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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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Survey highlights growing O-RAN appetite

Ryan Daws — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:27:20 +0000

A new survey highlights the growing appetite for O-RAN (Open Radio Access Network) technologies. Jabil commissioned SIS International Research to conduct this year’s 5G Technology Trends Survey. 193 stakeholders that are directly involved “in the development, implementation, or adoption of 5G technologies” at leading telecom companies took part. O-RAN aims to break up the monopoly... 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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Germany warns that Open RAN poses a security risk

Ryan Daws — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 12:06:05 +0000

Germany doesn’t agree with the assessment that Open RAN (O-RAN) provides a more secure alternative to certain vendors. A US-led campaign warning that Chinese vendors such as Huawei pose a security risk led many governments to ban or restrict the use of such equipment in national infrastructure. The exile of vendors that have provided equipment... Read more »

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TIM launches one of the first OTIC labs approved by the O-RAN Alliance

Ryan Daws — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:48:51 +0000

TIM (Telecom Italia) has launched one of the first OTIC (Open Test and Integration Center) labs in the world. The new TIM European OTIC Lab is based at the TIM Group’s Innovation laboratories in Turin and is approved by the O-RAN Alliance. The O-RAN ALLIANCE was established in 2018 by a global consortium of network... Read more »

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Vodafone set to Open(RAN) a pioneering new UK R&D centre

Ryan Daws — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 13:39:29 +0000

Vodafone has set out its plans to launch a pioneering new R&D centre in the UK that will focus on OpenRAN. OpenRAN is set to bring about a new paradigm for how telecoms networks are deployed. Free of vendor lock-in, operators can use the interoperable equipment which suits their particular needs for cost and performance.... Read more »

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