Pardeep Kohli, Mavenir's president and CEO noted: "For the 1&1 O-RAN, Mavenir provides all components in the core network that are required for a state-of-the-art 5G mobile network – cloud native and interoperable. Our software for the core network runs as container-based micro services on Rakuten Symphony's platform and serves both fixed wireless access (FWA) and mobile services (eMBB). We congratulate 1&1 on Europe's most advanced mobile network and are proud to be part of this innovation from the beginning," added Kohli. The greenfield network, once fully built out, will be Europe's first national Open RAN-based mobile network. "1&1 is making history in European mobile communications – we are immensely proud to partner with them to deploy Europe's most modern mobile network," stated Rakuten Group chairman and CEO Mickey Mikitani.