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CENTAURI builds out capacity for 4G/5G backhaul or fronthaul rapidly and reduces time to market for new services from months to weeks.

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Industry trends in mobile services

Data consumption on mobile networks has been doubling every 18 months. This places significant capacity demands on mobile infrastructure. Operators around the world must invest significantly to build out 5G infrastructure, which requires a 3-5x increase in backhaul capacity. Estimates suggest that 5G operators could earn up to $3.7T by 2030, driven by new applications like FWA, AR, IoT, Private 5G and other non-core services. Operators are also decoupling CapEx-heavy business units and outsourcing their radio infrastructure to third parties like Tower companies.

Case study - Mobile operator in Philippines

Overview

4G Network expansion, Backhaul links, distance ranging from 1 to 2 kms.

Challenges

  • Link availability of >99.99% required
  • Link to provide high throughput and sustained performance under adverse weather conditions
  • Quick Link deployment to capture market share

Outcomes

  • CENTAURI 10Gbps link deployed in less than half a day & performance exceeded requirements
  • Client doubled down with an investment as well as first commercial order for upgrading broadband backhaul in key circuits

Mobile operator challenges

Operators are looking to increase data yields and reduce OpEx costs while balancing 5G rollouts which is highly capital intensive.

Data capacity doubling every 12 months.
Capital intensive 5G build out while managing legacy infrastructure.
Significant proportion of cell sites need to be on fiber.
Time to market, opportunity cost.
Business needs to manage OpEx spend and increase data pricing yields.

Technology challenges

Long time to deploy

FIBER

To lay fiber takes time, it requires digging a trench, laying conduits and then restoring back to original.

High costs

FIBER

The civil works around laying fiber makes this proposition quite expensive.

Right of way, Terrain

FIBER

Digging for fiber requires right of way approvals and licenses. In some cases the geography or terrain makes it very difficult to lay fiber, e.g. across rivers or mountains etc.

Spectrum congestion

RADIO

Ports need to allocate RF spectrum to many different port operations.

Requires regulatory approvals

RADIO

Certain frequency bands require regulatory approvals and license fees.

Low security

RADIO

Radio links can be easily intercepted and the data can be eavesdropped on.

Limited future capacity

RADIO

eBand Radio operates at 80Ghz and has limited headroom for future bandwidth capacities.

Suffers from throughput throttling

RADIO

Most radio solutions are layer 2 and employ bandwidth throttling in less than ideal conditions.

Solutions for mobile operators

Challenge

5G to provide high bandwidth to end users, and hence requires a very high bandwidth link in the front haul. (10-25Gbps). No Fiber, RF lacks throughput.

Solutions & Benefits

Lightweight device, can be easily redeployed to new locations. Enables quick time to market for mobile operator, and faster revenue generation. Exceeds eCPRI requirements of packet delay variations of <100nsec, and end to end latency of <250usec.

Challenge

Deploy mobile services to new area quickly. Fibre takes long to deploy.

Solutions & Benefits

Enables quick time to market for mobile operator, and faster revenue generation. CENTAURI allows to deploy 10 Gbps links quickly. Lightweight device, can be easily redeployed to new locations.

Challenge

Private 5G to provide dedicated slice of network. Requires a high bandwidth link in the last mile. (10-25 Gbps). No Fibre, RF lacks throughput.

Solutions & Benefits

Time to market for mobile operator, and faster revenue generation. Provide service in difficult terrain or dynamic campus environments like ports and mines.

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