End-to-end fronthaul testing, as well as isolation testing, provide the big picture and granular data needed to drive Open RAN adoption
Given one of the primary goals of Open RAN—providing architectural flexibility by breaking up the centralized unit (CU), distributed unit (DU) and radio unit...
Global Wireless Solutions (GWS) has released new Nationwide Connectivity Experience Awards, based on a combination of network testing plus additional insights from surveying mobile device users. GWS gave out three awards: One that focused largely on the mobile experience, one based on the ISP...
Ericsson takes stock of Open RAN standardization, integration and scaled deployment
Before examining what it will take to industrialize Open RAN, let’s look at what it means for a technology to be industrialized. At a high-level, it needs to be standardized, cost-efficient, able to integrate...
ATIS explained that the MoU establishes a joint process to identify O-RAN specifications for adoption by ATIS
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) and the O-RAN Alliance have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that enables the transposition of O-RAN Alliance specifications to ATIS...
The O-RAN Alliance has kicked off its spring plugfest to further develop Open RAN features and ensure interoperability across the O-RAN ecosystem, with more than 40 companies participating around the world.
This spring's plugfest has six areas of focus, according to O-RAN Alliance. They...
On the push to industrializing Open RAN, Ericsson focused on cloudification, automation and open interfaces
Operators around the world are investing in RAN modernization and, along with it, architectural shifts to open interfaces and cloud-based platforms that enable more robust automation tooling. With a leading...
The Open RAN Alliance said that it has successfully concluded its fall 2023 plugfest. The event was co-hosted by 24 major operators, OTICs and independent institutions for testing, the organization said. It ran from September-November 2023 and was held in 16 labs around the...
OTICs are vendor-independent, open, and qualified labs approved by the O-RAN Alliance
The O-RAN Alliance ecently accredited two new Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTIC) which adds to the existing O-RAN ecosystem.
The O-RAN Alliance said in a release that the new OTICs are MITRE in...
Seed funding of $200,000 has been awarded by O-RAN Alliance to the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University
The O-RAN Alliance announced the result of its call for proposals for seed funding of platforms that support research and development of next...
A Q&A with Dish’s Sidd Chenumolu on the public cloud, network programmability and the role of the RIC
Dish Wireless has reached major coverage milestones in its effort to build out a nationwide Standalone 5G network using Open RAN principles. Company Vice President of Technology...
The O-RAN Alliance has approved four testbeds, three of which are operated by the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR), as new Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) in North America.
The PAWR locations include the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern...
NEC said this O-RAN certification has been issued by Japan OTIC
Japanese tech company NEC said it has obtained O-RAN certification from Japan's Open Testing & Integration Center (OTIC) for its 5G base station radio unit (RU).
The company said that this 5G base station...
The O-RAN Alliance also said that O-RAN firms plan to showcase three on-site and 15 virtual demos during Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2023
The O-RAN Alliance announced the completion of the O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023, in which a number of operators carried out critical...
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...
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....
Deutsche Telekom said that Nokia and Fujitsu have been selected as partners for an initial commercial O-RAN introduction in Germany
German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced a partnership with Nokia, Fujitsu and Mavenir for the initial phase of its commercial Open RAN (O-RAN) deployments across its...
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 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has joined the O-RAN Alliance.
“By joining the...
Samsung said that the trial took place in Tokyo during Q4 2022
Samsung Electronics and Japanese operator KDDI asay that they have successfully achieved Service Level Agreement (SLA) assurance network slicing in a field trial conducted in Tokyo, Japan.
In a release, the Korean vendor said...
Mavenir said its FWA solution can be deployed on public, hybrid and private clouds
Mavenir announced the availability of its new Fixed Wireless Access solution (FWA), which combines its open virtualized RAN, converged packet core and OpenBeam portfolio of radio units.
The firm said that this...
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 it has executed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the O-RAN Alliance to expand collaboration...
Verizon has deployed Open RAN compliant, multi-vendor cell sites
Verizon has deployed virtualized radio access network (vRAN) kit at some 8,000 5G sites, both mmWave and C-Band, and plans to use this architecture at 20,000 total by the end of 2025. The operator has targeted...
In June, the O-RAN Software Community (OSC) published its 6th open software release, dubbed "F"
O-RAN Alliance has published a new set of 52 specifications for open and intelligent RAN, as the first batch of the O-RAN Release 003 specifications.
Among them there are 12 new...
The O-RAN Alliance also announced the launch of its Certification and Badging program
O-RAN Alliance announced it has formed its next Generations Research Group (nGRG), with the aim of carrying out research about O-RAN and future 6G networks, the entity said in a release.
“The nGRG...
