vRAN

UK based telecoms provider Vilicom has struck a deal with Danish power company Ørsted to design and deploy an LTE network at its Hornsea Two offshore wind farm. On completion, …

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Derek Johnston, Samsung (Ep. 15) Derek Johnston, head of marketing and 5G business development for Samsung Networks, provides some color on …

As it continues to gain 5G infrastructure market share, Samsung this week announced a virtualized 5G RAN solution comprising virtualized central and distributed units and updated radios. And in keeping …

The virtualization of cellular networks has been ongoing for some time. But virtualizing the Radio Access Network (RAN) has always been an enigma and was the final frontier for the …

Nokia expects “full suite” of O-RAN interfaces available in 2021 Adding on to a recent refresh of its virtualized, cloud-based RAN solutions, Nokia today, after weeks of building up to …

5G is meant to be flexible so its radio access network should be too Nokia is unique compared to its competitors Ericsson and Huawei in that the company has amped …

Cisco, Altiostar, WWT creating vRAN hardware/software/services bundle to drive 5G deployment Building a virtualized radio access network built of best-of-breed components made interoperable through the work of groups like the …

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 …

Report: Carriers will follow traditional DAS approach to large venues; open RAN a big opportunity for enterprise connectivity This is by no means new information but worth repeating: Carriers almost …

Multi-vendor, open RAN deployment from NTT DoCoMo highlights momentum For mobile network operators looking to upgrade to 5G, the vendor community is dominated by a limited number of end-to-end suppliers. …

SOLiD’s Ken Sandfeld shares O-RAN outlook The move towards fully-interoperable, multi-vendor radio access networks is more of a marathon than a sprint, with operators and vendors actively engaging in specification …

Mavenir focused on upending network economics SINGAPORE–Discussions of 5G are typically focused on the new applications that consumers and enterprises can use. The other side of that coin is the …

RAN virtualization changes 5G network economics LONDON–“One of the challenges as we roll into 5G is thinking the old way. To change economics, to change the speed at which you …

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 …

Automated network slicing–a fully virtualized network infrastructure capable of creating on-demand data pipes that exactly meet the needs of a given application–is a long-term goal of 5G investment. In pursuit …

Huawei has 40 5G contracts Chinese vendor Huawei has already secured 40 contracts to build and operate 5G networks, the company’s rotating CEO, Ken Hu said. The announcement was made …

Network densification is about a lot more than beefing up macro sites and deploying new small cells. Connecting all of these radio sites and tying them back into the core, …

There are significant changes taking place in radio access networks and at the edge of telecom networks. With so many ways to implement 5G, multi-access edge computing (MEC) and the …

  The 5G networks of tomorrow will need to strike the right balance of products and solutions in order to address the complexities of rolling out and servicing the applications …

5G updates cover RAN, core, transport, orchestration Ahead of Mobile World Congress Barcelona next week, Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm made clear that while 5G is the subject of significant marketing hype, …

  The Japanese company aims to launch mobile services in Japan in October 2019 Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten announced plans to invest in U.S.-based virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) vendor …

  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 …

A Q&A with JMA Wireless on virtualized RAN stadium deployment Earlier this month, JMA Wireless announced the deployment of its virtualized RAN solution, XRAN, and TEKO DAS at the Dacia …

Centralized basebands connected via fronthaul to remote radios supports network densification Small cells are a fundamental driver of the ongoing network densification that is enhancing LTE networks and building a …

xRAN Forum recently released it’s fronthaul specification Virtualization of network infrastructure is part and parcel of the evolution for 5G. From the evolved packet core to the radio access network …