BROWSING: O-RAN

BARCELONA—Open radio access networks have been a major theme at this week's Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024. Not only was an O-RAN Alliance meeting held in conjunction with MWC, but a number of announcements indicate the continued development of the ecosystem. According to O-RAN Alliance,...

Telus said that the commercial deployment of this technology will begin in the first half of this year Canadian operator Telus and Samsung Electronics announced that they will build what they say will be Canada’s first commercial virtualized and Open RAN (O-RAN) network. The companies said...

This past November, Rohde & Schwarz hosted the Mobile Test Summit, a platform for industry professionals to share insights on the latest trends in mobile device and infrastructure testing. This year’s event covered a wide range of topics, such as 5G NTN, 5G RedCap,...

Vodafone said its 5G SA network currently serves nearly 45% of the German population Vodafone Germany’s 5G network reached 91% of the country’s population as of the end of 2023, the European carrier said in a release. Meanwhile, the operator’s 5G Standalone network (SA) currently serves...

Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network currently covers 96% of the German population Deutsche Telekom (DT) expects to launch its 5G Standalone (5G SA) offering in Germany next year, the telco said in a statement. In a round-up of its network achievements during this year, Srini...

1&1 customers currently have access to 4G services via the roaming agreement with O2 Germany German operator 1&1, which is owned by United Internet AG, announced the launch of mobile services on its own network for smartphone users, starting December 8. The telco also announced it...

O2 Telefonica aims to achieve nationwide coverage with 5G by the end of 2025 German telecom operator O2 Telefonica, controlled by Spanish telco Telefónica, said its 5G network currently reaches 90% of Germany’s population. In its earnings statement, the telco said that it is on course...

Mobile network operators are eager to explore the options that the RAN Intelligent Controller can provide, such as energy savings while maintaining end-user experience. But there are still many questions that have to be answered about how the RIC will make decisions, said Owen...

Exploiting advances in technology to drive more sustainable and higher performing telecoms networks is quickly emerging as a key consideration for the modern CTO. For me, artificial intelligence (AI), combined with the potential of O-RAN, present some of the most compelling opportunities. Mobile telecoms businesses...

1&1 recently said it expected to launch its 5G offering for smartphone users by the third quarter of 2023 Germany’s competition regulator Bundeskartellamt is currently assessing whether Vodafone Germany or its affiliated company Vantage Towers unlawfully impeded newcomer 1&1 in the deployment of its mobile...

Vodafone said that the O-RAN trial was carried out in Torquay and Exmouth, in the U.K. U.K. telecommunications group Vodafone claimed it achieved the first commercial urban deployment of Open RAN (O-RAN) in Europe, trialing the technology in two U.K. towns to provide mobile subscribers...

1&1 launched 5G services with fixed wireless access (FWA) technology earlier this year Germany’s federal network agency, Bundesnetzagentur, opened a fine proceeding against local telco 1&1 for failures in its 5G network coverage obligations, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported. As part of the 2019 frequency auction, the...

Northeastern said that the private 5G network follows the O-RAN architecture in a multi-vendor environment, with open interfaces and near real time RAN Intelligent Controller (RICs) The Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT) at Northeastern University and its Open6G R&D Center announced...

Built on the Keysight O-RAN Architect solution, the lab offers a setup to conduct radio unit testing Keysight announced it is launching its first complete Open RAN (O-RAN) testing laboratory for Europe at the company's Milan office in Italy. The company noted that the main aim...

In January, 1&1 launched 5G services via FWA technology in Frankfurt and Karlsruhe German operator 1&1 confirmed that the first interim target to deploy 1,000 antennas for the provision of mobile 5G services will be reached during this year, the telco said in its annual...

The O-RAN RIC is combining with advances in AI to provide new opportunities for network automation. This will maximise service performance and user experience, allowing immersive services and advanced industrial applications to flourish. In this paper, we ask: How can automation overcome the complexity of O-RAN networks...

This webinar presents key aspects of Open RAN technology and business needs on “why Open RAN”. It also discusses the main drivers in terms of use cases, and the market reality on Open RAN. While there may be challenges to full scale deployment of...

Deutsche Telekom said a total of 8,200 antennas are alraedy providing 5G in the 3.6GHz band German carrier Deutsche Telekom said its 5G network already reaches 95% of the country’s population. The European telco has said that it expects that its 5G technology could reach 99%...

Rakuten Symphony said the agreement stipulates the deployment of private networks in six Asian markets MWC, Barcelona—Axiata Enterprise, which is a business solutions company owned by Asian mobile telecommunications conglomerate Axiata, and Japanese company Rakuten Symphony have inked an agreement under which the latter will...

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...

The first commercial O-RAN sites to be deployed under this agreement are planned for a rural area of Romania European carriers Orange and Vodafone have reached an agreement to build an Open Radio Access Network (RAN) with RAN sharing in rural parts of Europe where...

Samsung said that the trial took place in Tokyo during Q4 2022 Samsung Electronics and Japanese operator KDDI asay that they have successfully achieved Service Level Agreement (SLA) assurance network slicing in a field trial conducted in Tokyo, Japan. In a release, the Korean vendor said...

Under the terms of the MoU, ATIS and the O-RAN Alliance will collaborate on advancing the state-of-the-art of open radio access network The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) said it has executed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the O-RAN Alliance to expand collaboration...

Vodafone said it had already deployed 3,000 base stations for the provision of 5G SA services Vodafone Germany said its 5G network is already providing coverage to 65 million people across the country, representing nearly 80% of Germany’s population. Since the beginning of the year, Vodafone...