BROWSING: RAN

Electric utility Evergy deploys Ericsson-made private LTE across Kansas, Missouri

Swedish vendor Ericsson has completed the rollout of a private LTE network for regional US electric utility Evergy, covering 20 cell sites in Kansas and Missouri. Locally-headquartered engineering consultancy Burns & McDonnell has been engaged, also, on the new network’s design and build, and...

India’s 5G push fuels Ericsson and Nokia RAN rollout – report

Dell’Oro says Ericsson and Nokia will overtake Samsung, the big 4G RAN winner Samsung may have taken the lion’s share of the Indian Radio Access Network (RAN) market in the 4G era, but Nokia and Ericsson are anticipated to gain share and lead as the...

5G DRIVE trials secure RAN connections for tier 2 vendors

Virgin Media O2 is the responsible for operational aspects of the 5G DRIVE initiative The 5G DRIVE (Diversified oRAN Integration and Vendor Evaluation) project led by Virgin Media O2 and part-funded by the U.K.’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has completed its...

ZTE is using AI to reduce RAN power consumption

By using network intelligence to cut RAN power consumption, ZTE is helping operators work towards sustainability goals As 5G deployments expand globally to support increasing demand for mobile data, operators are spending billions in capital to build out radio access network (RAN) infrastructure and, subsequently,...

Comcast to deploy Samsung network equipment to boost its 5G offering

Samsung is delivering CBRS and 600 MHz equipment that will help Comcast expand its capacity and coverage in select areas Comcast announced that Samsung Electronics is providing it with 5G Radio Access Network equipment that will be used to boost 5G connectivity for Xfinity Mobile...

NTT DoCoMo taps Nokia for RF planning

Nokia said that the AI RF capacity planning solution is part of Nokia’s AVA software offering Nokia announced that it has deployed its artificial intelligence (AI) radio frequency (RF) capacity planning software for Japanese telco NTT DoCoMo with the aim of improving the efficiency of...

Neutral host networks to revolutionize indoor cellular, says Celona (Reader Forum)

A long-time pain for many businesses has been dealing with poor indoor cellular coverage. Fortunately, recent advances in cellular technology have given rise to a more modern approach to improving in-building cellular coverage. The emergence of new shared cellular spectrum options, such as Citizen’s Band...

Samsung headlines five private 5G gigs in South Korea as part of Industry 4.0 ramp-up

South Korean tech firm Samsung has announced a tranche of new private 5G deployments in its home country, including with three public sector agencies and two private sector hospitals. All the deployments utilise the newly-liberated 4.7 GHz and 28 GHz bands in South Korea,...

Athonet makes private 5G club to handle the sell-build-run of CBRS networks in the US

Consortiums, alliances, ecosystems – there are too many to count, and too many to report. But news that Athonet has started its own private 5G club in the US, to combine and recommend suppliers for deploying cellular networks in shared and unshared CBRS spectrum,...

Qualcomm grabs Cellwize in O-RAN play

Qualcomm said Monday it acquired CHIME developer Cellwize to help bolster its Open RAN playbook. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

P.I. Works adds EVO rApps to VMware RIC

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

The First Virtual Event Dedicated to Open RAN in Europe – RCR Wireless News presents the Open RAN European Forum 2022

RCR Wireless News are proud to announce Litepoint, Picocom, Viavi Solutions and Mavenir as event sponsors for the first dedicated European Open RAN event, Open RAN European Forum, taking place virtually on June 7th, 2022.  With a specific focus on European market development, at this...

Corporate telco provider Iconec taps Athonet for private 5G push in Germany

German telecoms provider and system integrator Iconec (stylised iconec) is working with private LTE and 5G specialist Athonet to bring the Italian firm’s core network platform to the German enterprise market. Iconec has deployed an Athonet-made core network at its new lab in Nuremberg,...

For 5G and beyond, energy is as important as RAN, core and transport

Hardware, software, and site energy solutions can collectively make 5G more sustainable For communications service providers, the trend lines around demand for mobile and fixed wireless data are clear. The trajectory of adoption for the Internet of Things is equally clear. Layer in the distributed...

Amidst slowing RAN sales, Samsung and Fujitsu gain market share – report

2G-5G Radio Access Network (RAN) infrastructure sales slowed to their lowest point in two years while OpenRAN and vRAN sales set new records.

Ericsson, Intel take Cloud RAN efforts to new Tech Hub

Ericsson and Intel said they're prioritizing Radio Access Network (RAN) efficiency and network performance at their new Tech Hub.

The diversity of private network use cases demands multi-vendor solutions

Qualcomm on how to hide technical complexity and deliver private network use cases to enterprise Delivering a private network to carpeted enterprises and heavy industries is a multi-billion dollar, long-term opportunity. But the very notion of serving the needs of a college campus and an...

‘A sum of many things’ – Edzcom’s 5G mix for industry, and that Athonet-Nokia joint-ticket

Note, for more on this topic, join the Enterprise IoT Insights webinar on Industrial 5G (From Setting Standard to Becoming Standard) on April 28, featuring speakers from ABI Research, MFA (MulteFire Alliance)/Nokia, Schneider Electric and Vodafone; check back here, also, for the editorial report...

HPE uses automation to accelerate RAN deployments

HPE said the RAN automation solution is ready for demos and early trials   Hewlett Packard Enterprise unveiled HPE RAN Automation, a service management and orchestration solution that provides multi-vendor management and automation for any Radio Access Network (RAN). The company said that this pre-integrated cloud-native solution...

The O-RAN Alliance releases new specifications

The new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence The O-RAN Alliance released its second wave of specifications for open radio access network (RAN) architecture. In a release, the O-RAN Alliance noted that the new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence. Features in the...

Globe Telecom picks Cellwize, Amdocs for cloud-based RAN automation

Cellwize's CHIME is the basis for a new cloud-based RAN management solution for Filipino telco Globe Telecom.

Shrunk-down and shrink-wrapped – Cisco’s private 5G service play and channel strategy

Cisco took time out with Enterprise IoT Insights at MWC a couple of weeks back to discuss its late entry into the private 5G market, plus its channel strategy around system design and network support, and partner strategy around radio access network (RAN) components....

The telco industry is running toward Open RAN, and that’s a good thing (Reader Forum)

During the past 25 years, the open-source movement has changed just about everything in technology. By transforming how software is developed, deployed and licensed, open source now powers most of the cloud-based apps and digital services we rely on in daily life. And now...

What is the timeline for 3GPP Release 17?

Release 17 completion dates were initially expected in 2021 but the process was delayed due to the pandemic Together with enhancements aimed at existing use cases such as mobile broadband, industrial automation and vehicle-to-everything, 3GPP Release 17 introduces support for new ones including public safety,...