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Mavenir plans to produce 5G, O-RAN radios in Brazil: Report

Currently, Mavenir 5G radios are manufactured by Jabil in the U.S. and India Network software provider Mavenir expects to start manufacturing 5G Standalone (SA) and Open RAN (O-RAN) radios in Brazil in 2024, Brazilian news site Mobile Time reported. According to the report, Mavenir aims to...

NI, Spirent partner on O-RAN RU testing

NI and Spirent Communications have teamed up on what they say is the "first and only" comprehensive test solution for the Open RAN Radio Unit (RU). The new offering uses application layer testing with "any commercial device" for real-time O-RU validation, the partners said,...

Brazil invests in research for 5G, 6G and Open RAN

The government of Brazil will allocate $36 million for research centers to develop 5G, 6G and O-RAN tech Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and local state-run research and industrial innovation company Embrapii announced the investment of BRL180 million ($36 million) in three institutions...

O-RAN, vRAN revenue moderate growth in Q1: Dell’Oro

Dell'Oro highlighted that O-RAN revenue growth in Q1 was in the 10-20% range Open RAN (O-RAN) and virtualized RAN (vRAN) revenue growth moderated in the first quarter of 2023 after strong growth last year, according to a recent report from Dell’Oro Group. “Since both Open RAN...

Mavenir inks partnership to boost O-RAN development in Turkey

Under the partnership, i2i Systems and Mavenir will promote the implementation and development of technology for O-RAN networks in Turkey Mavenir has partnered with Turkish network software firm i2i Systems, with the aim of boosting collaboration for the development of Open RAN in Turkey. i2i Systems...

Michael Dell: ‘Open RAN isn’t a snap of the fingers’ 

Dell Technologies sees a bright long-term outlook for Open RAN LAS VEGAS--With its Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab (OTEL) and constantly-expanding suite of telco-optimized products, Dell Technologies is a major player in Open RAN. While there seems to be broad support amongst operators for disaggregating radio...

The Linux Foundation launches open-source project with Terragraph, Evenstar software

LF Connectivity will address connectivity challenges within high-bandwidth fixed and mobile connectivity, says the Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation launched LF Connectivity, an open-source project that includes Meta’s fixed wireless access (FWA) service Terragraph, as well as software from its Evenstar program, which was established...

Bharti Airtel picks Mavenir for O-RAN deployment: Report

Last year, Airtel had carried out what it claimed to be India’s first O-RAN-based live 5G network validation in partnership with Mavenir Indian operator Bharti Airtel has selected U.S. company Mavenir for the deployment of Open RAN (O-RAN) systems as part of its current nationwide...

Vodafone claims first urban deployment of O-RAN in Europe

Vodafone said that the O-RAN trial was carried out in Torquay and Exmouth, in the U.K. U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone claimed it achieved the first commercial urban deployment of Open RAN (O-RAN) in Europe, trialing the technology in two U.K. towns to provide mobile subscribers...

Mavenir raises $100 million to boost investments in growth areas

Mavenir noted this new funding adds to the $250 million raised in 2022 Network software provider Mavenir announced the closing of a $100 million capital raise, which will support the company’s efforts to enable the digitization of telco networks with Open RAN (O-RAN), IMS and...

IntelligentRAN: Huawei’s pragmatic approach to radio intelligence (Analyst Angle)

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, radio intelligence continued to be a big theme for the second year in row. Leading infrastructure players and Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) supporters showcased significant advances in their approaches to better manage radio network resources in...

Virgin Media O2 selects Mavenir as its O-RAN vendor

Virgin Media O2 said the Mavenir’s O-RAN system will consist of fully virtualized L1, L2 vRAN SW and will operate on Intel Xeon scalable processors U.K. telecom operator Virgin Media O2 has selected U.S. company Mavenir as its Open RAN (O-RAN) vendor. In a release, the...

European carriers unveil technical priorities for O-RAN

The telcos had previously inked a MoU to boost the adoption of O-RAN across Europe European operators Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM and Vodafone have published further documents on technical priorities for Open RAN (O-RAN). In a release, the carriers said that the Open RAN Technical...

Will Open RAN drive cloud-native or vice versa? 

The benefits of cloud-native RAN include efficient scaling, dynamic orchestration of microservices and enhanced security Operators are steadily working to become cloud-native from the core to the radio access network (RAN) all the way out to edge computing nodes. The rationale is two-fold: a cloud-native...

EXFO Webinar: Navigating the 5G frontier: Overcoming challenges to successfully deploy next-generation wireless networks

Mobile network operators are taking initiatives to deploy 5G faster and make it accessible to more and more users. However this comes with a host of new challenges such as ensuring adequate coverage, capacity and throughput, managing network complexity and interoperability, and balancing costs...

Open RAN spectrum policy should aim to grow both private and public network ecosystems (Reader Forum)

When the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) asked for public comment on the $1.5 billion “Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund,” they were explicit about its goals. The 10-year Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) grant program aims to “drive U.S. wireless innovation,...

Keysight opens O-RAN testing lab in Europe

Built on the Keysight O-RAN Architect solution, the lab offers a setup to conduct radio unit testing Keysight announced it is launching its first complete Open RAN (O-RAN) testing laboratory for Europe at the company's Milan office in Italy. The company noted that the main aim...

Why ORAN is critical to usher in the next era of networking (Reader Forum)

Mobile networks across the globe have made unprecedented strides in speed, throughput, manageability and cost reductions in the past few years, all of which proved their worth over the pandemic amid the staggering spike in demand caused by the work-from-home movement among other factors. Unlike...

Open RAN opportunities, challenges on the path to automation

Fujitsu highlights Open RAN security and service management and orchestration at Mobile World Congress 2023  Open RAN progress, both as an ideological movement and a specific set of interoperable, standards-based technologies, was on display this year at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona. Evidenced by...

Rakuten launches O-RAN customer experience center in UK

Rakuten said that telcos and industry suppliers in Europe and the Middle East will be invited to test advancements in O-RAN technologies in the new facility Rakuten Mobile, Rakuten Symphony and Rakuten Symphony UK officially opened the Rakuten Open RAN (O-RAN) customer experience center in...

Digital Catapult, Ofcom unveil O-RAN testing facilities in the UK

So far, 15 vendors and 36 O-RAN products have collaborated with SONIC Labs U.K. digital accelerator Digital Catapult, working with telecommunications regulator Ofcom, has announced the opening of its new Open RAN (O-RAN) testing facilities as part of the SONIC Labs program. SONIC Labs is...

Cambridge Consultants Whitepaper: O-RAN and AI are ready to transform service performance in the optimised network

The O-RAN RIC is combining with advances in AI to provide new opportunities for network automation. This will maximise service performance and user experience, allowing immersive services and advanced industrial applications to flourish. In this paper, we ask: How can automation overcome the complexity of O-RAN networks...

Anritsu Webinar: O-RAN: Evolution, Market Trends, Use Cases + Testing

This webinar presents key aspects of Open RAN technology and business needs on “why Open RAN”. It also discusses the main drivers in terms of use cases, and the market reality on Open RAN. While there may be challenges to full scale deployment of...

O-RAN Alliance partners with OAI, announces new specifications

The O-RAN Alliance also announced that the O-RAN Release 003 includes 10 new specification titles The O-RAN Alliance signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OAI), in which both entities agreed to cooperate on O-RAN issues, open source software development, and 5G....

GXC deploys Open RAN solution at US Navy, military engineering facility

NIWC Pacific provides technological support for information warfare to the U.S. Navy and military Optical computing and cellular mesh R&D company GXC has deployed its 5G Open RAN solution at the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific (NIWC Pacific) facility in San Diego, California. The solution...