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Mavenir plans to produce 5G, O-RAN radios in Brazil: Report

Currently, Mavenir 5G radios are manufactured by Jabil in the U.S. and India Network software provider Mavenir expects to start manufacturing 5G Standalone (SA) and Open RAN (O-RAN) radios in Brazil in 2024, Brazilian news site Mobile Time reported. According to the report, Mavenir aims to...

Mavenir raises $100 million to boost investments in growth areas

Mavenir noted this new funding adds to the $250 million raised in 2022 Network software provider Mavenir announced the closing of a $100 million capital raise, which will support the company’s efforts to enable the digitization of telco networks with Open RAN (O-RAN), IMS and...

Virgin Media O2 selects Mavenir as its O-RAN vendor

Virgin Media O2 said the Mavenir’s O-RAN system will consist of fully virtualized L1, L2 vRAN SW and will operate on Intel Xeon scalable processors U.K. telecom operator Virgin Media O2 has selected U.S. company Mavenir as its Open RAN (O-RAN) vendor. In a release, the...

Ericsson, Virgin Media O2 extend partnership to boost 5G in the UK

Ericsson said the new deal will improve 5G coverage in cities including Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast Ericsson and Virgin Media O2 announced they will boost 4G and 5G coverage and capacity to major cities and towns across the U.K. as...

Vodafone and Three might announce UK merger this month: Report

Vodafone had initially announced merger talks with Three UK in October 2022 U.K. operators Vodafone and Three UK are reportedly working on the final details to announce a merger that would create the United Kingdom's largest mobile operator, according to a Bloomberg report. According to the...

Liberty Global acquires 4.92% stake in Vodafone Group

Liberty Global confirmed that it is not considering an offer for Vodafone Liberty Global announced that it has acquired 1,335 million shares in Vodafone Group representing 4.92% of the outstanding share capital. In a release, the multinational telecom company noted that the transaction was principally funded...

Canonical scores telco cloud win with Virgin Media O2

Canonical’s Charmed OSM is helping VMO2 to rapidly onboard new telco cloud network functions Ubuntu maker Canonical announced Thursday that U.K. Communication Service Provider (CSP) Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has chosen Canonical’s Charmed OSM as the telco’s orchestrator for hybrid workload deployments. Charmed OSM eases CSPs’ transition...

Virgin Media O2’s 5G network reached 800 UK cities at end-Q3

Virgin Media O2 launched services in June 2021 as a JV between Liberty Global and Telefónica in the U.K U.K. operator Virgin Media O2’s 5G network reached 800 towns and cities across the country as of the end of the third quarter of the year,...

Freshwave rents LTE coverage on London bus stops – in name of ‘smart cities’

A smart cities story, which is really only about extending mobile broadband coverage; UK-based shared infrastructure provider Freshwave Group is working with operator Virgin Media O2 and media company Clear Channel to connect London bus stops, to provide LTE network densification for mobile operators...

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...

Virgin Media O2 activates first commercial O-RAN sites

Virgin Media O2's O-RAN deployment is initially taking place in the Northamptonshire region U.K. telco Virgin Media O2, NEC and Rakuten Symphony have announced that their joint multi-vendor Open RAN deployment is entering the field phase, starting with the activation of the first live sites...

Vodafone UK, Virgin Media O2 enable 4G coverage in London Underground

In 2021, BAI Communications won a contract to deploy a 4G network in the London Underground by the end of 2024 Vodafone UK and Virgin Media O2 will use a neutral host mobile network on the London Underground rail system to provide 4G coverage to...

Virgin Media O2 and Nokia deploy private 5G network for NHS hospital in UK

The business arm of Virgin Media O2 (now being abbreviated as VMO2, we are informed) in the UK is working with Finnish vendor Nokia on a private 5G deployment for an NHS hospital in South London, to variously support remote patient monitoring, remote maintenance...

Virgin Media O2 claims lead in small cell deployments in the UK

Virgin Media O2 launched services in June 2021 as a joint venture between Liberty Global and Telefónica in the U.K. U.K. carrier Virgin Media O2 said it installed more than 1,300 small cells across London, claiming the largest deployment of any major operator in the...

Virgin Media O2 reaches 400 U.K cities with its 5G network at end-Q1

Virgin Media O2 launched services in June 2021 as a JV between Liberty Global and Telefónica in the U.K U.K. operator Virgin Media O2 announced that its 5G network infrastructure had reached 400 towns and cities across the country as of the end of the...

Samsung Electronics, Virgin Media O2 deploy 4G, 5G sites in the UK

Samsung said that the companies also completed the first 5G data call on Virgin Media O2’s commercial 5G network Samsung Electronics and Virgin Media O2 announced they have successfully completed the deployment of multiple live 4G and 5G sites in the U.K. In a release, Samsung...

Virgin Media O2 selects VMware to modernize its network and boost 5G

As part of the deal, Virgin Media O2 will implement VMware Telco Cloud Infrastructure U.K. carrier Virgin Media O2 has selected VMware for the modernization of its network and to enable the continued rollout of its 5G network. In a release, Virgin Media O2 said it...

Virgin Media O2 reaches 64% of London’s population with 5G

U.K. operator Virgin Media O2 announced that its 5G network infrastructure in the city of London has reached 64% of the population. In a release, the telco said that the expansion in its 5G footprint in London and other cities across the U.K. was chiefly...

UK government sets O-RAN traffic ambition for 2030

The U.K. government announced a new initiative with the main aim of accelerating the deployment of Open RAN (O-RAN) in the country. In a statement, the U.K. Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) explained that it, along with local carriers Vodafone, EE, Virgin Media...

Virgin Media O2 finishes gigabit broadband upgrade

Virgin Media O2 has announced the completion of their nationwide gigabit broadband buildout with the connection of 15.5 million homes.