Open RAN

Stronger-than-expected O-RAN progress in North America is behind the revision, says Dell’Oro The Dell’Oro Group published a recent report that the firm said shows that the Open RAN movement has “come …

NIST says it will ‘enhance U.S. leadership in wireless technologies’ by joining O-RAN Alliance Amid U.S. government interest in boosting the Open RAN ecosystem and diversifying telecom supply chains, the …

Reducing network energy consumption has become central to communication service providers’ (CSPs) business operations and can help them drastically reduce operating costs. In fact, according to Nokia, energy consumption accounts …

KDDI has been developing O-RAN compliant 5G Open vRAN sites using Samsung’s virtualized solutions Japanese operator KDDI announced that, in cooperation with Samsung Electronics and Fujitsu, it initiated commercial deployment …

The demo integrated radios with Northrop Grumman’s tactical data links, AT&T’s private 5G network and Fujitsu’s O-RAN Network AT&T, Fujitsu and Northrop Grumman Corporation said they recently demonstrated 5G-enabled intelligence, …

Under the terms of the MoU, ATIS and the O-RAN Alliance will collaborate on advancing the state-of-the-art of open radio access network The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) said …

1&1 said its O-RAN network will be soon available in Hamburg, Essen, Düsseldorf, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Munich and Freiburg German operator 1&1 announced plans to expand its cloud-based Open RAN in …

Firms from Japan and the U.K. are expected to begin Open RAN technology sharing this year The U.K. and Japan announced plans to cooperate to promote Open RAN networks amid …

Mobile network operators, cable companies and hyperscalers are all investing in edge infrastructure, with market drivers including use cases from private cellular networking to edge robotics in industry—as well as …

The UK government previously announced efforts to increase the share of open and interoperable equipment in domestic networks The governments of Australia, Canada and the United States have backed guidelines …

Build, deploy, run: The private 5G network lifecycle Private 5G networks, to some degree, are billed as a panacea for enterprise business problems—whatever your issue is, throw some high-powered connectivity …

NTT Docomo had selected Samsung Electronics as its 5G network solutions provider in March 2021 Korean vendor Samsung Electronics recently announced that it is supplying a variety of 5G radios …

“The Open RAN train continues to … accelerate at a faster pace than expected,” analyst firm says Open RAN revenues for the third quarter of 2022 more than doubled on …

This report, a companion to the Open RAN Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators driving capital and …

Vodafone Idea’s CTO said that the telco will continue to carry out O-RAN trials in the country Indian carrier Vodafone Idea is open to carrying out additional pilots of Open-RAN …

Subscribers expect their mobile operator to deliver a seamless Quality of Experience when using voice, video services and OTT applications and in a highly competitive market, ensuring QoE is a …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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, …

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 …