Open RAN
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The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) of Taiwan has partnered with the UK’s Digital Catapult to drive forward Open RAN innovation. -
SNS Telecom & IT's research report indicates the growth will be driven by AI and 5G expansion
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Digital Catapult has launched its first SONIC Labs Technology Access Programme, collaborating with leading firms to address energy efficiency challenges in Open RAN operations.
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Orange and Vodafone have expanded their pilot project in certain rural areas in Romania, including a fully integrated 2G virtualised RAN (vRAN) technology.
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Samsung and O2 Telefónica have launched their first virtualised RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN commercial site in Germany.
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Nokia and Vodafone have successfully completed an end-to end Open RAN trial on Vodafone Italy’s live 5G standalone (SA) network.
Forthcoming events
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Japanese group Rakuten is transforming itself into a vendor as well as an operator with an agreed bid for Altiostar, valuing the vendor at US$1 billion.
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Open RAN and small cell specialist Mavenir has added to the responsibilities of its chief strategy officer, Bejoy Pankajakshan, by making him chief technology and strategy officer.
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Five Middle East mobile operators have announced they are working together to push forward their work towards open RAN technology in their networks.
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Vodafone and Mavenir said today they are working on a small cell solution based on open RAN technology, to provide indoor 4G connectivity for business customers.
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Deutsche Telekom has switched on its first open RAN service, in the north German town of Neubrandenburg.
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Mavenir has jumped in ahead of next week’s mainly virtual Mobile World Congress to announce a 4G and 5G partnership with chipmaker Qualcomm.
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Nokia got it wrong with its first attempt to develop 5G equipment, but now thinks it’s turned itself around, the company has admitted.
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Deutsche Telekom has taken a clear step towards the adoption of cloud-native 5G services, working with one of the main suppliers to the emerging open RAN business.
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MTN has picked two Indian companies and three US companies for its move to open RAN technology, which it plans to start this year.
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Nokia has moved into the open RAN era by opening its first collaboration and testing centre, open to competing vendors.
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Vodafone has named the vendors selected to jointly deliver what it said will be the first commercial deployment of open RAN in Europe.
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The top four vendors in the emerging open RAN market are Parallel Wireless, Altiostar, Intel and Mavenir, according to a new report.
