CommScope and Meta will develop a mMIMO reference design based on O-RAN Alliance interoperability specifications
CommScope and Meta Connectivity are collaborating on flexible and open reference designs to accelerate the adoption of Open RAN. Working alongside a network of industry ecosystem companies in the Evenstar...
'What Open RAN delivers is in the eye of the beholder,' Cellwize CEO says
Around the world, multi-national operators have demonstrated major commitments around Open RAN (O-RAN) systems, with many now focused on its integration into brownfield networks. However, for Cellwize’s CEO Ofir Zemer, Open...
As the evolution to 5G technology advances worldwide, network operators are increasingly interested in exploring open radio access network (Open RAN) technology. Open RAN is promoted as offering a host of business benefits for both incumbent and new mobile operators, including greater agility and...
As more people worked remotely during the early stages of the pandemic, operators shifted investment to fixed infrastructure underpinning home broadband connections. Looking to 2022, we’ll see renewed focus on the growth of 4G and time spent on evaluating the most pragmatic ways to add capacity and capability into 5G deployment plans. We see three major trends in the market...
Korean carrier KT and Japanese tech company Fujitsu have completed a verification facility at the KT Research and Development Center in Seoul, South Korea, at which the two companies leveraged Fujitsu’s Open RAN-based 5G base station equipment to successfully test call connections during interoperability...
On this episode, Marisa Viveros, vice president of Strategy & Offerings for the Telecom, Media and Entertainment Industry at IBM defines the IBM telco cloud network ecosystem, delves into the specifics of the company's recent cloud partnerships with Verizon and Telefonica and explains how...
MPEG LA and Unified Patents have just launched their Alium patent pool program that seeks to license 4G LTE and 5G standard-essential patents (SEPs) for a minimum charge of $10 per Open RAN Radio Unit (RU). Previously, attention to licensing and royalty charges for...
According to Vodafone and Mavenir, the news represents a significant milestone in the move away from physical infrastructure to a digital cloud-based environment
Vodafone UK and virtualized RAN software specialist Mavenir are claiming the first successful data and Voice over LTE (VoLTE) call across a...
Japan is expected set up a wide-area experimental network as early as 2022 to experiment with 5G O-RAN networks, Japanese newspaper Nikkei reported.
According to the report, the initiative will be led by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Japan's leading communication companies....
The PC802 SoC is a purpose-designed SoC for 5G NR/LTE small cell disaggregated and integrated RAN architectures
Picocom has introduced the PC802 SoC (system on chip), a flexible, low power device that the company claims “empowers the innovation of a new breed of 5G NR...
Equinix will provide digital infrastructure services to support Dish’s cloud-native, Open RAN-based 5G network. As a result, Dish will have access to the infrastructure company’s International Business Exchange (IBX) data centers across the U.S.
“Dish is taking the lead in delivering on the promise of...
As companies increasingly start to build and run their own 5G networks, there is much talk about open standards in cellular radio access networks (RAN). The rise of the Open RAN standard allows vendor interoperability along with virtualized RAN on open, cloud-native hardware, both at...
For the last four decades, the wireless industry has been on its quest for enhancements in wireless networks and services. The RAN architecture has been opened in standardization for some time, but de facto interpretation and missing pieces have raised the stakes in the...
Qualcomm and NEC want to 'drive the transition towards modern networks' by simplifying deployments and lowering the total cost of ownership
Qualcomm Technologies and NEC last week announced that they are jointly developing a 5G open and virtualized distributed unit (DU). Powered by the Qualcomm...
