March 20th, 2024 9:58 PM 0 COMMENTS

EchoStar Secures Contract Extension for 5G SA Deployments at US DoD Bases

American company EchoStar announced this week that the Department of Defense (DoD) Office has extended its contract for the continued deployment of standalone 5G networks at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPHH) in Hawaii and at the Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI) in Washington State. The contract extension builds on the award for NASWI in 2021 and additional expansion in Hawaii in 2022, extending both through 2025 with additional 5G... Read More

February 26th, 2024 9:54 PM 0 COMMENTS

NTT DOCOMO and NEC to Form JV OREX SAI for Open RAN Solutions

Japan's NTT DOCOMO and NEC Corporation have announced plans to form a joint venture (JV) company, OREX SAI, set to launch on April 1, 2024. This venture aims to provide OREX Packages solutions for the global deployment of Open RAN services. OREX SAI will locally source products and services from members of OREX PARTNERS in each market and perform system verifications to deliver mobile networks tailored to the needs of... Read More

February 22nd, 2024 10:15 PM 0 COMMENTS

CommScope Extends Open RAN Support for Indoor 5G Networks

CommScope announced today that it is extending support for Open RAN (Radio Access Network) on its network portfolio to include indoor environments, thereby facilitating open, sustainable, and converged 5G indoor networks. CommScope said it is introducing support for third-party Open RAN Distributed Units (O-DUs) on its ERA DAS (distributed antenna system) as well as the Open RAN-compliant ONECELL small cell. Additionally, CommScope is supporting Open RAN on its in-building radios.... Read More

February 19th, 2024 4:43 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telus to Build 5G Virtualized RAN, Open RAN Network in Canada With Samsung

Canadian telecommunications company Telus has announced its collaboration with Samsung to build commercial virtualized and open radio access network (RAN) technology, which promises enhanced performance, flexibility, energy efficiency, and automation. Telus claims that it will be Canada's first to implement this technology, with the collaboration expanding from greenfield (new builds) to brownfield (existing infrastructure) deployments. Also Read: Telus Advances 5G Standalone Network in Canada Telus and Samsung Partnership This move... Read More

February 13th, 2024 8:09 PM 0 COMMENTS

NTT DOCOMO Joins Open RAN Verification Project in the US

Japanese telco NTT DOCOMO today announced its participation in the ACCoRD (Acceleration of Compatibility and Commercialisation for Open RAN Deployments) project in the United States. This initiative, founded jointly with AT&T, Verizon Communications, and Reliance Jio Infocomm, has secured a grant of USD 42.3 million from the US Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration on February 12, 2024. Also Read: Verizon Deploys Over 130,000 O-RAN Capable Radios in... Read More

February 6th, 2024 1:26 PM 0 COMMENTS

Verizon Deploys Over 130,000 O-RAN Capable Radios in Commercial Network

Verizon advances virtualised and open RAN (Radio Access Network) technologies, as the US telco has now deployed over 130,000 O-RAN capable radios, including massive MIMO radios, as part of the previously announced 15,000 O-RAN compliant virtualised cell sites with O-RAN compliant baseband units in its commercial Radio Access Network. Also Read: Verizon Expands Network Reach Across US Under Network Transformation Program Benefits of O-RAN Technology According to Verizon, O-RAN, which... Read More

January 27th, 2024 5:33 PM 0 COMMENTS

Parallel Wireless Partners With SOLiD for Open RAN-Powered DAS

US-based Parallel Wireless announced this week a partnership with SOLiD, a provider of Distributed Antenna System (DAS) indoor mobile telecommunications systems. This new partnership will allow service providers to reduce their solution footprint and operating costs by decreasing complexity, price, required real estate, and power consumption, which can now be reduced by more than 80 percent. Also Read: Parallel Wireless Deploys Over 1,500 Open RAN sites in Africa Complexities in... Read More

January 12th, 2024 7:06 AM 0 COMMENTS

Parallel Wireless Deploys Over 1,500 Open RAN sites in Africa

US-based Open RAN solution provider Parallel Wireless has announced reaching a milestone of deploying 1,500 sites in Africa. In an update this week regarding its rollout progress, the company said it partnered with regional telecommunications providers and governments in countries including Nigeria, Tanzania, Guinea Conakry, Ghana, South Sudan, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Malawi to deploy hybrid networks tailored to the needs of specific regions within their borders.... Read More

December 20th, 2023 3:30 PM 0 COMMENTS

Fujitsu Drives Open RAN Efficiency With AI-Powered Power Savings

Fujitsu has announced the successful integration of its Virtuora Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) for Open RAN with a power-saving application leveraging AI technology. The company's rApp reportedly utilises machine learning and AI-driven traffic estimates to dynamically adjust network capacity, achieving over 20 percent power savings compared to conventional methods. Fujitsu stated that interoperability tests with RAN equipment conducted in November 2023 demonstrated the effectiveness of the Virtuora SMO offering.... Read More

December 11th, 2023 9:37 AM 0 COMMENTS

1&1 Launches 5G Mobile Services Over Open RAN Network in Germany

Germany's 1&1 announced the launch of its 5G mobile services on its open RAN network on December 8, becoming the fourth mobile network operator in the country. The network is now fully functional and accessible on the go with smartphones. Until now, as reported by TelecomTalk, 1&1 had been providing 5G Home Broadband Services (Fixed Wireless Access - FWA) since December 2022, and it has now expanded to offer mobile... Read More

November 1st, 2023 10:07 PM 0 COMMENTS

Telefonica to Test vRAN and Open RAN in Germany With Samsung

Telefonica Germany has announced that it is collaborating with Samsung Electronics to test modern antenna network technologies, such as vRAN (virtualized Radio Access Network) and Open RAN, in Germany. These advanced technologies allow network operators to create highly flexible network architectures, separating hardware from software and virtualising individual components in the cloud. Also Read: KDDI Starts Deployment of 5G Open vRAN Sites in Japan Testing for Operational Readiness According to... Read More

October 9th, 2023 9:16 PM 0 COMMENTS

Vodafone, Nokia Partner to Bring 5G Open RAN in Italy

Vodafone Group and Nokia have announced a partnership to run a 5G Open RAN (Radio Access Network) pilot in Italy. This will be a first for the country to witness this. Vodafone has extensive reach throughout Europe with its mobile networks serving millions of customers. Meanwhile, Nokia is one of the largest telecom gear providers in the world. Both companies coming together and running a 5G Open RAN pilot in... Read More

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