Saudi Arabia’s stc deployed a multilayer network, combining 4G and 5G Non-Standalone, on an Open RAN platform. The network uses three-way carrier aggregation for 4G – in bands B1 (2.1 GHz), B2 (1.9 GHz) and B28 (700 MHz) – plus 5G NSA in a fourth band, 3.5 GHz, running as a virtualized Single RAN. The deployment conforms to Open RAN specifications and interfaces, combining a cloud-native baseband platform from Mavenir with third party radio units. Bader Abdullah Allhieb, VP of infrastructure at the operator, said: “Technological transformation is a keystone of stc’s business strategy and 5G is an exciting milestone in stc’s Open RAN journey. stc will continue to endeavour to always lead the market towards digital transformation,…