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CUSTOMER CASE

DEVELOPING INNOVATION, DELIVERING


EXCELLENCE FOR 5G NETWORKS

EOLO CONNECTS HOUSEHOLDS ACROSS ITALY WITH 5G SPEEDS USING


MARKET-PROVEN INTRACOM TELECOM TECHNOLOGY

Intracom Telecom is a global telecom-  Ultra-Broadband Access


munication systems and solutions vendor EOLO selected WiBAS™, after a careful and
operating for over four decades in the market. lengthy process of evaluation. WiBAS is a
The company has become the benchmark in FWA product line, operating at microwave
Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) and innovates and millimeter wave bands (10.5 GHz,
in the 5G/4G wireless fronthaul, midhaul 24.25-29.50 GHz). It follows a hub and spoke
and backhaul. Intracom Telecom invests architecture with base stations implementing
significantly in R&D programs, thus developing wide service area footprint and ultra-
cutting-edge products and competitive broadband connectivity to the respective
solutions. It has strong participation in the remote terminal stations.
EU flagship initiative for 5G and has been The architecture of WiBAS is based on radios
significantly involved in the EU Horizon 2020 which can either operate as Point-to-Multipoint
research framework. The company operates hub or as a Point-to-Point node, offering high
own R&D centers and production facilities capacity reaching modulation 1024-QAM or
in the EU, and employs 1,800 highly-skilled higher. Besides the advanced IP connectivity
professionals worldwide. and sophisticated QoS features, the total
aggregate capacity delivered from a fully
Key Solutions for EOLO’s Success equipped WiBAS base station site is 4 Gbit/s
EOLO’s ambition is to become the first internet and serving up to 480 subscribers.
service provider offering 5G ultra-broadband The WiBAS product line provides for a variety
speeds on a fixed wireless network in Italy. For of subscriber terminal options. These devices
this reason, the company has acquired, on a must satisfy the demand for high capacity
national scale, the usage right for 224 MHz at connections as well as allowing for quick
the 28 GHz spectrum band, which is ideal due and easy installation. WiBAS terminals can
to transmission and capacity characteristics. satisfy both these requirements because
EOLO’s undertaking is mainly in suburban they are compact and lightweight radios that
and rural areas, serving large parts of the can deliver several hundreds of Mbit/s to
population impacted by the digital divide. each subscriber. Employing the sophisticated
Quality Of Service and networking features
that WiBAS supports, it is the perfect fit for
operators that want to follow a direct (single
WISP) or wholesale (multiple WISPs) access
model. The zero touch provisioning features
and ease of installation leverage the operator
need for fast and effortless deployment.
EOLO took advantage of these benefits and
managed very quickly to launch a service that
is delivering 5G speeds to households. uni|MS SON Gateway performs auto-discovery
and auto-provisioning with the appropriate
 5G Backhauling service profile for each subscriber’s service
To provide backhaul for the WiBAS base plan, eliminating manual and error-prone
stations, especially in locations where fibre is configuration actions.
not available or expedient to deploy, EOLO after In this deployment option, the uni|MS SON
careful study selected UltraLink™-GX80, Gateway is seamlessly integrating with EOLO’s
Intracom Telecom’s state-of-the-art, all- OSS/BSS infrastructure via REST API to enable
outdoor E-Band radio (71-76 / 81-86 GHz). status monitoring, performance collection &
UltraLink-GX80 delivers a throughput of up to firmware upgrades. In another deployment
10 Gbit/s full duplex while offering industry- option, the uni|MS SON Gateway can interwork
leading system gain, resulting in exceptional with the uni|MS platform’s planning and
performance in terms of link range and management application modules realizing
availability. Network Lifecycle Automation.
The UltraLink-GX80 radio features an
integrated Ethernet bridge with a rich set Committed to Innovation
of Carrier Ethernet features for satisfying Intracom Telecom continuously invests in inno-
EOLO’s backhaul networking needs in vative solutions for Access and Transmission to
terms of service deployment, QoS and fulfill the challenging requirements of 5G and
OAM. UltraLink-GX80’s compact size and beyond. WiBAS is entering now its advanced
convenient fully outdoor design allows it to 5th generation with WiBAS G5, a platform that
be easily and quickly deployed on rooftops operates in TDD and FDD mode. The WiBAS G5
or telecommunication towers, while requiring can deliver speeds per household exceeding
minimal space and supporting infrastructure. 550 Mbps. The new generation of terminal de-
Furthermore, its unique integrated Radio vices, WiBAS™ G5 Connect+, is a new ultra-
Link Quality Monitoring and Diagnostics light & compact terminal station that is capa-
functionality expedites link impairment ble of operating both in FDD or TDD duplexing
determination and troubleshooting, thus modes and maintain compatibility with the
enabling EOLO to optimize its deployment and previous WiBAS generation of base stations.
maintenance operations. Furthermore, Intracom Telecom continues to
evolve the UltraLink E-Band radio series with
 Service Provisioning Automation ever higher capacity and enhanced networking
To accelerate the network roll-out for scales features, such as IP/MPLS functionality and
of several hundred thousand WiBAS devices, SDN-based management. Its next generation
EOLO selected the uni|MS™ SON Gateway, all-outdoor radio, UltraLink™-XR80, enables
a FWA-specific rollout module of the uni|MS a single unit to host a dual E-Band radio of-
Network Lifecycle Management Platform, fering up to 30 Gbit/s full duplex air capacity,
which enables Zero-Touch provisioning while supporting a disaggregated networking
capabilities. Following the physical installation architecture. 
and alignment of WiBAS Terminal Station, the

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