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Tanay Singh Thakur

Vodafone Brings 4G O-RAN to Two New Rural Sites

Vodafone Brings 4G O-RAN to Two New Rural Sites

Vodafone, one of the largest telecom operators of the U.K. recently announced that it has switched on 4G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) in two rural locations of Cornwall. The two concerned locations are St Keverne on The Lizard and the Fistral Beach in Newquay. It is worth noting that … Read More

Shrijan Soni

Brazil 5G Auction Expected to Begin Next Month

Brazil 5G Auction Expected to Begin Next Month

Many countries across the globe have either begun or completed 5G auctions for their telecom operators. This raises a sense of competitiveness amongst other countries as everyone wants to lead their population to the adoption of 5G. A recent report by Reuters revealed that Fabio Faria, who is Brazil’s Communication … Read More

Shrijan Soni

PAWR Open-Source 5G SA Software Lab Launched

PAWR Open-Source 5G SA Software Lab Launched

The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR), a public-private partnership for wireless research, has announced the launch of OpenAirX-Labs (OAX). The project office will support the development and testing of an open-source Standalone 5G software stack from the OpenAirInterface (OAI) Software Alliance. The OAX lab will be located at the … Read More

Shrijan Soni

Vodafone Touts 5G Capacity Boost in Open RAN Demo

Vodafone Touts 5G Capacity Boost in Open RAN Demo

In a first of its kind, Vodafone conducted a demonstration of 5G Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) running on a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) platform in the open RAN test site. During the demo, Vodafone advertised a 5G capacity boost in a multi-vendor environment. The demo ran on software from Cohere Technologies … Read More

Shrijan Soni

Nokia, Optus Give Australia Its First Integrated 5G Antenna

Nokia, Optus Give Australia Its First Integrated 5G Antenna

Australia’s first Interleaved Passive Active Antenna (IPAA) has been deployed by Nokia in collaboration with Australian telecom operator Optus. The IPAA has been deployed in Yeerongpilly, Brisbane, with an objective to help ease site-related challenges. Overcoming site-related challenges will accelerate the introduction of 5G services in the country. The newly … Read More

Shrijan Soni

Spirent and AWS Team Up for Automated 5G Testing

Spirent and AWS Team Up for Automated 5G Testing

British Multinational telecommunications testing company Spirent has partnered with Amazon Web Services to allow service providers working on building 5G networks to leverage automated 5G testing capabilities. These automated 5G testing capabilities will help reduce operational costs and time-to-market, which is the time difference between when a product is conceived … Read More

Shrijan Soni

Orange Bissau Confirms Network Modernisation and Expansion

Orange Bissau Confirms Network Modernisation and Expansion

Many countries in the world have already either commenced or completed their journey of building an infrastructure for rolling out 5G networks. However, there are some lesser developed nations that are still trying to strong-arm their 3G and 4G networks for their population. In this regard, West Africa’s telecom Operator, … Read More

Shrijan Soni

Verizon Launches Largest 5G Upgrade Campaign

Verizon Launches Largest 5G Upgrade Campaign

5G network is the most promising technology in the recent period that has opened the doors of innovation and growth for multiple industries. To accelerate the adoption of the 5G network, the American multinational company Verizon is launching a plethora of campaigns and deals to lure consumers and small businesses … Read More

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