Open RAN

As brownfield Open RAN deployments pick up and interoperability processes are refined, questions around fiber expense and massive MIMO still dog the ecosystem Open RAN has come a long way since the days of the xRAN Forum and C-RAN Alliance. …

NTT Docomo partnered with Nvidia, Fujitsu and Wind River on the GPU-accelerated 5G network NTT Docomo this week announced the deployment of a GPU-accelerated wireless solution in its network in Japan, reportedly making it the first telco in the world to adopt a …

Keysight updates on Open RAN innovations and the testing processes behind them Open RAN contains multitudes. It’s an ideological movement grounded in the belief that a diverse radio supplier ecosystem begets competitions which begets advantageous economics which begets more and …

Rakuten Symphony talks Open RAN benefits and bringing radio disaggregation to brownfield network environments Beginning in 2018, Rakuten Mobile, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Rakuten Group, started deploying a greenfield Open RAN network. Since then, Rakuten Group has also spun …

No two private networks are exactly alike, as each is configured to serve different network environments and industries. In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, businesses increasingly focus on modernizing their enterprise systems to do more for their business. This focus …

Part of the vision of Open RAN has been creating specifications and ecosystem alignment resulting in what is effectively a plug-and-play radio system. However, the reality today, and the near-term outlook, show this isn’t the case; system integration is and …

Deutsche Telekom partnered with Juniper Networks, AirHope, VMware and Viavi for this multi-vendor trial German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced technical details of a multi-vendor trial around programmable radio access networks that demonstrates the potential of the non-real-time RIC and rApp …

Vodafone said its O-RAN program is supported by Samsung, Intel, Keysight, Dell Technologies, Capgemini and Wind River U.K. telco Vodafone confirmed it has officially started the installation of Open RAN (O-RAN) equipment for 2,500 sites in Wales and in certain …

VMware noted it is currently working with Indian carriers Bharti Airtel, Jio and Vodafone Idea VMware expects to see wide-scale deployment of O-RAN-based 5G in India from 2025, local newspaper The Economic Times reported, citing Sanjay Uppal, senior vice president …

SK Telecom, LG Uplus and KT are some of the members of the new O-RAN alliance in South Korea South Korea recently launched the Open RAN Industry Alliance (ORIA), a national body with the main aim of developing a domestic …

As Communications Service Providers (CSPs) transition from closed proprietary RAN systems to open, disaggregated solutions as part of their migration to 5G, Ethernet adapters with hardware-enhanced timing synchronization are proving essential in allowing them to build virtualized RAN (vRAN) solutions …

According to a new Dell’Oro report, RAN is declining at its fastest pace in seven years A new report from Dell’Oro Group shows that the Radio Access Network (RAN) market has moved past its rapid expansion phase from 2017 to …

Latest Intel processor integrates Layer 1 processing into SoC; available on Dell edge servers Building on a strong pre-existing relationship, Dell Technologies and Intel continue to partner in an effort to accelerate commercial deployment of virtualized and open radio access …

Both countries will also seek to promote Open RAN in other countries across Latin America Brazil’s telecommunications regulator Anatel and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan (MIC) signed a cooperation agreement with the main aim of expanding …

NEC said this O-RAN certification has been issued by Japan OTIC Japanese tech company NEC said it has obtained O-RAN certification from Japan’s Open Testing & Integration Center (OTIC) for its 5G base station radio unit (RU). The company said …

Viavi outlines private Open RAN benefits and security complexities Beyond macro public networks, Open RAN could also support the variety of deployment configurations necessary for private enterprise networks. But just as Tier 1 operators have to guard against security incidents …

Rakuten Symphony and Veon will seek to accelerate the reconstruction of the country’s infrastructure, through collaboration on O-RAN Rakuten Symphony has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with telecom operator Veon, with the aim of helping recovery of critical infrastructure …

Getting Open RAN acceleration right directly impacts network monetization opportunities As the Open RAN market continues to mature and evolve, there’s a growing debate around whether in-line or look-aside acceleration is better-suited for lower layer processing. The main difference between …

As networks rapidly evolve with the advancements in 5G, Open RAN, millimeter-wave, and midband spectrum technologies, ensuring seamless performance and user experience has become crucial for operators. How does testing keep pace? What are the key challenges that operators currently …

Rakuten Mobile will share results from its RIC experimentation with the O-RAN Alliance and the Open Test and Integration Centre (OTIC) in Japan Rakuten Mobile has announced plans to conduct R&D on RAN intelligent controllers (RICs) at Japan’s Yokosuka Telecom …

The Open RAN mobile sites will be used to provide coverage to the surrounding rural communities Vodafone has partnered with mobile coverage services specialist Net CS to provide 4G coverage to rural communities around 11 Church of England parish churches …

As the telecoms industry undergoes rapid change and digitalization, 2023 marks the year of much-needed reinvention. Both carriers and other stakeholders are facing new challenges and opportunities as they adapt, monetize and expand to meet the demands of the transforming …

Ericsson said that the joint PoC deployment was carried out at O2 Telefónica’s Wayra innovation hub in Munich Ericsson and German telco O2 Telefónica completed a proof of concept (PoC) with the aim of paving the way for the development …

Dell’Oro said the O-RAN segment already comprises a mid-single digit share of the broader RAN market Open RAN (O-RAN) revenues are forecasted to account for more than 15% of the global RAN market by 2027, as the market is experiencing …

Ragha Gopavarapu, a senior manager for Samsung’s carrier accounts, shares Samsung’s perspective on the vRAN and Open RAN revolutions in telecom networks, and provides an update on the company’s new vRAN 3.0 offering.