Over the past decade, we’ve witnessed a seismic shift in the landscape of mobile networks: we've moved away from the days of bulky, dedicated hardware that dominated the scene and in its place, a new era of virtualization has blossomed. Traditional mobile networks relied...
With major carriers now embracing Open RAN, the conversation on the potentially game-changing network construct and its ability to transform the telecommunications industry in the U.S. has shifted significantly over the last year.
First, in December, AT&T announced plans to spend $14 billion over the...
Orange said that Samsung provided its specialized vRAN software for the trial, which supports multi-RAT - 2G, 4G and 5G and O-RAN compatible radio equipment
Orange and Vodafone have expanded a shared Open RAN (O-RAN) 4G network pilot project in some rural areas of Romania,...
EchoStar said that the estimated value of the program with all yearly options is up to $2.7 billion over 10 years
EchoStar announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract as part of the U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command Spiral 4 wireless...
Commercial momentum for Open and Virtualized RAN is on the rise, demonstrating ecosystem readiness to move Open vRAN forward with deployments at scale. In parallel, AI is finding its way everywhere – in the cloud, edge and on-device, illuminating opportunities for improved performance, efficiency...
NTT Docomo said it will launch the new subsidiary in July this year
Japanese telco NTT Docomo announced plans to create a new subsidiary, dubbed NTT Docomo Global, with the aim of expanding the telco's global presence. In a release, the Japanese operator said that...
The rise of Open RAN, where multi-vendor radio systems comprising centralized, distributed and radio units are made interoperable, is now decidedly mainstream. Following early commercial deployments from greenfield operators, Open RAN is scaling out in brownfield networks. In addition to the pre-deployment interoperability work,...
1&1 said that around 700,000 customers were already using its O-RAN network as of the end of March
German operator 1&1, which is owned by United Internet AG, had constructed a total of 1,334 antenna sites by the end of the first quarter of the...
During the O-RAN demo, Nokia said that the data calls were successfully conducted using commercial user devices
Nokia and Vodafone announced the successful completion of an Open RAN (O-RAN) trial in collaboration with partners Arm and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
The Finnish vendor said that the...
LitePoint focused on testing Open RAN MIMO radio units as a whole rather than antenna-by-antenna
As operators look to maximize spectrum utilization and deliver strong quality of experience to users, multi-antenna MIMO radio units have become mainstays in global radio access networks (RANs). LitePoint has...
The latest test and measurement trends include Non-terrestrial and Open RAN networks
To set the stage for the Test and Measurement Forum (available on demand here), Emil Olbrich, vice president of network technologies with Signals Research Group (SRG), laid out some of the market trends...
O2 Telefonica and Samsung will add seven vRAN and O-RAN network sites in the Bavaria region
Samsung Electronics and German carrier O2 Telefónica announced that launch of their first virtualized RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN (O-RAN) commercial site in Germany following extensive trials.
The partners said...
Vodafone said the O-RAN trial took place in two towns in Northern Italy
Vodafone and Nokia announced they have completed a three-month Open RAN (O-RAN) trial across a live 5G Standalone (5G SA) test network in Italy, Vodafone said in a release.
Vodafone said that the...
The telecoms industry is currently faced with the challenge of extending and improving connectivity and simultaneously reducing carbon emissions. The move to open and disaggregated networks is gaining momentum in the telecommunications and networking industry for the potential to improve connectivity, with much of...
A group of firms will use SONIC Labs’ outdoor testing site in London to explore the potential of O-RAN in a real-world environment
U.K. digital accelerator Digital Catapult has announced that SONIC Labs, an initiative aiming to advance Open RAN (O-RAN) technology, will welcome a...
Viavi is the first test equipment provide to join OSA's board
Viavi Solutions announced it has joined the strategic board of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA).
With this new addition, the OSA will now have a test equipment provider on its board.
The OpenAirInterface (OAI), known for...
There’s a disconnect between network infrastructure miniaturization and air-cooling techniques; liquid cooling is key to delivering vRAN for public and private networks
Operators globally are undertaking major radio access network (RAN) modernization projects with an emphasis on new distributed and open architectures and RAN virtualization...
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...
As cloud RAN deployment ramps, the importance of 5G transport (and transport automation) comes into focus
Significant radio access network (RAN) re-architecture and modernization is picking up pace globally with an emphasis on deployment of Cloud RAN with open interfaces between distributed radio infrastructure. This...
The latest Dell Technologies PowerEdge XR8000 telco-grade servers feature the Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable Processors with optional vRAN Boost
With RAN modernization in the U.S. ongoing, and significant investment ramping in Europe and other markets, operators are increasingly focused on virtualization of radio access...
As operators move on net-zero goals, the distribution of compute out of data centers could enable new use cases, new business models and new sustainability benefits
Mobile network architectures have been changing as operators look to gain deployment flexibility and vendor choice with radio access...
In a more open and flexible network environment, the attack surface has been 'opened up'
Emerging technologies like cloud, edge and AI represent serious opportunities for telcos when it comes to network performance, efficiency and potential new revenue streams; however, they also present a host...
Vodafone Spain said the hub will have 1,000 employees at the end of 2024
Spanish telco Vodafone announced plans to locate what it claims to be Spain's largest laboratory for Open RAN (O-RAN) networks in its technology center in Malaga.
The telco noted that this plan...
DISH Wireless EVP Eben Albertyn on lessons learned from building and operating a cloud native 5G Standalone Open RAN network
After more than a decade of strategic spectrum acquisition, and given the regulatory go-ahead related to the T-Mobile US acquisition of Sprint, DISH Wireless has...
