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Vodafone kicks off O-RAN deployments in Romania
The launch follows successful tests Vodafone started with Samsung and other partners last year in Romania
Vodafone said it is installing new Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) sites in 20 cities across Romania.
In Romania, Vodafone said it is working with several partners, including Samsung for...
How to make Open RAN interoperability testing more efficient
While Open RAN vendors are focused on hardware/software disaggregation and interoperability, operators also need RAN reaggregation
As commercial Open RAN deployments, particularly in brownfield network environments, begin to ramp, the longstanding focus on ensuring interoperability between disaggregated radio hardware and software could stand to move...
NTT Docomo launches GPU-accelerated 5G network in Japan
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 GPU-accelerated commercial 5G network and...
Vodafone UK starts O-RAN deployment to replace Huawei gear
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 regions of England, the telco...
Wind River builds automated edge for Elisa, autonomous drive system with Horizon Robotics
California-based compute software vendor Wind River has announced a couple of notable deals; it has deployed a fully-automated edge data centre for Finnish telco Elisa, and also struck a deal with China-based Horizon Robotics to collaborate on edge systems for advanced driver assist systems...
KT, Docomo, Fujitsu and partners complete virtualized O-RAN test
The partners said they had also participated in the O-RAN Alliance's global plugfest for spring 2023
Asian companies KT, NTT Docomo and Fujitsu, together with SOLiD, Keysight Technologies and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), said they have successfully conducted an interoperability test using virtualized...
Dell wants its telecom business ‘to be the center of an ecosystem’
Through products and partnerships, Dell Technologies is pushing open network architectures as a key enabler of 5G monetization
Dell Technologies sees significant growth potential as telecom networks transition to cloud environments, hardware and software is disaggregated, and compute is distributed throughout the network to operator's,...
Can edge workload placement reduce capex and opex? Potentially.
Recent research shows moving more workloads to the edge can optimize overall utilization and efficiency
Part of optimizing networks now means not just optimizing service performance and RF performance, but placement of compute workloads: In a data center or at the edge? This has implications...
KDDI uses Wind River Studio for its 5G Open vRAN sites
KDDI has started to deploy 5G vRAN sites in the city of Osaka last month
Wind River announced that its Wind River Studio is being used by Japanese operator KDDI for its O-RANÂ-compliant 5G virtualized base station, which began commercial deployment last month in Osaka,...
Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Wind River simplify the path to RAN virtualization
At Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, Dell Technologies and Wind River jointly announced Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Wind River, which will simplify telco cloud network deployment and management. These Telecom Infrastructure Blocks are built on Dell’s PowerEdge server portfolio, its bare metal orchestrator...
Wind River, Tata Consulting team up for 4G and 5G vRAN solution
TCS will host its Cognitive Network Operations Platforms on Wind River Studio, said a TCS VP
Wind River announced this week a collaboration with Tata Consulting Services (TCS), the IT services consulting business of Indian multinational Tata. The two companies will work together to create...
Dell wants to simplify telco cloud with ‘Infrastructure Blocks’
Dell and Wind River are offering CSPs out-of-the-box Open RAN and VRAN deployments
Dell Technologies this week introduced Telecom Infrastructure Blocks, a new telco cloud infrastructure solution the company co-engineered with Wind River. The "blocks" offer Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with simplified telco cloud network deployment...
Samsung looks to drive vRAN adoption with partner-based approach
Dell, HPE, Intel, Red Hat, Wind River working with Samsung on multi-vendor "solution roadmaps"
Samsung Networks has been at the front of the push toward virtualization of radio access networks and is now working with key hardware, software and silicon partners to conduct interoperability...
KDDI uses Wind River studio for O-RAN 5G virtualized base station
KDDI has commercial, 5G Standalone network using Open RAN equipment
Wind River, a specialist in software for mission-critical intelligent systems, announced that Japanese carrier KDDI has used Wind River Studio for its O-RAN–compliant 5G Standalone virtualized base station technology, which has recently launched on its...
Elisa enlists Wind River to build its 5G far edge cloud
Elisa has enlisted Wind River to help build its far edge cloud for low-latency, high-bandwidth 5G services.
Vodafone claims first O-RAN site in the UK
U.K. carrier Vodafone announced it has switched on what it claims to be the first 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) site in the country, the telco said in a release.
The site installed in the city of Bath is the first of 2,500 5G and 4G...
Aptiv acquires Wind River for $4.3 billion
Auto parts maker and system designer and integrator Aptiv has acquired edge-to-cloud platform maker Wind River in a $4.3 billion cash sale
Wind River taking on 5G vRAN integration with Intel FlexRAN
Wind River, Intel joint development meant to give operators deployment flexibility, lower TCO of 5G vRAN systems
Operators globally are gradually undertaking the transition to standalone 5G which involves a transition to cloud-native core and virtualization of the radio access network. The implementation of vRAN, however,...
Vodafone selects strategic partners for commercial O-RAN deployment
UK-based carrier Vodafone has selected Dell, NEC, Samsung Electronics, Wind River, Capgemini Engineering and Keysight Technologies to jointly deliver the first commercial deployment of Open Radio Access Network (RAN) in Europe.
Vodafone said its initial focus will be on the 2,500 sites in the U.K....
Dell Technologies and Wind River: Empowering the intelligent edge
As service providers move towards 5G in order to realize improved service, operational agility, and greater revenue potential, there is a technology evolution in infrastructure to shift from monolithic, vertically integrated solutions to disaggregated models based on virtualization and the cloud for distributed networks....
Wind River and Tage Idriver intro platform for autonomous open-pit mining vehicles
California-based Wind River is working with Chinese smart mining solutions provider Beijing Tage Idriver Technology Company on a software platform for autonomous mining vehicles for open-pit mining.
The mining industry has been an early adopter of autonomous vehicles and machinery to improve safety, increase productivity,...
Telit cooperates with Wind River to foster IIoT adoption
Wind River portfolio enables addresses use cases for aerospace, defense, industrial, medical and transport verticals
IoT specialist Telit announced it is collaborating with Wind River, an Intel company, to accelerate industrial internet of things (IIoT) adoption. Through this collaboration agreement, the two firms are reducing...
Operators challenged by NFV business model, but learning
NFV and SDN deployments continue to challenge legacy deployment and operational models, though carriers are learning from the process
ORLANDO, Florida – Network virtualization is expected to revolutionize how telecom operators control their networks, with technologies like software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and cloud becoming...
Ixia Webinar: Progressing NFV to Carrier-Grade Deployments
This session presented by Ixia and Wind River is focused on the current state of NFV and how it is progressing toward Carrier-Grade deployments.
What you will learn:
· Service Provider business drivers for enabling NFV
· Components of the NFV Infrastructure (NFV-I) and how...