Open RAN

The floodgate of Mobile World Congress 2021 announcements has opened! 5G Open RAN will undoubtedly be the biggest theme among them. On the first day of the event, the 5G …

Samsung will provide 5G equipment for 2,500 rural sites in the south-west of England and Wales Samsung has made significant headway in the European telecommunications market with its new Vodafone …

In 2021, positive forecasts of the Open RAN market start gaining ground in the industry. It is predicted that the total RAN market will reach 10% by 2025 compared to …

This weekend sees the G7 meetings take place, which gives Britain a chance to stake its place in the world order post-Brexit.  The recent agreement on corporate taxation – whether …

The transcript of a recent internal presentation by Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei attracted much attention in the press and was interpreted as a strategy to counter restrictions to access the …

Dell is also introducing new reference architectures and an Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab Dell Technologies launched new cloud-native network infrastructure that includes a full stack of open, scalable carrier-grade server and software …

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office is moving to support development and testing of an open-source Standalone 5G software stack from the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance, with the launch …

Open RAN and virtual RAN have gotten so much media attention lately that some even call it just “hype.” But there is no denying the fact that there has been …

TIM’s “Beyond Connectivity” program focuses bringing AI and cloud to bear on network operations Major European operators in January signed a memorandum of understanding outlining their multi-year commitment to deploy …

Mavenir this week announced a large infusion of capital through an arrangement with Koch Investments Group subsidiary Koch Strategic Platforms. KSP has taken a minority stake in Richardson, Texas-based Mavenir …

Open RAN vendors are racing to catch up with incumbent Single radio access network (SRAN) vendors when it comes to providing a complete, comprehensive offer. Going forward, Open RAN will …

Massive MIMO solutions set for Q4 availability The availability of Open RAN-compatible massive MIMO radios has been on operator wish lists for some time as they look to bring disaggregated …

Performance, end-to-end responsibility among Open RAN concerns expressed by Huawei Carrier Business Group CTO Of the big three network infrastructure vendors, Nokia has been the most adaptive in regard to …

Etisalat signed an MoU with Rakuten Communications Platform for cloud-native, Open RAN support Etisalat, following a joint announcement with Rakuten Communications Platform to develop a reference design for cloud-native, Open …

Ericsson Open Lab carrier partners include KDDI, Ooredoo, Orange, SoftBank, and Turkcell In support of the broad industry move toward cloud-based radio access networks running on commodity hardware, Ericsson and …

Telefonica Deutschland building out 5G using 3.6 GHz; plans to deploy in 700 MHz and 1800 MHz German operator Telefónica Deutschland / O2, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, is currently …

Telefónica brand Movistar using Open RAN in Puerto Madryn, Argentina One of the persistent questions related to Open RAN is whether the shift from integrated radio stacks to multi-vendor Open …

Radio Access Network (RAN) implementations in mobile networks have traditionally been vendor-specific and implemented with proprietary technology. They do follow the specifications laid out by 3GPP, ITU, IEEE, and other …

Japanese mobile service provider NTT DoCoMo has selected Samsung as a 5G network solution provider. Samsung will specifically support the carrier’s next phase of its Open RAN development. The agreement …

Etisalat signs memorandum of understanding to use Rakuten Communications Platform for cloud-native, Open RAN networks Last week Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) tapped Airspan as a 4G and 5G hardware/software vendor, …

Shortly after LTE reached maturity, service providers started facing new challenges to meet customer demand for high capacity and “always-on” connectivity with quick set-up and transition time, spurred by diverse …

Airspan Networks plans to go public in the third quarter of this year via a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company and use $166 million from the transaction to fuel …

My grandfather gave me a Swiss Army Knife when I was 10 years old. (Of course, the first thing that I did was to test the sharpness of the blade, …

SONIC program launches with eight Open RAN vendors and integration specialists Open RAN is gaining traction in the U.K. with Vodafone trialing out disaggregated radio stacks in rural parts of …

The Federal Communications Commission is considering opening up a “formal conversation” on how it can support development and deployment of Open Radio Access Network technology. At the commission’s March 17 …