Orange Wholesale has released the first turnkey 5G Core Network-as-a-Service solution by a Tier-1 wholesaler. 5G CNaaS enables mobile operators to deploy 5G SA in minutes from the cloud, for a fraction of the cost. Fully managed by Orange Wholesale expert telco teams, the solution offers flexible pay-as-you-grow plans and all services needed to advance at the Orange scale, with total peace of mind.
| As of 2025, the growth of true 5G adoption seemed to have stalled. Out of nearly 300 operators worldwide which have activated 5G NSA service, 60 have launched 5G Standalone. Reasons are both practical and economical: to deliver the power of network slicing and discrete QoS segmentation for IoT, individual and business uses, higher throughput, extended coverage and stronger capacity, carriers have to invest in hard infrastructure with a new, 5G core network. With 5G Core Network-as-a-Service, Orange Wholesale has made it incomparably easier, faster and cheaper for MNOs and MVNOs to leverage this vital infrastructure. In less than an hour, any operator with compatible antennas can now unroll 5G SA for millions of users – right from a computer interface. And as Orange Wholesale develops the whole 5G CNaaS value chain, from software to network and user services, client operators have full assurance they won’t venture into this new 5G territory unsupported. This "as-a-service" approach is part of a broader strategy to provide advanced connectivity solutions to enhance customer experience while modernizing infrastructure to gear up for tomorrow’s industry challenges. It also contributes to reducing carbon emissions through virtualization and mutualization, which limits the need for new constructions and maintenance travel, supporting Orange's sustainability initiatives. |
With Orange Wholesale’s plug-and-play 5G Core Network-as-a-Service, deploying a
5G SA core network is a matter of a few clicks, using our online interface.
As full-service providers, Orange Wholesale provisions the solution based on the customer's requirements. This is made possible by our fully softwarized building blocks. Our cloud-native architecture relies on programmable network functions as made possible by our unique global telco cloud infrastructure of SDN PoPs, while APIs are supported to connect application layers.
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The whole Core Network-as-a-Service value proposition is about doing away with infrastructure costs, thanks to the cloudification and mutualization of core resources. But savings with Orange Wholesale’s 5G CNaaS don’t stop at the deployment phase.
With our pay-as-you-grow plans, per-unit service charges decrease with the number of connected users. Operators looking into launching 5G SA can safely go through cost-forecasting, minimizing financial risk.
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As a true end-to-end telecom service provider, Orange Wholesale can support operators all the way up the 5G value chain. Both network and infrastructure management and software development are taken care of internally.
This means increased security, global coverage, hands-on customer service, greater resilience and unparalleled flexibility to meet bespoke demands.
Any time of the day, from anywhere in the world, Orange Wholesale’s NaaS platform Click is the privileged place for customers to monitor usage, order new services, explore regularly added new features and get assistance.
And as Orange is home to several affiliated MNOs, many of which having already transitioned to 5G SA, we are in an ideal position to provide guidance for framework design and usage planning.
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