The RIC will be offered for free to Rakuten Symphony customers who buy Symworld applications
As the focus of Open RAN discussion expands beyond capex and opex savings to also include an emphasis on disaggregated, cloud-based RAN as a vector for innovation, there’s a new...
5G is here, and with the expansion of connectivity comes the challenge of deploying and operating networks that prioritize both performance and reduced energy use.
In the past, each generation of mobile broadband has come with a steep increase in energy use due to the...
Far EasTone’s chairman, Chee Ching, said the telco has been looking to integrate and utilize 5G’s core technologies
Taiwanese mobile operator Far EasTone Telecommunications has signed an agreement with Intel Taiwan to carry out joint research on 5G open virtualized radio access networks, computer vision...
Experts cite agility, cost savings and support as key focus areas
At its essence, Open RAN disaggregates Radio Access Network (RAN) functionality from specialized, bespoke hardware to vendor-neutral hardware and software-defined technology based on open interfaces. This enables Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to source individual...
Open RAN standards help create a level playing field, but there has to be room for innovation
The world of telecoms is, among many other things, an exercise in developing and implementing technologies that have been standardized via a regimented, consensus-driven process. A reductive example—without...
Vodafone said that its 5G Standalone network is currently available to nearly 20 million people across Germany
Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is already providing coverage to 60 million people across the country.
In a release, the telco said it has already deployed a total...
CEO Tareq Amin said a per-appliance software subscription fee “killed my business model”
Rakuten Mobile is in the process of removing Red Hat software from its network deployment in Japan, and working with Rocky Linux for processing software workloads in distributed units across its Open...
With Open RAN, there’s the risk of trading vendor lock-in for system integrator lock-in
With greenfield success stories and increasing interest from brownfield players, it appears Open RAN is happening, but the question remaining is can it happen fast enough to meaningfully change the supplier...
Tareq Amin discussed the outlook for Rakuten Symphony software-first market approach
Over the past three-plus years, I’ve interviewed Rakuten Symphony CEO Tareq Amin a number of times in one-on-one and group settings. Based on these interactions, I’m certain of one overarching thing: Amin believes in...
The role of operators and network disaggregation in enabling the metaverse vision takes center stage at FYUZ
MADRID–The three-day FYUZ event was, in some ways, three distinct but complementary things—on day one the main stage was billed as the Open RAN Summit and highlighting O-RAN...
Intel will has begun work on 5G mMIMO Open RAN Radio Unit whitebox
Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and Intel have announced their joint effort to produce a 5G massive MIMO (mMIMO) Open RAN Radio Unit (O-RU) whitebox to address the capacity and intelligence needs for future...
Vodafone and NTT DoCoMo also aim to remotely connect their O-RAN test capabilities in the U.K. and Japan
U.K. telecom group Vodafone and Japanese telco NTT Docomo reached an agreement with the aim of cooperating to bring the benefits of O-RAN for operators and vendors...
The operator hopes to equip 30% of all its European sites with Open RAN by 2030
Following successful field tests earlier this year in Plauen, Germany, Vodafone has announced a 5G Open Radio Access Network (RAN) pilot at mobile sites across the German states of...
Open RAN 'will definitely be part of 6G'
5G is already here and slowly transitioning from NonStandalone to Standalone networks with a 5G core. Open RAN, meanwhile, has high levels of interest from various players but is still quite early in technology maturity, particularly in...
Supplier diversification is a primary goal of the Open RAN ecosystem and the Telecom Infra Project
MADRID—Vodafone has been a driving force in cultivating the Open RAN ecosystem as it works towards the goal of using disaggregated radio systems in 30% of its European networks...
Cisco noted that this collaboration showcased the interoperability between technology providers using O-RAN base stations to deploy local 5G
Cisco and partners JTower, Mitsui Knowledge Company (MKI) and Airspan Networks have deployed a local 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) environment for in-building infrastructure sharing, with the...
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...
As operators and vendors delve deeper into the development and testing of Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN), the RAN Intelligent Controller, or RIC, is one of the main elements of focus.
"The main purpose of RIC is to automate and optimize the RAN...
Mavenir aims to start supplying its locally made O-RAN radios in the coming months
U.S.-based O-RAN provider Mavenir said it is in talks to provide 5G gear to Indian carriers including Vodafone Idea, local newspaper ETTelecom reported.
The U.S. firm was expecting to start supplying its...
Open RAN TCO and automation tooling make it a good fit for rural network expansion
Extending reliable, affordable broadband access into rural or otherwise un- or under-served parts of the world is a priority for lawmakers, nonprofits and other stakeholders around the globe. As communications...
The lab will be used to explore how technologies like 5G and Open RAN can support public safety use cases
The New South Wales (NSW) Telco Authority has selected NEC Corporation to build the initial phase of a 5G innovation lab, which the companies said...
According to Radisys, Open RAN scales comes from simplification, reducing variability and focusing on product integration
Early commercial deployments of Open RAN are beginning to pop up around the world, with Rakuten in Japan and Dish in the U.S. perhaps being the most notable....
Open RAN provides enterprises with better control over their entire wireless infrastructure
Private 5G networks enable enterprises to secure dedicated bandwidth, custom-tailoring their experience based on their specific needs — whether it’s to assure dedicated coverage, provide coverage where none may be available otherwise or...
Mavenir exec: 'Open RAN is about the interfaces between the elements; not the interfaces within the products'
According to Mavenir Senior Vice President of Business Development John Baker, there is still significant confusion about what Open RAN really means. In an effort to clear up...
