Open RAN is stepping into the spotlight and revenues are expected to account for 5-10% of the overall RAN market for 2023, according to figures from Dell’Oro Group.
Recognized as the crucial catalyst for optimizing RAN functions, the RIC will enable a variety of new...
Keysight Technologies this week shared an update on progress toward its squeeze-out acquisition of real-time digital twin company ESI Group, which was announced in June 2023.
ESI Group shares have ceased trading on Euronext Paris, pending the implementation of the squeeze-out. Keysight said that...
Dish Network, Viavi Solutions and several universities win funding to develop various aspects of wireless testing
The Biden administration yesterday announced $80 million in awards as part of the third wave of funding from the Wireless Innovation Fund, which is aimed at supporting domestic wireless...
Amazon successfully validated all of the systems on two recently launched prototype satellites for its Project Kuiper Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband service, the company said in an update this week.
"Every major system and subsystem on board our two prototypes demonstrated nominal or better...
Rohde & Schwarz, along with broadcaster Levira, supported a major government exercise in Estonia focused on training and testing of the country's nationwide emergency response capabilities, which included the first test of 5G Broadcast for emergency alerts to smartphones.
The large-scale evacuation test exercise,...
With AIOps growing in the telecom space, many are wondering just how much autonomy these tools will be given
To keep up with growing network complexity, telcos are applying automation techniques enabled by AI and ML in as many network operations as possible. As a...
There is a dizzying array of data available to telecom operators on the status, performance and health of their networks; at various speeds and levels of granularity; focused on end-user-experience, or peak network capability.
How do you make the best use of that data and...
Deutsche Telekom partnered with Juniper Networks, AirHope, VMware and Viavi for this multi-vendor trial
German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced technical details of a multi-vendor trial around programmable radio access networks that demonstrates the potential of the non-real-time RIC and rApp concept to automate and optimize...
With the rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, artificial intelligence is having a major moment. The march to network automation to reduce OpEx and generate new revenues comes with complexity that can't be managed by humans.In RCR Wireless News' latest report, we explore...
As networks rapidly evolve with the advancements in 5G, Open RAN, millimeter-wave, and midband spectrum technologies, ensuring seamless performance and user experience has become crucial for operators. How does testing keep pace? What are the key challenges that operators currently face in testing and...
Discussion around generative AI has quickly become a mainstay in conference presentations and earnings calls. The predominant thinking is that if you’re an enterprise, including a mobile network operator or other communications service provider, you’ve got to have a plan to put generative AI to...
Viavi on the role of artificial intelligence and digital twins in continuous testing of cloud-native networks
The big idea of 5G is delivering on-demand enterprise services that are automatically provisioned across network domains and tailored to best serve the end user while optimizing the network...
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 that have to be answered about how the RIC will make decisions, said Owen...
Part of the vision of Open RAN has been creating specifications and ecosystem alignment resulting in what is effectively a plug-and-play radio systems. However, the reality today, and the near-term outlook, show this isn't the case; system integration is and will be a key...
Viavi Solutions said this week that Philippine engineering and technology solutions provider Fiber Infrastructure and Network Services Inc. (FINSI) will be using Viavi's OneAdvisor 800 platform for testing as it serves the telecom, energy and infrastructure industries across the island nation with fiber and...
With the rise of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools, artificial intelligence is having a major moment.
This webinar will discuss:
How operators are rethinking network and business strategies, with an eye on distributing compute to reside alongside high-value, latency-sensitive applications
What the outlook is for AI...
Innovations in software and software disaggregation are driving telecom change on two levels, according to Per Kangru, technologist and business development expert in the CTO’s office at Viavi Solutions. Carriers can either do new things to drive automation or efficiencies within their own network;...
There are 2,497 cities with commercial 5G networks, across 92 countries
Viavi Solutions’ latest report looking at the global state of 5G revealed that 47 of the world’s 70 largest economies by GDP now have active 5G networks. Further, the company found that 5G Standalone...
Viavi Solutions reported preliminary results today that fell short of its guidance on revenue, and cited a drop-off in research and development spending by network equipment manufacturers and semiconductor companies as the driver.
Viavi said that its revenues for its fiscal third quarter are...
The benefits of cloud-native RAN include efficient scaling, dynamic orchestration of microservices and enhanced security
Operators are steadily working to become cloud-native from the core to the radio access network (RAN) all the way out to edge computing nodes. The rationale is two-fold: a cloud-native...
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 project involved HCL Technologies’ Bouncer xApp in combination with VIAVI's new window TeraVM RIC Test.
The RIC,...
In February of 2019, the GSMA board set what it called a “milestone ambition”: The goal to transform the mobile industry so that it would reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the latest. An energy crisis in Europe, and climate-driven natural disasters and...
An interview with Jim Neuens, Viavi Solutions' VP and GM of wireless field instruments, about the realities of 5G deployments, including spectrum issues, ongoing evolution at the cell site and workforce challenges that have to be addressed in order for mobile network operators to...
Amid the pandemic-driven shift toward hybrid work, end-user experience is the top key performance indicator (KPI) for various IT projects, from delivery strategies and cloud monitoring objectives to budget considerations, according to Viavi Solutions' annual State of the Network report.
Seven out of 10...
