The Mobile Network Operators have long lost the track of lakhs of devices
deployed by OEMs within their network, majorly accounting for the proprietary
hardware and software involved. Inevitably, they are up to their necks with the
dire challenges of Vendor Lock-in. Today, while we are all set for the 5G deployment and denser networks, it's a
sure bet that the risk of vendor lock-in is going to increase multifold. Niral
Networks, a Bangalore-based company with an office in the US, was born to
relieve operators from facing the drastic challenges due to Vendor Lock-ins.
Niral Networks' co-founding team possesses a cumulative experience of more than
70 man-years in the networking industry. Their rich product experience spans
not only the segments like Telecom, Data Center, and Enterprise Services but
also the international markets including the US, India, Europe, Australia,
Middle-East, and South-East Asia. CIO Insider is delighted to engage in an
exclusive interaction with Dr. Inder Gopal (Co-Founder & Chairman), and
Abhijit Chaudhary (Co-Founder & CEO), the men who spearheaded the team.
In conversation with Dr. Inder Gopal, Co-Founder & Chairman, and
Abhijit Chaudhary, Co-Founder & CEO, Niral Networks
Niral Networks' team has a combined experience of more than 70 years in the
Networking Industry. Where is the company positioned in the current industry?
We, at Niral Networks, aim to democratize 5G, Edge, and Cloud networking
infrastructures by embracing a vendor-agnostic, open-source, web-scale, and
disaggregation approach, leveraging NiralOS product frameworks and
off-the-shelf hardware. NiralOS is an open Network Operating System (NOS) that
enables Mobile Operators, Cloud Providers, and Internet Service Providers to
transform their network infrastructure from vendor-controlled to a vendor-agnostic
one. One of the biggest risks that operators
face is that of vendor lock-in caused by incumbent OEMs. NiralOS is
integrated with off-the-shelf white box hardware to provide an alternative to
products from Incumbent OEMs. We are headquartered in Bangalore and have a
Sales Office in the US, and working with operators in India, Asia, and Europe.
How would you describe the importance of your intervention in the market?
Niral is well known for reducing Vendor Lock-in for Mobile Network Operators.
What are the USPs that have helped the company establish such an intact
reputation in the industry?
Today, the operators have no knowledge of or control over the tens of thousands
of devices deployed by the OEMs within their network, as it contains
proprietary hardware and software. Being dependent on such OEMs makes upgrades
slower, increases cost, and hampers innovation.
The best approach to reduce the risk of vendor lock-in is to embrace an open
solution. Niral's Networking products are developed using open-source software
and curating the software to make it carrier-grade, feature compliant,
interoperable and scalable. We work with the Open Source community, Open
Hardware community, and Open Innovation Group in the development of Open
Network Operating System.
Tell us about your products and the kind of thought process &
innovations that power your flagship offerings? How do those products make life
easier for your customers?
Our portfolio of products includes 5G DCSG, Edge DPI/PCEF, and Central SDN
Controller. Our products are needed for use cases like Autonomous Driving in
Public 5G, Industrial IOT in Private 5G, AR/VR-based Banking/Health-care
services for rural 5G. The 5G DCSG is an MPLS VPN Gateway with throughput
between 60 Gbps to 300 Gbps deployed in mid-haul and back-haul with transport
service termination to guarantee real-time QOE for applications using Traffic
Engineering & Transport Slicing and creation of Virtual Network Service for
application. DPI/PCEF is deployed in Edge Cloud for Application Classification
of Subscriber traffic for
billing, Cybersecurity threat detection & DDOS mitigation, and
Subscriber based Policy Enforcements like Traffic Shaping, Parental Control,
and Lawful Interception. The Central SDN Controller provides centralized
orchestration, automation, network topology discovery, network slicing, management,
zero-touch provisioning, and diagnostics.
In the last decade, few notable factors that have emerged are the Open Source
Community becoming matured, availability of multiple White box options, the emergence
of SDN and NFV, industry realization of the risk of vendor lock-in, and its
movement towards Open solution. Hyper-scalers like AWS, Facebook, and Google
were the early adopters of the open and white-box solution. Mobile Operators
and Internet Service Providers have traditionally been dependent on a handful
of OEMs, and are increasingly shifting to openness. With the emergence of 5G
and open communities like TIP, OCP, O-RAN, the drive towards openness is now a
necessity and NiralOS is rightly positioned to partner in this Network
Transformation.
How would you describe your growth and success lately?
Niral is currently working with around 12 operators globally. We recently
opened our Marketing Office in the US. A recent NASSCOM report mentions Niral
Networks as a key 5G technology vendor from India, while we have also been
chosen as a partner by RBI controlled IDRBT for 5 G-related use-cases for the
Banking sector. We are leading the derivation of India-centric 5G open source
strategy for Transport as part of TSDSI. Niral is a member of TIP and a global
NOS provider for DCSG.
What are the opportunities that you foresee in the industry?
According to Markets and Markets, the 5G Fixed Wireless Access market is
expected to be worth $46.4 billion by 2026, while a report by Grand View
Research says that the Edge Computing market will be worth $43.4 Billion by
2027. It is predicted that 5G Networks need to be 10x denser than 4G Networks,
especially concerning the 5G Access and Edge. The denser network would require
devices from more vendors leading to further risk of vendor lock-in; this is
precisely where we come in. When NiralOS-based products are deployed, it frees
up the operator from any type of vendor lock-in, creating unparalleled
opportunities, including competitive pricing, more flexibility, faster
innovation, and cost-effective scaling, which all ultimately have the potential
to significantly lower both CAPEX and OPEX.
https://niralnetworks.com/
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