Deutsche Telekom partnered with Juniper Networks, AirHope, VMware and Viavi for this multi-vendor trial
German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced technical details of a multi-vendor trial around programmable radio access networks that demonstrates the potential of the non-real-time RIC and rApp concept to automate and optimize...
The open and disaggregated movement, pioneered by OpenRAN, has become a well-known concept. It is driven by the principles of opening mobile networks to a broader range of suppliers and disaggregating software from hardware components in the network. These are the same principles that...
OpenWiFi is a community-developed, open-source platform designed to lower the cost of developing and operating Wi-Fi networks
Following the recent news that CableLabs and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) successfully validated new interoperable hardware and software and “refreshed” the OpenWiFi Community Lab, RCR Wireless News spoke with...
'What network disaggregation will bring to telecom comes down to what operators want out of their networks,' says Simon Burley, principal at Ofcom
Panelists at RCR Live Telco Reinvention in London offered their thoughts on how the industry is working to ensure interoperability in an...
Innovations in software and software disaggregation are driving telecom change on two levels, according to Per Kangru, technologist and business development expert in the CTO’s office at Viavi Solutions. Carriers can either do new things to drive automation or efficiencies within their own network;...
Despite speculation, the metaverse market is forecasted to achieve $47.48 billion in 2022 and skyrocket to $678.8 billion in revenue by 2030. However, with this extreme, lucrative potential comes significant concerns over whether our current broadband networks are ready and able to support the...
Sumita Gupta Sharma, head of Transmission Networks at Arelion (formerly Telia Carrier) speaks to the company’s name change and ambitions around disaggregating its optical networks. She also describes the need for more direct optical routes around the globe.
Teresa Monteiro, Infinera’s director of Solution Marketing, Software and Automation, discusses the benefits and challenges of disaggregated optical networks, how the increase in traffic is impacting these networks, and also, why she believes everyone should have a basic science education.
There's a big change hitting the telecom industry right now. Hardware and software are being decoupled with cost coming out of the former and strategic investments shifting to the latter. This sea change could serve to threaten the long-standing business models of large, incumbent...
Disaggregation of hardware and software is "a major advancement for operators"
Formed in 2016 as an engineering-focused, collaborative methodology for building and deploying global telecom network infrastructure, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has landed some important members of the global telecom world including T-Mobile, SK...
Two forces are driving operators’ current and near-term network investments: densification, to increase capacity and cope with the constantly increasing data demands of mobile users; and virtualization, to capture the flexibility and nimbleness needed for new services. Both of these efforts are necessary for...
