Open RAN

BARCELONA—Open radio access networks have been a major theme at this week’s Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024. Not only was an O-RAN Alliance meeting held in conjunction with MWC, but …

AWS said it has also joined NTT Docomo’s OREX initiative to promote O-RAN efforts at a global scale Japanese operator NTT Docomo has selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) to commercially …

Ericsson claimed the deployment is the first cloud RAN project in Europe Swedish vendor Ericsson and German operator O2 Telefonica will start deploying Cloud RAN technology to support the latter’s …

AT&T says this is the ‘next milestone’ in its Open RAN journey AT&T says that it has commercial traffic running on Ericsson Cloud RAN sites in its 5G network. The …

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 …

Telus said that the commercial deployment of this technology will begin in the first half of this year Canadian operator Telus and Samsung Electronics announced that they will build what …

Vodafone, Samsung and AMD completed an end-to-end data call in Samsung’s research and development lab in Korea, utilizing AMD processors that supported Samsung’s virtualized RAN (vRAN) software, which is O-RAN …

As CSPs look to increase network flexibility and scalability without sacrificing efficiency in new disaggregated radio systems, Cloud RAN will play a key role With 5G networks operating at scale, …

“The best way to assess integration across the industry is to go big,” writes AT&T’s VP of RAN Technology AT&T and Verizon are heading up a federally funded, $42.3 million …

Dell’Oro said that the long-term forecast for O-RAN remains positive Open RAN (O-RAN) revenue is set to decline in 2023, following an impressive increase between 2019 and 2022, according to …

Verizon says it is laying the foundation for O-RAN Verizon says that it has already deployed more than 130,000 Open RAN-capable radios in its network as part of an ongoing …

As 5G mobile networks grow in complexity, it’s becoming impossible for human network engineers to manage the network without automation. The evolution from rules-based automation to the use of AI/ML …

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) has emerged as a powerful tool to connect the unconnected, bringing high-speed internet to underserved areas where traditional fiber deployment is impractical. With global broadband subscribers …

Open RAN is stepping into the spotlight and revenues are expected to account for 5-10% of the overall RAN market for 2023, according to figures from Dell’Oro Group. Recognized as …

The new O-RAN center is expected to be operational this year Aramco Digital and Intel announced plans to establish what they claim to be Saudi Arabia’s first Open RAN (O-RAN) …

ORCID will allow participants to test and validate their hardware and software solutions against an O-RAN network deployed by Dish Dish Wireless, which is now a subsidiary of EchoStar, was …

Parallel Wireless already deployed O-RAN sites in Nigeria, Tanzania, Guinea Conakry, Ghana, South Sudan, Uganda, DRC and Malawi U.S.-based Open RAN (O-RAN) firm Parallel Wireless said it has already deployed …

Sustainability is fast becoming a business imperative for the telecoms industry, driven by factors such as the UN’s Race to Zero Campaign, rising energy costs, complex 5G deployments and heightened customer …

Deploying massive MIMO for mid-band 5G presents the opportunity to massively reduce per site power consumption and system-level energy efficiency While there isn’t anything magical that happens when a new …

Parallel Wireless said its 5G SA solution is purposefully architected to run on any general-purpose computing platform U.S.-based Open RAN (O-RAN) firm Parallel Wireless announced the general availability of what …

The deal is part of the MoU signed by Nokia and Deutsche Telekom at MWC 2023 in Barcelona Nokia and Deutsche Telekom (DT) announced that they have begun to deploy …

Fujitsu EVP and Head of Global Networks Business Femi Adeyemi joins the show to look at the state of Open RAN, including positive market traction and lingering impediments, particularly related …

1&1 said its partners in the O-RAN project are Rakuten Mobile and Mavenir German operator 1&1 confirmed that Open RAN (O-RAN) is fully functional and available throughout the country on …

AT&T announced this week that it wants to have 70% of its traffic on open network platforms within the next few years and will spend up to $14 billion with …

Reality or just a dream: how will AI, automation, and cloud technologies help communication service providers (CSPs) lower network energy costs 25% by 2025? How can cloud-native operations and CI/CD …