The project has seen the two collaborate on the Proof of Concept (PoC) of a fully secure cloud-native 5G Core for network slicing – now ready for deployment, it can support both high performance telecom and enterprise applications and meets "stringent" security requirements.
The solution is already being trialled by the Norwegian Armed Forces and is a pioneering use case of network slicing in action.
“Enea’s cloud-native, vendor-neutral data management products are robust and truly innovative and Enea’s collaborative strategy resonates with our own ethos," said Patrick Waldemar, VP of Telenor Research.
"By creating a multi-vendor environment, operators and enterprises can foster innovation, reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) and can cut time to market for new services," said Waldemar.
Enea provided Telenor with its cloud-native 5G data management solutions including its telco-grade fully secure Unified Data Manager (UDM) that can support up to 10 billion data entries at a rate of one to 500,000 transactions per second. Enea’s solution also delivers automated end-to-end encrypted communications from the core to the edge.
In the case of the Norwegian Armed Forces, for example – requiring robust data privacy –the UDM has built-in Subscription Concealed Identifier (SUCI) capabilities that safeguard user data. It camouflages the permanent identifier that usually accompanies a subscriber’s activity on the network.
Telenor also utilized Enea’s User Data Repository (UDR) and Authentication Server Function (AUSF) to provide best of breed 5G data management capabilities. Along with strengthening data security, Enea’s solution maximised uptime by conducting automated end-to-end testing of the 5G Core. This ensures that applications on the network receive data seamlessly and perform efficiently – with five-nines reliability.
Sue Rudd, director networks and service platforms at strategy analytics, added: “Enea and Telenor’s innovative collaboration demonstrates the service flexibility 5G SA can offer with end-to-end network slicing and seamless UPF assurance. Enea’s rich heritage of developing truly open, interoperable technologies, and vendor independent 5G data management solutions embody the benefits of virtualization and the security of network slicing to unleash the economic potential of 5G for operators and enterprises.”
