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Mavenir raises $100 million to boost investments in growth areas

Mavenir noted this new funding adds to the $250 million raised in 2022 Network software provider Mavenir announced the closing of a $100 million capital raise, which will support the company’s efforts to enable the digitization of telco networks with Open RAN (O-RAN), IMS and...

Virgin Media O2 selects Mavenir as its O-RAN vendor

Virgin Media O2 said the Mavenir’s O-RAN system will consist of fully virtualized L1, L2 vRAN SW and will operate on Intel Xeon scalable processors U.K. telecom operator Virgin Media O2 has selected U.S. company Mavenir as its Open RAN (O-RAN) vendor. In a release, the...

Qualcomm 5G infrastructure momentum on display at MWC

To propel Open RAN, vRAN and public and private 5G networks, Qualcomm is drawing on domain expertise in connectivity and low-power compute Qualcomm again demonstrated the ongoing strength of its diversification push during Mobile World Congress with a number of partner announcements highlighting the semiconductor...

Deutsche Telekom kicks off commercial O-RAN deployment

Deutsche Telekom said that Nokia and Fujitsu have been selected as partners for an initial commercial O-RAN introduction in Germany German carrier Deutsche Telekom announced a partnership with Nokia, Fujitsu and Mavenir for the initial phase of its commercial Open RAN (O-RAN) deployments across its...

Open Architecture & Supply Chain Diversity: Securing Telecoms into the Future

The technology that fuels connectivity powers some of the greatest innovations known to mankind – yet the supporting infrastructure behind it is failing to keep pace.  Download Mavenir’s latest white paper which identifies five key security principles designed to drive the transition to open systems...

Mavenir announces new FWA solutions supporting 4G and 5G

Mavenir said its FWA solution can be deployed on public, hybrid and private clouds Mavenir announced the availability of its new Fixed Wireless Access solution (FWA), which combines its open virtualized RAN, converged packet core and OpenBeam portfolio of radio units. The firm said that this...

1&1 to launch O-RAN network in additional German cities

1&1 said its O-RAN network will be soon available in Hamburg, Essen, Düsseldorf, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Munich and Freiburg German operator 1&1 announced plans to expand its cloud-based Open RAN in new cities across the country in the coming weeks, the telco said in a release. Some...

Editorial Report: Open RAN Global Forum – Key Findings

This report, a companion to the Open RAN Forum, aggregates, analyzes and contextualizes the wide-ranging discussions from expert speakers, including technology buyers, sellers, policy makers and innovators driving capital and operational efficiencies from disaggregated radio systems while also charting the course to cloud-based RAN...

Magyar Telekom picks Mavenir’s 5G packet core

The cloud-native solution will simplify and speed up the deployment of enterprise applications, say the companies Hungarian telecommunications operator Magyar Telekom has selected Mavenir as its converged packet core provider for its 5G network. According to the companies, the cloud-native, containerized solution will simplify and...

TIP chair/Vodafone exec says Nokia has ‘fully embraced’ Open RAN

Supplier diversification is a primary goal of the Open RAN ecosystem and the Telecom Infra Project MADRID—Vodafone has been a driving force in cultivating the Open RAN ecosystem as it works towards the goal of using disaggregated radio systems in 30% of its European networks...

New Zealand to enable direct allocation of 5G spectrum

Access to current short-term 3.5 GHz rights expires at the end of October 2022 The government of New Zealand has reached an agreement with the country’s major telecommunications network operators to accelerate the deployment of 5G services across New Zealand and improve rural connectivity, the...

Mavenir negotiates potential 5G deals with Indian carriers: Report

Mavenir aims to start supplying its locally made O-RAN radios in the coming months U.S.-based O-RAN provider Mavenir said it is in talks to provide 5G gear to Indian carriers including Vodafone Idea, local newspaper ETTelecom reported. The U.S. firm was expecting to start supplying its...

Mavenir supports Triangle Communications’ rip-and-replace efforts

Mavenir replaced the Chinese-provided components on Triangle's network with its own open infrastructure Mavenir said today that is has turned on a fully cloud-native converged packet core, Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) and O-RAN compliant Radio Units (O-RUs) for Triangle Communications. Triangle Communications is...

What is the role of Open RAN in closing the rural digital divide? 

Open RAN TCO and automation tooling make it a good fit for rural network expansion Extending reliable, affordable broadband access into rural or otherwise un- or under-served parts of the world is a priority for lawmakers, nonprofits and other stakeholders around the globe. As communications...

What are the three main Open RAN architectures?

Mavenir exec: 'Open RAN is about the interfaces between the elements; not the interfaces within the products' According to Mavenir Senior Vice President of Business Development John Baker, there is still significant confusion about what Open RAN really means. In an effort to clear up...

Mavenir, Northeastern University offer open-source Open RAN simulator

The groups hope to kickstart 5G RAN xApp research with the new tool  Mavenir has announced the release of ns-O-RAN, an open-source Open RAN simulator developed with researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT). Mavenir claims it’s the first open-source platform for end-to-end...

Cisco to open manufacturing facility in India: Report

Cisco had installed its first manufacturing unit in India in 2016 U.S. networking company Cisco Systems will set up a facility in India to manufacture hardware products, local newspaper The Economic Times reported, citing a source with knowledge of the matter. "Cisco is setting up a...

Mavenir to offer 5G, Open RAN solutions via Google Cloud

Using Google, Anthos to deliver 5G services will help CSPs save money and reduce complexity, said Mavenir Mavenir announced Friday plans to make its 5G solutions available on Google Cloud. The move will help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) deploy Mavenir’s cloud-native 5G products and apps...

DT replaces Huawei with Mavenir for its 5G core

The partnership 'creates the foundation for 5G SA,' says Mavenir CEO In response to pressure from the U.S., Deutsche Telekom (DT) has, like many other European operators, been working to replace Huawei equipment within its 5G network, and this week, finally revealed that relatively new...

Mavenir, NEC deploy mMIMO on Orange’s 5G SA test network

NEC and Mavenir said that the technologies have been deployed at the Orange Gardens campus in Chatillon NEC and Mavenir have deployed massive MIMO (mMIMO) on Orange's 5G Standalone (SA) experimental network, the companies said in a joint release. As part of the deal, Mavenir's...

Spark claims first trial of 5G SA network in New Zealand

Spark noted that Mavenir, AWS, Nokia and Oppo took part in the 5G SA trial New Zealand operator Spark said it has completed what it claims to be the first end-to-end 5G Standalone network trial in the country. In a release, Spark said it has created...

Editorial Report: Open RAN in 2022: Enabling a Continuous Flow of Innovation

The why and how of Open RAN, capex/opex savings and through honest collaboration, have been pretty well sorted. Now it’s time to leverage the capabilities of virtualized, open, multi-vendor solutions to deliver innovation. For operators, hosting radio workloads in cloud environments can facilitate a host...

Open RAN, RIC, CHIPS, and more: A discussion with Mavenir

While Mavenir’s John Baker, senior Vice President of business development, is clear-eyed about challenges, both technical and business, the Open RAN ecosystem and other stakeholders need to work through, he sees material progress in adoption of open, multi-vendor radio systems as well as a...

Mavenir sales job cuts suggest shifting Open RAN market

Mavenir is 'looking to optimize,' said executive A month and a half after reports emerged about widespread layoffs at Parallel Wireless, Mavenir, another Open RAN vendor, appears to be doing the same. Just like in the case of Parallel, Mavenir’s marketing team has reportedly...