Digital twin and digital twin drive process improvement within and beyond a factory Digital transformation is a broad term that means many things to many people. But, at its core, digital transformation is a technology-enabled process that facilitates the capture …
This trend of disaggregation, virtualization and commoditization has implications beyond just Open RAN. 5G was intentionally designed to be flexible and adaptable. As such, the networks have to mirror that as does the way services are developed and deployed. “If …
Open RAN Policy Coalition In May this year, the Open RAN Policy Coalition was established to advocate for “vendor choice and flexibility in next-generation network deployments,” as Executive Director Diane Rinaldo put it at the time. This is necessary, she …
Like most things telecom, Open RAN brings with it a complex alphabet soup of acronyms and initialisms. Here we’re providing brief explanations of some key terminology. And, to be sure, this is a superficial description of the following terms and …
VMware sees open infrastructure, automation and integrated management as key to accelerating enterprise private network deployments At a virtual session during VMworld this week, the company broke down the opportunities and challenges associated with not just deploying private enterprise network, …
Nokia announces cross-domain–core, transport and RAN–automated network slicing solutions The ability to autonomously orchestrate and manage a network slice extending from an operator’s EPC or cloud-native core, across the transport network and through the RAN, is seen as key to …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? John Saw, T-Mobile (Ep. 23) T-Mobile’s John Saw, executive vice president of advanced and emerging technologies, discusses the operator’s latest 5G milestones; how T-Mo is investing in innovation via its T-Mobile …
Twin Cities latest to get Verizon’s mmWave 5G Home service As U.S. carriers invest in both 5G network expansions and new services built on the network, both T-Mobile US and Verizon made announcements today with the former lighting up its …
ip.access brings 2G, 3G support to Mavenir’s Open RAN offering Open RAN continues to gain momentum globally, although the primary proof points have been greenfield network builds like Rakuten Mobile’s in Japan, which is up and running LTE services, and …
While the benefits of Open RAN (advantageous network economics and deployment flexibility chief among them) are widely touted, there are also well-articulated issues associated with the technology. One question is whether operators are trading reduced capex related to RAN infrastructure …
Let’s frame the Open RAN value proposition to better understand the benefits of disaggregating radio hardware and software, trading single-purpose equipment for general-purpose hardware and moving vital network functions into the cloud. First and foremost, network economics need to change; …
Now, because of COVID-19, health and safety are critical for buildings and facilities. Since the pandemic, the insecurities of outdated access control technology and systems have increasingly become a concern. In order to increase safety and mitigate the current health …
This week we talk to Tareq Amin, Rakuten Mobile CTO and Group EVP and CAO of Rakuten, about his vision for (and reality of) a fully-virtualized, cloud-native network. Amin reflects on his time at Reliance Jio, discusses the future of …
Last week the U.S. Federal Communications Commission brought together a variety of Open RAN stakeholders for its Forum on 5G Open Radio Access Networks. While greenfield operators like DISH and Rakuten Mobile seemed steadfast in their conviction that Open RAN …
Xilinx previously tapped by Telefónica in its push for massive Open RAN deployments This week San Jose-based Xilinx announced it’s shipping a T1 Telco Accelerator Card designed for 5G Open RAN networks with a specific focus on simplifying Open RAN …
Partnership includes Open RAN and a drive toward advanced network automation As it continues to pursue integration of Open RAN technologies into its multi-national network footprint, Telefónica Global CTIO Enrique Blanco and Rakuten Mobile CTO and CAO Tareq Amin discussed …
SoftBank retaining small ownership stake in Arm; NVIDIA paying in cash and stock U.S.-based NVIDIA on Sunday announced it had struck a deal with Japanese conglomerate SoftBank group for the purchase of U.K.-based Arm, which specializes in semiconductor and software …
Business demands are changing rapidly and communications service providers (CSPs) are struggling keep pace. In order to manage keep on top of and manage the demands of their customers, CSPs require automation of service and network operations. As we’re catapulted …
Speaking during IFA, Qualcomm President discusses the company’s role in the RAN Open RAN is having a big impact on the telecom space with major operators around the world embracing disaggregation of radio access network (RAN) hardware and software. The …
MEC node as a representation of the standalone 5G core Latency reduction is a big selling point for standalone 5G networks. Single millisecond latency, combined with ultra high capacity and speeds, opens up real-time use cases–things involving autonomous assets, precision …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Dan Rabinovitsj, Facebook Connectivity (Ep. 21 Facebook Connectivity Vice President Dan Rabinovitsj discusses the company’s participation in Telecom Infra Project initiatives with an emphasis on Open RAN and how it fits …
Ericsson talks dual-mode cloud core; Oracle on move from VNF to CNF With one notable exception, commercial 5G networks use a non-standalone architecture wherein new 5G NR radio infrastructure is connected to an Evolved Packet Core that also supports LTE …
5G Telco Cloud Platform follows VMware/Intel partnership on RAN virtualization Operators have for years invested in virtualization of network functions, starting with the evolved packet core and now moving out to the radio access network. Most current 5G deployments are …
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Glenn Lurie, Synchronoss (Ep. 20) Glenn Lurie, president and CEO of Synchronoss Technologies, discusses the pressure operators face to monetize 5G network investments and how they can accelerate time to revenue. …
Synchronoss CEO on short-term revenue gains vs. long-term innovation Carriers in the U.S. and around the world are spending billions each year to deploy, expand and enhance 5G networks. But today, as a consumer-facing proposition, there’s not a clear path …
