Open RAN

According to Mavenir, all German MNOs have committed to adopting Open RAN Mavenir announced that it has expanded its European capabilities with the establishment of an Open RAN Centre of Excellence in Germany. The company said that the center, located …

Open RAN is much more than just an opportunity to diversify vendor supply chains and introduce open standards into networks. It is an opportunity to innovate within what has always been a very hardware-centric and fixed part of the network. …

Mobile operators Brisanet, Claro, TIM and Vivo are partners in the O-RAN program U.S.-based Open RAN company Parallel Wireless said it is partnering with Inatel, Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Brisanet, Claro, TIM, and Vivo to conduct a field trial enabling …

Fujitsu Network Communications’ 5G mMIMO Radio Units are coming to the Telecom Infra Project and Meta’s Evenstar O-RAN program.

Airspan Networks said it has deployed over 80 private networks globally during last year Airspan Networks, a provider of software and hardware for 5G networks, and a specialist in end-to-end Open RAN solutions, reported revenue of $50.4 million in the …

The new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence The O-RAN Alliance released its second wave of specifications for open radio access network (RAN) architecture. In a release, the O-RAN Alliance noted that the new O-RAN Release 002 focuses …

Vodafone plans to deploy Open RAN across 30% of its European footprint by 2030 Vodafone has been a staunch advocate of the innovation potential represented by Open RAN. Indeed, at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the multinational operator …

Verizon sees its network future in a private, telco-grade cloud 5G has long been described as the first generation of cellular born in the cloud. While that’s a reductive statement, operators are moving network functions and operational processes into the …

The O-RAN-based 5G validation used spectrum in the 3500 MHz band Indian operator Bharti Airtel has conducted what is said to be India’s first Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) based live 5G network validation in partnership with Mavenir. The …

Verizon VP talks experience with vRAN, Open RAN outlook at Telco Cloud Forum 2022 Speaking at Arden Media’s recent Telco Cloud Forum, Verizon Vice President of Technology Planning and Development Bill Stone was crystal clear that, for it to live …

Cellwize’s CHIME is the basis for a new cloud-based RAN management solution for Filipino telco Globe Telecom.

During the past 25 years, the open-source movement has changed just about everything in technology. By transforming how software is developed, deployed and licensed, open source now powers most of the cloud-based apps and digital services we rely on in …

The executive said that Airtel will not aquire equipment from Chinese vendors for its 5G network deployment Indian operator Bharti Airtel expects to deploy its 5G network using equipment from European vendors as well as Open RAN equipment, local press …

Open RAN radios units present several challenges around size, weight, power and cost With the basics of Open RAN standardization mostly squared away, the industry’s attention is turning to building out the ecosystem of partners in order to accelerate adoption. …

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM and Vodafone has inked a MoU to boost O-RAN development across Europe A group comprising some of Europe’s largest telecommunications operators updated a list of priority technical requirements for the development of O-RAN systems. In …

My friend Tareq Amin made an interesting suggestion recently: He believes that the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) should be given away for free, in order to host the open world of applications for mobile networks. As I circulated at the Mobile …

STL’s Access Solutions CEO discusses the ‘fundamental change’ taking place in telecom and what this change means for the company and the industry as a whole At Mobile World Congress Barcelona, Chris Rice, the Access Solutions CEO at STL, spoke …

By expanding the RAN ecosystem and lowering the cost of entry, Open RAN gives CSPs more control over how they operate their networks Even as Open RAN (O-RAN) promises to end vendor lock-in and lower deployment costs, while also increasing …

The cloud is already everywhere in telecom. CSPs and hyperscalers are finding more ways to work together and grow the future of 5G. Whether it’s the public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, the telco cloud convergence is happening. From …

ROUND ROCK, Texas – February 22, 2022 —   Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) introduces new telecommunications solutions and services to bolster the open telecom ecosystem and help communications service providers (CSPs) affordably ramp their transformation to open, cloud-native networks. The telecommunications industry’s growing …

The two countries committed to share information on their respective policy approaches seeking to build a more competitive global market for telecoms equipment The governments of Japan and the U.K. have agreed several joint initiatives to support efforts to reduce …

KDDI recently claimed to have turned on the world’s first commercial 5G SA O-RAN site in Japan Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced that Japanese telco KDDI is using the HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen10 Plus Telco server for the commercial network …

Former FCC Chairman Ajit Pai joins Rakuten Symphony Board of Directors Rakuten Symphony, the evolution of the Rakuten Communications Platform, has an anchor client in new German market entrant 1&1, has spelled out its goal to address a $100 billion …

Telefonica Germany had previously said it aimed to deploy pure 5G O-RAN mini-radio cells in Munich later in the year German telco O2/Telefónica Germany and Japanese tech company NEC announced the launch of what they claim to be the first …