O-RAN
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Vietnamese carrier Viettel has launched an Open RAN 5G Network, leveraging hardware from Qualcomm to provide enhanced connectivity across the country. -
Fujitsu has unveiled an AI-powered tool designed to enhance mobile communications by reducing quality degradation in 5G wireless networks.
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Vodafone confirms plans to build new Open Radio Access Network (RAN) sites in 20 cities across Romania.
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Orange and Vodafone are looking for strategic vendors for a pioneering open RAN collaboration in Romania.
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The island of Bermuda is to get a new mobile competitor, that will be fully cloud-based.
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Japanese equipment vendor NEC is taking its US-based acquisition, Blue Danube Systems, and turning it into an innovation hub for open RAN.
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BT has selected Ericsson as its 5G RAN provider in the UK cities of London, Edinburgh, Belfast and Cardiff, to name a few.
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Ericsson has noted a 7% increase in sales year on year, which it said was mainly driven by sales in Mainland China.
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Open radio access networks (open RAN) will account for 58% of total RAN capex by 2026 and will be deployed at 65% of all sites.
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Telecoms software company Amdocs is working with chip maker Intel on virtualisation technology for cloud-based 5G networks.
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Japanese retailer Rakuten is set to launch its 5G network next month, the first in the world to be using open standards for its radio network.
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Orange is taking the first steps to move to open RAN in its African mobile networks, a step that will see the operators able to offer 4G and potentially 5G as well as older generations.
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Nokia has announced that it plans to use open systems in its radio network – the first such move by a major vendor at a time when smaller equipment makers are putting their hopes in open ecosystems.
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The O-RAN Alliance (O-RAN) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have entered into a liaison agreement to develop interoperable open Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions.
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VMware and Deutsche Telekom are collaborating on a virtual RAN (vRAN) platform, based on O-RAN standards.
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The telecoms industry has a history of collaboratively addressing tech and operational issues through trade associations and standards bodies. Digital transformation has proved a bonanza. Annie Turner looks at four of the main ‘transformers’.
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Ericsson has recognised that the future of mobile lies in virtual networks by joining the O-RAN Alliance, an organisation set up by operators in 2018.
