2020.04.29 – Metaswitch and Vodafone Conduct Industry’s First 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence Tests

Metaswitch and Vodafone Conduct Industry’s First 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence Tests

2020.04.30 – Telecom TV

‘Cloud native Access Gateway Function proves viability of path for converged broadband access to the 5G core, simplifying broadband service delivery and creating new options for converged services.

Cloud native communications leader Metaswitch today announced that its Access Gateway Function (AGF) solution has been successfully tested by Vodafone for the industry’s first implementation of the 5G Wireless Wireline Convergence (WWC) AGF standard. The AGF in Metaswitch’s 5G Fusion Core solution, which is aligned with Broadband Forum and 3GPP specifications, was tested in Vodafone Group labs in the U.K.

“We have been very active in supporting the Wireless Wireline Convergence activity in the Broadband Forum,” said Gavin Young, Head of Fixed Access Centre of Excellence at Vodafone Group, “and we are proud to be hosting the world’s first operator test of this technology. Working with Metaswitch, we have been able to prove that the technology works in practice, and we have been very impressed both by the performance of the AGF in Metaswitch’s 5G Fusion Core solution and its cloud native architecture. This trial more than justifies our faith in the value and the practicality of broadband convergence.”

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