The Deutsche Telekom unit says it connected between Swiss operator Sunrise and AIS Thailand, in a lab environment but with live SIMs and devices.
Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier’s VP of voice & mobile solutions, Nicholas Nikrouyan (pictured), said: “Our latest success in completing a 5G SA roaming connection together with Sunrise and AIS Thailand paves the way for further developments that will see 5G SA enable all sorts of next-generation telco service offerings for consumers and enterprises alike.”
The direct connection used the GSMA’s security edge protection proxy (SEPP) protocol, which is designed to enable secure interconnection between 5G networks, and end-to-end confidentiality for all 5G interconnect roaming messages between the originating and destination networks.
Nikrouyan said: “SEPP can also be efficiently hosted on Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier’s IPX…
