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Ericsson scoops Red Dot Award for RAN automation UI

Ryan Daws — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 15:05:06 +0000

Ericsson has been recognised for its RAN automation UI, winning the prestigious Red Dot Award for Design Concept 2024 in the ‘Interaction, UI, and User Experience’ category. The award celebrates Ericsson’s work on the user experience for its rApps portfolio, a suite of RAN automation applications built on O-RAN Alliance standards. Ericsson’s winning design centres... Read more »

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Global firms join SONIC Labs initiative for Open RAN testing

Ryan Daws — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:04:21 +0000

Digital Catapult has announced that its SONIC Labs initiative, focused on developing Open RAN technology, is launching a new phase with the introduction of several international companies into its program. These companies will utilise the newly established outdoor testing facility in West London, exploring the practical applications and benefits of Open RAN in a real-world... 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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AT&T plans most wireless traffic to flow across Open RAN by 2026

Ryan Daws — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 10:22:37 +0000

AT&T has unveiled plans to transition 70 percent of its wireless network traffic to open-capable platforms by late 2026. The telecoms giant aims to fully integrate Open RAN sites in collaboration with industry leaders Ericsson and Fujitsu, starting as early as 2024. This departure from closed proprietary interfaces signifies a pivotal shift towards rapid scaling... Read more »

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Dish achieves simultaneous 5G CA for FDD spectrum

Ryan Daws — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:21:22 +0000

Dish, in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, has achieved simultaneous 5G 2x uplink and 4x downlink carrier aggregation (CA) for FDD spectrum. The partners attained a 200 Mbps uplink peak speed with a mere 35 MHz of 5G spectrum. Additionally, the Dish 5G network demonstrated extraordinary downlink peak speeds of 1.3 Gbps – utilising only... Read more »

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NEC and Freshwave project selected for UK’s Open RAN competition

Ryan Daws — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:41:18 +0000

NEC and Freshwave have been selected for Project NAVIGATE as part of the UK Government’s Open Networks Ecosystem (ONE) competition. ONE is part of the government’s ambitious £250 million 5G Telecoms Supply Chain Diversification Strategy, aimed at nurturing pioneering research and development projects in the telecom sector. Tom Bennett, CTO at Freshwave, said: “We’re excited... Read more »

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Vodafone and Arm to collaborate on Open RAN platforms

Ryan Daws — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 14:12:04 +0000

To meet the surging demand for faster and greener mobile connectivity, Vodafone is collaborating with Arm to expedite the development of new platforms for Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN). By leveraging Arm architecture, Vodafone aims to create platforms optimised for use in Open RAN base stations; ensuring they possess enough computational prowess to meet... Read more »

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Vodafone and Orange complete calls using Open RAN shared network

Ryan Daws — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:53:26 +0000

Vodafone and Orange have announced the successful completion of a pilot project involving 4G calls over a cluster of shared commercial network sites near Bucharest, Romania. This achievement, based on Open RAN (Radio Access Network) technology, represents a groundbreaking step in the evolution of telecoms infrastructure. Open RAN technology – which decouples software and hardware... Read more »

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UK invests £88M in Open RAN initiatives transforming mobile connectivity

Ryan Daws — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:15:13 +0000

The UK Government has invested £88 million into 19 groundbreaking Open RAN initiatives under the Open Networks Ecosystem (ONE) competition. Open RAN technology represents a paradigm shift in how mobile networks are built. Rather than relying solely on a single company’s equipment, it allows various companies’ technologies to be interoperable. Nick Johnson, Head of UK... Read more »

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