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Seven telecom predictions for 2024 (Reader Forum)

As we embark on the journey into 2024, the telecom landscape stands at the threshold of a profound transformation: In the realm of technology convergence, envision cloud computing, container/microservices architecture edge computing and CI/CD practices blending seamlessly for the 5G crescendo, akin to technological Avengers...

Mavenir: ‘Open RAN is here to stay’

As Open RAN matures and scales, Mavenir shines a light on the distinction between interoperable, multi-vendor radio systems, and using advanced RAN to deliver innovation The Telecom Infra Project’s marquee event, Fyuz, serves as an anchor point in the ongoing industry conversation around the benefits,...

Will 5G Change The World? Kristian Toivo, TIP (Ep. 63)

Telecom Infra Project Executive Director Kristian Toivo comes on the show to reflect on key learnings form the recent TIP-hosted Fyuz event in Madrid, in particular the industrialization of Open RAN. In addition to looking how buy-in from incumbent vendors can accelerate Open RAN...

OpenWiFi: Bringing openness and disaggregation to enterprise networks (Reader Forum)

The open and disaggregated movement, pioneered by OpenRAN, has become a well-known concept. It is driven by the principles of opening mobile networks to a broader range of suppliers and disaggregating software from hardware components in the network. These are the same principles that...

CableLabs, TIP claim OpenWiFi offers ‘deeper level’ interoperability

OpenWiFi is a community-developed, open-source platform designed to lower the cost of developing and operating Wi-Fi networks Following the recent news that CableLabs and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) successfully validated new interoperable hardware and software and “refreshed” the OpenWiFi Community Lab, RCR Wireless News spoke with...

The Linux Foundation launches open-source project with Terragraph, Evenstar software

LF Connectivity will address connectivity challenges within high-bandwidth fixed and mobile connectivity, says the Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation launched LF Connectivity, an open-source project that includes Meta’s fixed wireless access (FWA) service Terragraph, as well as software from its Evenstar program, which was established...

ThinkWiFi deploys first TIP OpenWiFi solution in Kenya

TIP OpenWiFi is an open source-based Wi-Fi architecture that enables multi-vendor, interoperable Wi-Fi networks Kenya now has its first Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi outdoor network thanks to a collaboration between free WiFi internet service provider ThinkWiFi and Mawingu, an internet service provider backed by...

Diversity in telecom—’Gone are the days of this being a man’s world’

While diversity and inclusion efforts are becoming a priority in telecom, glaring gender and racial gaps remain The evolution of 5G into a more open, software-defined and cloud-native network technology brings with it material changes in the types of skills connectivity vendors and providers need...

Editorial Webinar: What will the wireless workforce look like in 2030?

The evolution of 5G into a more mature, software-defined and cloud-native network technology brings with it material changes in the types of skills operators need. Against the backdrop of a shift from telco to techco, we speak with industry experts to understand how the...

Spectra expands TIP OpenWiFi architecture in India

TIP OpenWiFi is an open source-based Wi-Fi architecture that leverages open-source development and automated testing Indian managed service provider Spectra has expanded its deployment of Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenWiFi solutions to cover more of its Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) and enterprise customers. TIP OpenWiFi is an...

Telecom Infra Project readies blueprint for cheaper, scalable cloud-native private 5G

The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is to release a “blueprint”, it says, for how to deploy “cost-effective and scalable” cloud-native private 5G networks, based on an initial trial of a 5G-connected computer vision application led by Telefonica. Rakuten Symphony, Tech Mahindra, and NTT Data...

Standardization vs. innovation vs. economization: The Open RAN balancing act

Open RAN standards help create a level playing field, but there has to be room for innovation The world of telecoms is, among many other things, an exercise in developing and implementing technologies that have been standardized via a regimented, consensus-driven process. A reductive example—without...

Metaverse-ready networks: Is there a TIPing point for operators?

The role of operators and network disaggregation in enabling the metaverse vision takes center stage at FYUZ MADRID–The three-day FYUZ event was, in some ways, three distinct but complementary things—on day one the main stage was billed as the Open RAN Summit and highlighting O-RAN...

TIP, Intel zero in on mMIMO for metaverse

Intel will has begun work on 5G mMIMO Open RAN Radio Unit whitebox Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and Intel have announced their joint effort to produce a 5G massive MIMO (mMIMO) Open RAN Radio Unit (O-RU) whitebox to address the capacity and intelligence needs for future...

TIP launches new group to prepare networks for the metaverse

The initial co-chairs for the metaverse group are Meta Platforms, Microsoft, T-Mobile, Telefónica and Sparkle The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has introduced the Metaverse-Ready Networks (MRN) Project Group, a new group designed to accelerate network readiness to support metaverse experiences by supporting the development of...

Boingo Wireless becomes first to adopt TIP OpenWiFi for Wi-Fi 6E

TIP OpenWiFi is an open source-based architecture that enables multi-vendor, interoperable Wi-Fi networks Boingo Wireless has become the first Telecom Infra Project (TIP) participant to adopt TIP OpenWiFi to help it quickly expand its commercial Wi-Fi 6E network. By leveraging TIP’s solution, Boingo can mix...

What does plug-and-play really mean for Open RAN?

The consensus is that interoperability has made material progress but there's still work to do As Open RAN has gained momentum in recent years, there’s been this recurring talking point around modular radio system hardware and software being assembled and disassembled to support operators’ specific...

Parallel Wireless partners with Brazilian carriers for O-RAN trial

Mobile operators Brisanet, Claro, TIM and Vivo are partners in the O-RAN program U.S.-based Open RAN company Parallel Wireless said it is partnering with Inatel, Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Brisanet, Claro, TIM, and Vivo to conduct a field trial enabling leading-edge 4G and 5G broadband...

Fujitsu joins Evenstar O-RAN project

Fujitsu Network Communications' 5G mMIMO Radio Units are coming to the Telecom Infra Project and Meta's Evenstar O-RAN program.

Helium rebranded Nova Labs, raises $200m in Series D – from a16z, DT, Goodyear, Nokia

Helium, the company in charge of the crowd-sourced Helium non-cellular IoT and cellular 5G networks, has rebranded as Nova Labs, and announced $200 million of Series D funding from New York-based investment company Tiger Global and Silicon Valley venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Besides...

What is Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) in Wi-Fi 7?

Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) is a spectrum use coordination system designed specifically for 6 GHz operation In order for unlicensed Wi-Fi 7 (or 802.11be) devices to play nice in the 6 GHz band with the licensed users already occupying that band, the Federal Communications...

The telco industry is running toward Open RAN, and that’s a good thing (Reader Forum)

During the past 25 years, the open-source movement has changed just about everything in technology. By transforming how software is developed, deployed and licensed, open source now powers most of the cloud-based apps and digital services we rely on in daily life. And now...

WBA, TIP collaborate on open automated frequency coordination for Wi-Fi 6E

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have expanded their parthersnip to further TIP’s Open AFC Software Group and help drive global adoption of Wi-Fi in the new 6 GHz unlicensed band — known today as Wi-Fi 6E, but in...

SCF preps blueprints for private 5G – as platform for Industry 4.0, smart cities, C-V2X

​​Small Cell Forum (SCF) is to develop a new set of private 5G ‘blueprints’ for enterprise and industry, to build on parallel work already completed by the likes of the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), and the MulteFire Alliance. The...