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AI-RAN Alliance aims to integrate AI into mobile networks

Ryan Daws — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:00:07 +0000

A new alliance announced during MWC could reshape the future of mobile networks and telecommunications by integrating AI into radio access networks (RAN). The AI-RAN Alliance brings together tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Samsung, along with major telecom companies including Ericsson, Nokia, SoftBank, and T-Mobile. The alliance’s goals are using AI to enhance... Read more »

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Vodafone Romania awards Ericsson major 5G RAN contract

Ryan Daws — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:52:21 +0000

Vodafone Romania has selected Ericsson as a key partner to upgrade its radio access network (RAN) infrastructure and roll out 5G technology across the country. The six-year agreement will see Ericsson provide 5G RAN products and solutions to boost network speeds, reduce latency, and improve reliability for Vodafone customers. Under the terms of the agreement,... Read more »

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Verizon deploys over 130,000 O-RAN radios

Ryan Daws — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 13:16:31 +0000

Verizon has deployed over 130,000 O-RAN capable radios – including massive MIMO antennas – as part of 15,000 O-RAN compliant cell sites utilising virtualised baseband units. This marks a major milestone in Verizon’s transition to Open RAN architecture, which promises greater flexibility, innovation, and supplier diversity in the radio access network ecosystem. The open and... Read more »

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Dell’Oro forecasts RAN market downturn to continue

Ryan Daws — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:10:04 +0000

The global Radio Access Network (RAN) market will continue its downturn over the next few years, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. Dell’Oro forecasts that RAN revenues will decline at a compound annual growth rate of one percent through 2024. This comes on the heels of massive 40 percent growth from 2017 to... Read more »

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NTT DOCOMO and NEC successfully test 5G SA using O-RAN equipment in multi-vendor configuration

Ryan Daws — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 13:48:08 +0000

NTT DOCOMO and NEC have successfully tested a 5G standalone (SA) network using a base station conforming to O-RAN specifications in a multi-vendor configuration. A software upgrade to NEC’s 5G base station baseband unit operating on DOCOMO’s commercial network transitioned it from a non-standalone system into a standalone using the same hardware. 5G SA networks... Read more »

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Nok-picky: Nokia partners with Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure

Ryan Daws — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 13:35:36 +0000

Nokia has announced a flurry of new partnerships with all three of the major cloud providers—Google Cloud, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft Azure. The Finnish telecom giant’s partnership with Google Cloud will see the companies develop 5G solutions together which combine Nokia’s Radio Access Network (RAN), Open RAN, and Cloud RAN, with Google’s edge... Read more »

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Eight 5G solution providers join Ofcom and Digital Catapult-led OpenRAN initiative

Ryan Daws — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 17:39:12 +0000

Eight 5G solution providers have joined an OpenRAN initiative led by UK telecoms regulator Ofcom and innovation centre Digital Catapult called SONIC. The vendor-neutral and interoperable equipment OpenRAN delivers is seen as being the solution to disrupting the perceived monopoly held by the large telecoms vendors—helping to drive innovation, improve security, offer flexibility, and reduce... Read more »

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Four major European operators commit to supporting OpenRAN

Ryan Daws — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 12:06:53 +0000

Four of Europe’s largest operators have committed to supporting and deploying OpenRAN solutions. In a joint statement today, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, and Vodafone said they are joining forces “to support the rollout of Open Radio Access Network (OpenRAN) as the technology of choice for future mobile networks to the benefit of consumer and enterprise... Read more »

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Nokia finds 5G networks are 90 percent more energy-efficient

Ryan Daws — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 10:04:57 +0000

Research conducted by Nokia and Telefónica has found that 5G networks are up to 90 percent more energy-efficient than 4G. The study was conducted over three months and examined the power consumption of Telefónica’s 5G RAN (Radio Access Network). Juan Manuel Caro, Director of Operational Transformation at Global CTIO at Telefónica, said: “We are committed... Read more »

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Telia will use Ericsson for 5G in Sweden but Nokia in Finland

Ryan Daws — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:27:14 +0000

Telia will use 5G equipment from compatriot Ericsson in its home country but will turn to Nokia for its Finnish operations. Starting with Telia in Sweden, the company has signed a five-year agreement with Ericsson which it says “brings together two of the region’s wireless pioneers” to provide a great 5G experience for the operator’s... Read more »

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