Bengaluru, NFAPost: The software startup, A5G Networks, Inc. announced an investment by Bharat Innovation Fund. The company did not disclose the amount of investment.
The fresh fund will be used to increase manpower, engage with global customers for mobile network transformation and accelerate growth.
A5G Networks aims to enable and catalyze the upcoming transition to distributed and autonomous mobile networks for 5G and beyond.
Its unique IP helps realize significant savings in capital and operating expenditures, reduces energy requirements, improves the quality of user experience, and catalyzes the adoption of new business models. It will help in the deployment of enterprise private networks, connected car networks, new public mobile networks and play a pivotal role in upcoming smart city projects.
Investor and Board Member of A5G Networks and Bharat Innovation Fund Partner Som Pal Choudhury said it is very exciting to partner with A5G Networks in building the next generation core for both private and public networks.
“The networks of tomorrow require a pivotal shift to realize the full promise and potential of 5G and beyond. We were impressed with the vision and experience of the A5G founders, having pioneered the OpenRAN space as founders of Parallel Wireless and having built the 2G/3G/4G mobile core stack at Starent Networks,” said Investor and Board Member of A5G Networks and Bharat Innovation Fund Partner Som Pal Choudhury.
A5G Networks recently made a private network pilot announcement with Vodafone Idea (VIL) in Feb 2022. A5G Networks has a strong partner ecosystem and is a member of Nephio and Intel Network Builders, running on Intel Smart Edge Open.
A5G Networks Inc Founder, President and CTO Kaitki Agarwal said the team is excited to be a part of this important journey to transform the mobile packet core infrastructure with Bharat Innovation Fund.
“Bharat Innovation Fund is driving deep tech innovation in India and taking the lead role in enabling global innovation”. We are building a world-class team to modernize global telecom infrastructure. We value our team more than anything. If you want to be a part of the team who is always ready to take on new challenges, please come and join us,” said A5G Networks Inc Founder, President and CTO Kaitki Agarwal.
