Being open to collaborative problem solving accelerates time to innovation, return
Open radio access networks are a hot topic in telecom right now with major, multinational operators looking to break out of the big, end-to-end vendor ecosystem potentially in favor of smaller companies working together...
Altiostar, Intel, Xilinx among Telefónica Open RAN providers
Ahead of planned Open RAN trials later this year in Brazil, Germany, Spain and the U.K., telecoms giant Telefónica is collaborating with several ecosystem vendors to develop disaggregated radio access network solutions. The group is working off...
Secured and Trusted Network Communications Act targets rip-and-replace of Huawei, ZTE network equipment
President Trump on March 12 signed into law the Secured and Trusted Network Communications Act, which among other things, will provide up to $1 billion in funding to rip-and-replace network infrastructure primarily...
Facebook Connectivity VP discusses unlicensed use of 60 GHz, OpenRAN momentum
A primary goal of Facebook the company is to get more people to use Facebook the social media platform--posting photos, engaging with friends and otherwise creating a monetizable data profile. One of the limiting...
CTO calls it a first-of-its-kind "Wi-Fi like" deployment; espouses benefits of open RAN
BARCELONA--In the two years since being allocated mobile spectrum by Japanese regulators, Rakuten Mobile has built out a fully-virtualized, disaggregated network that's set to launch in April. But that's just the beginning,...
The GSMA GLOMO awards highlight those at the forefront of mobile innovation
BARCELONA--The GSMA released the winners of the 2020 Global Mobile (GLOMO) Awards, which call out the companies and individuals at the forefront of mobile innovation. The awards include a variety of categories, but...
Report: open RAN groups O-RAN Alliance and Telecom Infra Project "will align" work
A combination of factors--anti-Huawei sentiment in some global markets, 5G scale prompting network economics shake ups and a a move toward programmable, software-based networking among them, are positioning open RAN players for...
AG Barr calls open RAN “pie in the sky,” suggests coordinated investment to counter Huawei
Two things are clear: The U.S. views Huawei’s 5G market share as a cybersecurity threat both domestically and internationally, particularly in nations that share intelligence with America. And national leaders...
Mid-winter greetings from tornado-ridden Lake Norman, NC, and snow-packed Fraser, CO, where we took in some excellent ski conditions following the Colorado Wireless Association Education Conference in Denver. It was terrific meeting and reacquainting with many of you. A PDF copy of the presentation...
JMA exec calls CBRS "new highway to the enterprise"
AUSTIN--The 3.5 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band is poised for a breakout year in 2020 with general and priority access licenses, allocated on a county-by-county basis, set to bolster carrier capacity and provide enterprises...
Vodafone tender includes 14 countries, `100,000 wireless infrastructure sites
Vodafone has tested open RAN technologies in parts of Turkey and South Africa and, in October, began testing the radio access network equipment in the United Kingdom. And, in a presentation this week at the Telecom...
Initially open RAN value prop hinged on lower TCO
The dominant open RAN talking points focus on leveraging open interfaces and general purpose hardware to lower total cost of ownership while providing operators the ability to mix-and-match at radio sites while fostering competition in a...
Gogo tapped Airspan for air-to-ground 5G network build
With 5G set to quickly scale and RAN virtualization and openness gradually shifting vendor dynamics, Airspan sees its history of hardware and software development, as well as its track record of large-scale deployment with operators like Reliance...
As open RAN moves toward tipping point, how will the vendor dynamics shake out?
LOS ANGELES--Major, multi-national operators, as well as numerous others in the telecoms business, have thrown their lots in with the open RAN movement. The idea is to use commoditized hardware to...
Mavenir announces availability of 4G/5G open RAN solution
This week Richardson, Texas-based vendor Mavenir announced the "launch and availability" of a 4G- and 5G-compatible virtualized radio access network solution based on open interfaces developed by the O-RAN Alliance, a cross-industry group of carriers, vendors and...
Telefonica Innovation Ventures invests in open RAN provider Altiostar
ZURICH--As Telefonica continues to enhance its network and crystallize 5G plans, the Spanish-based multi-national operator this week, through its Telefonica Innovation Ventures investment arm, announced an investment in open radio access network infrastructure Altiostar, which specializes...
Open RAN development will change carrier/vendor dynamics, set the stage for disruption
LONDON--For mobile network operators looking to upgrade to 5G, the vendor community is dominated by a limited number of end-to-end suppliers. Aside from the obvious economics this paradigm prescribes, in a software-defined, 5G...
Telecom operators around the world have faced the struggles of declining ARPU, intense competition, as well as rising CAPEX and OPEX. With 5G on the horizon, the economics of the mobile industry have to change. The layered approach of adding the next G (generation...
Saguna launches MEC Starter Kit
Multi-access edge computing (MEC) company Saguna launched what it claims to be the world’s first MEC Starter Kit.
MEC is a network architecture that allows IT and cloud-computing capabilities to be performed at the edge of the cellular network. The purpose...
