Millicom, Parallel Wireless make LatAm open RAN move.
12 MAY 2021
Millicom selected Parallel Wireless to help it deploy what the vendor claimed will be the first 4G open RAN networks in Latin America, starting with 362 rural sites in Colombia.
The companies will deploy open RAN on LTE networks in the 700MHz spectrum band via the Tigo Colombia brand. The deployment is part of a wider COP$3 trillion ($808.2 million) investment Tigo has committed to the band.
Millicom aims to deliver high-speed connectivity to customers in remote rural areas of Colombia.
EVP and CTIO Xavier Rocoplan explained bringing connectivity to rural areas is just one of the benefits of open RAN: the approach is “also an innovative approach to reducing cost, increasing flexibility and efficiency by diversifying our supplier base”.