project" from Guangdong Research Institute of China Telecom for manufacturing of disaggregated router hardware platforms intended for use on China Telecom's STN network - China Telecom's metropolitan area network, which supports its 5G mobile network services, as well as enterprise, broadband, cloud and other services. China Telecom Research Institute is an innovative professional technology research institution of China Telecom, one of the major telecom network operators in China. The RFP covers the manufacturing of a large number of STN-A1 and STN-A3 carrier-grade disaggregated routers hardware. The project is divided into two packages, with UTStarcom awarded a separate frame contract for each package with specific router quantities to be determined in purchase orders that will follow: Package 1: Manufacturing of STN-A1 routers. UTStarcom was awarded 70% of this package. Package 2: Manufacturing of STN-A3 routers. UTStarcom was awarded 100% of this package. This new contract builds upon UTStarcom's ongoing collaboration with China Telecom Research Institute, which has focused on developing a "white-box" disaggregated router platform optimized for 5G transport networks as announced before.
