UfiSpace announced that Kazakhtelecom has completed multiple integrations with UfiSpace Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway (DCSG) and Distributed Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) solutions.

Last year, the operator initialized the testing of a disaggregated IP core network using UfiSpace’s S9700 Series of core routers followed by UfiSpace’s S9500 series of disaggregated cell site gateways.

The tests were dedicated to validating interoperability of new solutions within their current infrastructure and included testing for IGP routing, MPLS LDP, convergence for link failures QoS, Timing (SyncE, G.8275.1 T-BC clocking), system management and more.

Nurlan Meirmanov, Chief Innovations Officer at Kazakhtelecom, said: “We have been reviewing the disaggregation approach for our networks. For us, it is especially interesting due to flexibility in new service delivery and reduced capital expenditure. UfiSpace, IP Infusion and DriveNets were an outstanding support and helped us to prove readiness of disaggregated solutions for our infrastructure.”

Kazakhtelecom will focus on the strategy of network disaggregation and virtualization, Nurlan Meirmanov said.

UfiSpace S9500 series of DCSGs are cell site routers, which utilizes carrier-grade white box hardware capable of running open network software, such as IP Infusion’s OcNOS, to enable a more cost efficient 3G/4G/5G mobile backhaul solution. The DCSG was introduced by industry advocate Telecom Infra Project’s OOPT group in conjunction with global operators Vodafone, Telefonica, TIM Brazil, BT, and Orange.

UfiSpace’s core router solution distributes traditional monolithic chassis components such as line cards, fabric cards, controllers and protocol software into separate building blocks consisting of disaggregated white boxes. UfiSpace’s S9700 routers were the world’s first DDCs to be accepted by Open Compute Project and deployed by tier-one network operators.