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 include an emphasis on disaggregated, cloud-based RAN as a vector for innovation, there’s a new...
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 software-defined technology based on open interfaces. This enables Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to source individual...
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, and working with Rocky Linux for processing software workloads in distributed units across its Open...
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 group settings. Based on these interactions, I’m certain of one overarching thing: Amin believes in...
The role of operators and network disaggregation in enabling the metaverse vision takes center stage at FYUZ
MADRID–The three-day FYUZ event was, in some ways, three distinct but complementary things—on day one the main stage was billed as the Open RAN Summit and highlighting O-RAN...
Vodafone and NTT DoCoMo also aim to remotely connect their O-RAN test capabilities in the U.K. and Japan
U.K. telecom group Vodafone and Japanese telco NTT Docomo reached an agreement with the aim of cooperating to bring the benefits of O-RAN for operators and vendors...
The operator hopes to equip 30% of all its European sites with Open RAN by 2030
Following successful field tests earlier this year in Plauen, Germany, Vodafone has announced a 5G Open Radio Access Network (RAN) pilot at mobile sites across the German states of...
At Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, Dell Technologies and Wind River jointly announced Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Wind River, which will simplify telco cloud network deployment and management. These Telecom Infrastructure Blocks are built on Dell’s PowerEdge server portfolio, its bare metal orchestrator...
As operators and vendors delve deeper into the development and testing of Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN), the RAN Intelligent Controller, or RIC, is one of the main elements of focus.
"The main purpose of RIC is to automate and optimize the RAN...
The lab will be used to explore how technologies like 5G and Open RAN can support public safety use cases
The New South Wales (NSW) Telco Authority has selected NEC Corporation to build the initial phase of a 5G innovation lab, which the companies said...
Open RAN provides enterprises with better control over their entire wireless infrastructure
Private 5G networks enable enterprises to secure dedicated bandwidth, custom-tailoring their experience based on their specific needs — whether it’s to assure dedicated coverage, provide coverage where none may be available otherwise or...
The groups hope to kickstart 5G RAN xApp research with the new tool
Mavenir has announced the release of ns-O-RAN, an open-source Open RAN simulator developed with researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT). Mavenir claims it’s the first open-source platform for end-to-end...
Throughout the Open RAN Global Forum (register for on-demand access to the virtual event here), there was a recurring theme around Open RAN being part of a larger technological transformation encompassing the move towards cloud, software, data and more IT-centric operations. This shift is...
TCS will host its Cognitive Network Operations Platforms on Wind River Studio, said a TCS VP
Wind River announced this week a collaboration with Tata Consulting Services (TCS), the IT services consulting business of Indian multinational Tata. The two companies will work together to create...
Orange has made large-scale commitments to deploy Open RAN systems across its network footprint over the coming decade. Ahead of large-scale deployments, the operator has built an experimental network in Lannion, France, that uses Open RAN along with a cloud-native approach to 5G with...
The consensus is that interoperability has made material progress but there's still work to do
As Open RAN has gained momentum in recent years, there’s been this recurring talking point around modular radio system hardware and software being assembled and disassembled to support operators’ specific...
Open RAN one of many vectors of network transformation focused on service differentiation, operational efficiencies
In the process of building out, expanding and advancing its 5G network, Verizon has for several years gone through a very material network transformation. In the two previous installments in...
Using Google, Anthos to deliver 5G services will help CSPs save money and reduce complexity, said Mavenir
Mavenir announced Friday plans to make its 5G solutions available on Google Cloud. The move will help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) deploy Mavenir’s cloud-native 5G products and apps...
Dell and Wind River are offering CSPs out-of-the-box Open RAN and VRAN deployments
Dell Technologies this week introduced Telecom Infrastructure Blocks, a new telco cloud infrastructure solution the company co-engineered with Wind River. The "blocks" offer Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with simplified telco cloud network deployment...
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...
1&1 had contracted the deployment of its 5G network infrastructure to three companies
German operator 1&1 is experiencing delays in the deployment of its 5G network, and it won't be able to meet its deployment goals for this year, according to local press reports and...
In an increasingly complex and technology driven market, mobile network operators and infrastructures are facing the challenges of reducing costs and increasing competitiveness. At the same time, investments in infrastructure and resources are required to ensure the successful rollout of new services and technologies...
Verizon also highlighted that it is beginning to deploy 100 megahertz of C-band spectrum in many markets across the U.S.
Verizon said it has already deployed over 8,000 virtualized RAN (vRAN) cell sites with a goal of deploying over 20,000 by the end of 2025,...
Rome wasn’t built in a day. The same can be said of cloud-native, AI-optimized 5G open radio access networks (O-RANs), which are fundamentally different from any previous mobile generation. They are not just evolutionary, but a step change in how radio networks are designed...
