Open RAN

Testing the various components of Open Radio Access Networks—the open control unit, distributed unit and radio unit, or O-CU, O-DU and O-RU—has been the focus of multiple plugfests and other extensive testing as operators, vendors and test companies work out …

Elisa currently covers 95% of Finland’s population with 5G Finnish telecom operator Elisa now covers 95% of Finland’s population with 5G and has plans to expand the coverage even further in the coming years, the telco’s Head of Mobile Access …

Ericsson rApp strategy is focused on network automation, deployment, evolution, healing and optimization As operators continue to push toward large-scale Open RAN deployments, a North Star is this idea of using open radio access networks as decentralized platforms for innovation. …

In March 2020, Docomo commercialized what it claimed to be the world’s first Open RAN-based 5G network Japanese carrier NTT Docomo said that it is currently using Open RAN (O-RAN) with the main aim of enhancing network flexibility and cost …

Ericsson takes stock of Open RAN standardization, integration and scaled deployment Before examining what it will take to industrialize Open RAN, let’s look at what it means for a technology to be industrialized. At a high-level, it needs to be …

AT&T sees AI, cloud and Open RAN decoupling network enhancements from a “cycle of virtuous Gs” AT&T is in the early days of a massive radio access network (RAN) modernization program. The operator is investing $14 billion over a five-year …

Beyond cost reduction, Vodafone sees Open RAN as a vector for innovation; cites work with Cohere Technologies After six years of collaborative work, Vodafone has moved from a proto-Open RAN demo running on a laptop in the company’s stand at …

A Huawei rip-and-replace mandate prompted Telus to pivot to Open RAN Canadian operator Telus began working on virtualized Open RAN with Samsung in June 2020, and in February 2024 expanded that collaboration to include its 4G and 5G networks. Prompted …

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—the ability …

Chan has been on the board at TIP since 2017, making her its longest-serving member The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has elected Caroline Chan, VP in the Network and Edge Group at Intel Corporation and current TIP board member, as …

StarHub said that other firms including Keysight Technologies and Fujitsu also participated in the trial Singaporean operator StarHub has recently conducted what it claims to be the country’s inaugural Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) call on its 5G network. …

Hughes said the demo tested remote network orchestration, wide area network (WAN) resiliency as well as secure Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing Hughes Network Systems and Boost Mobile, both owned by EchoStar, said they successfully demonstrated multi-transport network management for …

In March of 2021, Tareq Amin, then CTO of Rakuten Mobile and now CEO of Aramco Digital, and I contemplated the question of how Rakuten Mobile could ramp itself onto a “brownfield” operator’s modernization roadmap and drive Open RAN adoption. …

Sarat Puthenpura, Chief Architect – Open RAN; Aether (previously ONF) will be speaking at this year’s Open RAN Global Forum. Read more and register here. Energy costs for telecom operators can be as high as 10% of their total operating …

In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Tay Yeow Lian, managing director of networks at Singtel Singapore, noted that the telco currently offers nationwide 5G SA services with a network of more than 1,500 5G mobile base stations Singaporean telco …

Open RAN has long been described as a journey, with the first steps focused purely on disaggregating hardware and software, then reaggregating it into a function radio system. Now the focus is shifting to more robust implementations that go beyond …

Europe is forecast to account for 15-20 percent of the global O-RAN revenues by 2028, according to the report North America is expected to lead the Open RAN (O-RAN) market during the 2023-2028 period, according to a recent report by …

SONIC Labs is delivered by Digital Catapult and supported by U.K. telecommunications regulator Ofcom Digital Catapult has launched its first SONIC Labs Technology Access Program, in which it is collaborating with a number of organizations to address energy efficiency challenges …

ATIS explained that the MoU establishes a joint process to identify O-RAN specifications for adoption by ATIS The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and the O-RAN Alliance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that enables the transposition of …

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone detail Open RAN interests—SMO, RIC, RAN hardware acceleration are focus areas As Open RAN has becomes mainstream, the industry focus has shifted from supplying greenfield network builds to integrating new, open radio systems …

In May, Dell and Ericsson announced a partnership for tailored network cloud infrastructure support for CSPs  During the DTW Ignite conference in Copenhagen, Dell Technologies and Ericsson highlighted the importance of a strategic partnership the pair announced in May, which …

EchoStar said that the new O-RAN facility is housed at the company’s data center in Cheyenne EchoStar Corporation announced the launch of the Open RAN Center for Integration and Deployment (ORCID), a state-of-the-art Open RAN (O-RAN) testing and evaluation lab. …

In an interview with RCR Wireless News, Indosat’s President and CEO, Vikram Sinha said that the telco has alread launched 5G services in eight cities across Indonesia, including Jakarta, Makassar, and Bali Indonesian telco Indosat has the main priority of …

Viavi’s Automated Lab-as-a-service for Open RAN (VALOR) solution gets official TIP authorization Viavi Solutions’ Lab-as-a-service for Open RAN, otherwise known as VALOR, is getting expanded test capabilities through a new collaboration with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP). VALOR has been …

The update is the result of the work carried out by the European carriers under the a previously signed Open RAN MoU European carriers Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone Group have released an update on the technical priorities …