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Parallel Wireless’s OpenRAN architecture supports mobile broadband rollout supported by Facebook and Telefonica in Peru

NASHUA, N.H. — U.S.-based cloud-native network software developer Parallel Wireless, a member of the OpenRAN Project Group, announced Monday it has deployed hundreds of programmable, virtualized 4G OpenRAN sites to deliver mobile broadband in Latin America through Internet para Todos Perú. Internet para Todos Perú (IpT Peru) is an open access wholesale rural mobile infrastructure operator jointly supported by Telefónica, Facebook, IDB Invest and CAF (Development Bank of Latin America). First announced in February 2019 and launched in May 2019, IpT Peru aims to bring mobile broadband to users in remote regions of Peru, where high investment and operational costs,...