Broadband  |  2023-03-20

Partnership Between Druid and TDF to Build a Platform to Accelerate the Adoption of 5G Private Mobile Networks in France

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

Delegation was organized by Enterprise Ireland who connected several French and Irish companies together with members from the Irish government and Irish Embassy to France.

Druid Software, a market leader in the 5G private network technology space and TDF a French leading independent telecommunication infrastructure operator that provides critical infrastructure to telecom operators and media broadcasters, met with Irish Minister Calleary and his Excellency Mr. Niall Burgess Irish Ambassador to France in Paris, where they discussed their partnership to bring to French companies highly reliable, low latency and secure wireless connectivity with high bandwidth to meet the demands of Industry 4.0 and business-critical applications using TDF and Druid private 5G solutions.

The Delegation was organized by Enterprise Ireland who connected several French and Irish companies together with members from the Irish government and Irish Embassy to France.

After an extensive evaluation process, TDF strategically selected Druid Software, a market leading core cellular network software company based in Ireland. Established in 2000, Druid has evolved into one of the world’s leaders in Private 5G & 4G Cellular technology over the last 23 years. Druids RAEMIS platform is a mature 3GPP compliant 5G & 4G core network, with unique features designed specifically for business and mission critical use.

As a core national infrastructure platform providing mission-critical data communication services in France, TDF can leverage on its unique set of skills and assets to offer to the French market the best end-to-end solution of private 5G network : a state-of-the-art Network Operating Center (NOC) to operate business-critical networks, a large asset base of more than 19,000 sites to host antennas, a proprietary fiber network to backhaul remote sites, and industrial expertise in designing, building and operating networks.