“The NGMN project on extreme long-range communications for deep rural coverage provides essential guidance in terms of end-to-end requirements for rural scenarios,” says Peter Meissner, executive director of the NGMN Alliance. “We look forward to close cooperation with ESOA to jointly drive the successful global development of the 5G technology platform required for the benefit of the entire industry. Integrating non-terrestrial networks with greatly extended reach can help operators provide services to most or all of their territory.”.
Aarti Holla Maini, Secretary General of ESOA, stated: “The cooperation between NGMN and ESOA is an important step towards working towards true universal 5G through a Network of Networks. 5G requires a genuine commitment to make cross-sector cooperation a success in order to truly offer a tangible difference over 4G/LTE and expand connectivity overall. Therefore, the cooperation will focus exclusively on the technologies, their real impact on business, and their potential interoperability and integration.”.
