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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 to leverage Open RAN interfaces for real-world innovation—it all comes down to the RAN Intelligent...

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 ’22 and the first half of ’23, DISH was spending heavily, deploying radios to satisfy...

Ericsson takes stock of Open RAN standardization, integration and scaled deployment Before examining what it will take to industrialize Open RAN, let’s look at what it means for a technology to be industrialized. At a high-level, it needs to be standardized, cost-efficient, able to integrate...

The two companies hope to drive standardized RIC testing with the new solution Viavi Solutions on Wednesday announced that it’s signed a partnership agreement with VMware to develop a testbed as a service for RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) testing. Viavi said it hopes the new service will...

Read Verizon's approach to Open RAN Part 1—vRAN to Open RAN The Verizon Cloud Platform bringing “significant benefits” around network automation and orchestration Network virtualization, including virtual radio access network (vRAN) deployments, has been a massive, long-term process for Verizon, and laid the foundation for...

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 to prove out and monetize) has to do with new, innovative ways of operating disaggregated...

The RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) is an essential part of the Open RAN architecture, operate in near real time and non real time.

xApps and rApps are network automation tools to maximize radio network efficiency, and they're part of an Open RAN architecture.

An xApp is software running on a near-real time Radio Access Network (RAN) Intelligent Controller (RIC) which enhances spectrum efficiency.