RAN Intelligent Controller

Verizon is using Qualcomm’s RIC platform to support an AI-powered energy-saving app from Samsung Verizon, in a major Open RAN move, announced today it is using the Qualcomm RAN Intelligent …

The O-RAN Alliance was developed to drive advancements in RAN by separating the management and control plane from the user data processing plane 3GPP Radio Access Network (RAN) technology has …

The RIC can support quick wins but further standardization, and a more coherent approach to AI/ML integration, is needed to foster trust Back to this idea referenced in the introduction—how …

Telco AI solution for energy efficiency delivers 20% reduction in power consumption  A recurring theme in telco AI discussions is around acknowledging the grandiose transformational potential of the technology while …

Open RAN revenue dropped by 83% in 2024 compared with 2023. Whoa. Let’s take a closer look at that. Why did revenue crater? And how will it bounce back? During …

Among the most celebrated principles in the Open RAN paradigm, softwarization and disaggregation have taken center stage in discussions on the commercialization and deployment of O-RAN systems. A less frequently …

As 5G mobile networks grow in complexity, it’s becoming impossible for human network engineers to manage the network without automation. The evolution from rules-based automation to the use of AI/ML …

The sustainability North Star— “zero traffic, zero watt” The radio access network (RAN) is the biggest energy draw in a mobile network. Because of this, network infrastructure vendors and operators …

The Open RAN conversation has evolved from a narrow focus on the nuts and bolts of making a multi-vendor radio system work, to operationalizing these systems and layering in app-based …

Experts see the Open RAN RIC supporting energy and spectral efficiency, service differentiation and more In an Open RAN network, the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) is, in some circles at …

A Q&A with Dish’s Sidd Chenumolu on the public cloud, network programmability and the role of the RIC Dish Wireless has reached major coverage milestones in its effort to build …

Rakuten Mobile will share results from its RIC experimentation with the O-RAN Alliance and the Open Test and Integration Centre (OTIC) in Japan Rakuten Mobile has announced plans to conduct …

Mobile network operators are eager to explore the options that the RAN Intelligent Controller can provide, such as energy savings while maintaining end-user experience. But there are still many questions …

While RIC promises to bring intelligent control and automation to the radio access network, the devil is in the details As cellular technology becomes pervasive within enterprise environments, how best …

At Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023, radio intelligence continued to be a big theme for the second year in row. Leading infrastructure players and Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) …

The RIC, or RAN Intelligent Controller, is a central software component of the Open RAN architecture NEC Corporation this week demonstrated multi-vendor integration and interoperability of a Near-Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller (Near-RT RIC). The …

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 …

The Open RAN RIC will bring CI/CD processes to telecom Although 5G still has a long tail of innovation left as it advanced to 5G Advanced with Release 18, there’s …

While Mavenir’s John Baker, senior Vice President of business development, is clear-eyed about challenges, both technical and business, the Open RAN ecosystem and other stakeholders need to work through, he …

In a bit of circularity, the Open RAN promise of full optionality between hardware and software components is also an overarching difficulty in deploying Open RAN at scale. How do …

The RIC is key to Open RAN network programmability and automation Looking past the TCO benefits associated with Open RAN, the real value operators are chasing (and vendors are working …

Open RAN has been the subject of earnest development for a number of years and has seen large-scale commercial deployment by three major global operators building new networks with significant …

NEC’s Patrick Lopez, global vice president of product management, lays out the four elements of Open RAN Editor’s note: This Q&A is adapted from an interview conducted at the Open …

A month after announcing Google Cloud support for its EVO network management platform, P.I. Works says it also works with VMware’s RIC.

My friend Tareq Amin made an interesting suggestion recently: He believes that the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) should be given away for free, in order to host the open world of …