Orange assembles magnificent seven for fully automated network trial

French operator group Orange got some of its mates together to build what it claims is Europe’s first 5G SA fully end-to-end experimental cloud network.
The great experiment is taking place in the town of Lannion in north west France, where Orange has some labs. Its overarching purpose is to have a go at creating a zero-touch network that is so automated it pretty much takes care of itself, leaving Orange employees free to have the kind of lunches hitherto reserved exclusively for senior E