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Gilat wins service agreement for transport network in Peru broadband transport network . This contract of the regional broadband service project follows the completion of the construction phase and successful acceptance test , granted for Cusco , in early 2021 . Gilat is responsible for assuring high performance Internet service over 2,000 kilometers of fiber optic , including more than a hundred communication nodes and data centers .
Gilat Satellite Networks , a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology , solutions and services , has announced it has received a US $ 12 million
service award for recurring revenues from broadband services in Cusco , Peru . Operation and maintenance for a threeyear period will be provided for the regional
“ The operation and maintenance services for the transport network of the Cusco region is an additional step in materializing Gilat ’ s strategy to provide this service to the transport networks of all six regions that Gilat operates ,” said Arieh Rohrstock , Corporate SVP and General Manager , Gilat Peru . “ We see this significant achievement as opening the door for potential growth in the additional regions and a significant milestone in bringing us closer to achieving our target of US $ 50 million in annual recurring revenues from Peru .”
CPQD becomes a member of the Open Networking Foundation consortium
The Brazilian Telecommunications Research and Development Center ( CPQD in Portuguese ) has joined the Open Networking Foundation ( ONF ), a non-profit consortium that brings together operators and companies from various countries that operate in the telecommunications sector .
The consortium ’ s goal is the collaborative construction of the next generations of mobile and broadband networks , using network disaggregation capabilities , open-source software , cloud and virtualization technologies . innovation communities have the role of facilitating and stimulating the development of infrastructure for next generation networks .”
Along these lines , Lima highlights one of the projects currently developed at CPQD with a focus on 5G technology . Called the 5G BR Platform , the project has resources from the Fund for Technological Development of Telecommunications ( FUNTTEL in Portuguese ), from the Ministry of Communications , and aims to develop technologies that make up a 5G network , with an open , virtualized and disaggregated architecture – aligned , therefore , with the proposal of the ONF .
Membership in ONF is in line with CPQD ’ s strategy of investing in the development of open-source technologies and solutions , and also participating in open innovation projects conducted by international initiatives .
Gustavo Correa Lima , Wireless Solutions Manager , CPQD , said : “ Global open
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