Open RAN

The shift toward Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) infrastructure, built on interoperable technologies from multiple vendors, is accelerating. To unlock the full potential of Open RAN — delivering cost efficiency, performance enhancements and greater flexibility — it’s crucial to …

SOLiD said that this funding aims to accelerate the development of SOLiD’s Open RAN technology for neutral-host, in-building 5G networks SOLiD, an U.S. provider of in-building mobile coverage solutions, has been awarded a $27.68 million grant by the U.S. National …

The shift toward Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) infrastructure, built on interoperable technologies from multiple vendors, is accelerating. To unlock the full potential of Open RAN – delivering cost efficiency, performance enhancements, and greater flexibility – it’s crucial to …

Nokia, JMA Wireless, and Solid are among the awardees in the latest round of grants, which focus on ORU hardware development The Biden administration has awarded $273 million in another funding round for the Wireless Innovation Fund, meant to support …

The Open RAN market is seeing a second tough year After starting off with rapid growth, Open RAN technology took a plunge during 2023 and has continued to struggle during the course of 2024, according to new analysis from Dell’Oro …

The O-RAN Alliance was developed to drive advancements in RAN by separating the management and control plane from the user data processing plane 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN) technology has evolved from the second through third, fourth and fifth generations, …

From greenfield to brownfield Open RAN— “We’ve achieved another major step in the development process.” At the Fyuz event in Dublin, Ireland, Dr. Anna Zakrzewska, senior principal engineer for Dell Technologies’ Telecom Systems Business, provided a detailed look at the …

The pair claim Liberty is the first telco to in Puerto Rico and Latin America to introduce 5G vRAN and Open RAN tech Puerto Rican operator Liberty is collaborating with Samsung Networks Latin America to test the vendor’s O-RAN compliant virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) and radios in Puerto Rico. The companies claim Liberty is …

Under the deal, Nokia will supply equipment from its O-RAN-compliant 5G AirScale portfolio Nokia announced that it has been awarded more than 3,000 sites by German carrier Deutsche Telekom (DT) to support the operator’s multi-vendor Open RAN (O-RAN) network in …

In their journey to Open RAN, most tier-one CSPs have launched commercial deployments, consolidating partnerships with the remaining vendors in the ecosystem. Greenfield and brownfield networks, rural and urban deployments, offer diverse models from which the ecosystem must draw lessons …

Hughes said that the 5G O-RAN network will feature a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) EchoStar Corporation said that its subsidiary Hughes Network Systems was awarded a $6.5 million contract to deploy a 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) prototype at …

The Open RAN DAS system has been deployed at The University of Texas Moody Center and the Austin Convention Center Verizon has deployed the first Open RAN (O-RAN) based Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) systems with multiple vendor interoperability in its …

Did Open RAN deliver on the technological and market-based promises it was meant to bring to? Tough question. And what were those initial promises again? We went back through the O-RAN Alliance archives to a white paper published in October …

End-to-end fronthaul testing, as well as isolation testing, provide the big picture and granular data needed to drive Open RAN adoption Given one of the primary goals of Open RAN—providing architectural flexibility by breaking up the centralized unit (CU), distributed …

The RIC can support quick wins but further standardization, and a more coherent approach to AI/ML integration, is needed to foster trust Back to this idea referenced in the introduction—how to leverage Open RAN interfaces for real-world innovation—it all comes …

Viettel said it will deploy more than 300 sites across various Vietnamese provinces by the first quarter of 2025 Vietnamese telco Viettel announced the commercial launch of its Open RAN (O-RAN) 5G network using a platform provided by Qualcomm Technologies, …

Open RAN technology is proven and operators are committed, but the lingering questions around integration costs and lifecycle management in a multi-vendor network remain A panel comprising a leading Open RAN vendor, a leading Open RAN test firm, and a …

Editor’s note: This article is a follow-on to “5G Energy Efficiency Metrics, Models and Systems Tests” which was published by RCR Wireless News on August 28, 2024 Introduction The Aether SMaRT-5G initiative (originally started by the Open Networking Foundation   …

CommScope sees market opportunity, TCO, ecosystem support and convergence all making the case for in-building Open RAN Reflecting on the typical 10-year cellular generation cycle, as well as the roughly 20-year lifecycle of a G, CommScope’s Luigi Tarlazzi, vice president …

Ericsson noted that the project will run in parallel with the deployment of Ericsson-powered 5G Standalone in rural areas of Spain Ericsson and MasOrange, Spain’s largest mobile operator as a result of the merger between local carriers Orange Spain and …

Wind River says the match-up with Rakuten Symphony will deliver more flexibility and choice for operators Edge software provider Wind River announced this week a collaboration with Rakuten Symphony to accelerate telco adoption of Open RAN technology. Rakuten Symphony has expanded its partner …

The radio access network consumes, by far, the majority of power needed to operate mobile networks. Given the reality operators are facing—pressing needs to reduce operational costs while working towards long-term climate action goals without sacrificing network performance—more energy efficient …

Among the most celebrated principles in the Open RAN paradigm, softwarization and disaggregation have taken center stage in discussions on the commercialization and deployment of O-RAN systems. A less frequently discussed principle that these two elements enable is programmability — …

Open RAN revenue dropped by 83% in 2024 compared with 2023. Whoa. Let’s take a closer look at that. Why did revenue crater? And how will it bounce back? During ’22 and the first half of ’23, DISH was spending …

Samsung said that the O-RAN deployment for Japanese telco KDDI will start next year Korean vendor Samsung Electronics has been selected by Japanese operator KDDI as a main vendor to provide 4G and 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) compliant virtualized Radio …