European incumbents push on with OpenRAN rollout
Two of Europe’s biggest telecoms players have announced new initiatives to scale up their early moves into OpenRAN.
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O-RAN Alliance finds a way to reassure Nokia
It only took the O-RAN Alliance a couple of weeks to tweak its procedures such that Nokia isn’t so scared of US vindictiveness.
Deepening O-RAN Alliance crisis stokes fear of global technology split
Ericsson has joined its Nordic competitor to voice concern over the presence of American sanction targets in the OpenRAN industry group, casting further doubt over the future of the lauded technology.
The industry is largely happy with how 5G has come about
Eight out of ten telecoms professionals participating in a recent Telecoms.com survey said 5G has either met or exceeded their expectations.
Rakuten Mobile loss almost doubled in Q2
Operating loss incurred at Japan’s challenger operator increased by 85% in Q2 to reach $900 million, which the company attributed to aggressive investment in network rollout and rising roaming cost.
Rakuten to build mobile network for 1&1
Rakuten announced partnership with 1&1 to build “Europe’s first fully virtualised mobile network” for the German greenfield operator. The company also set up a separate unit to drive global expansion.
Rakuten acquires OpenRAN partner Altiostar
Rakuten announced that it has completed the acquisition of the software company Altiostar, which it had already partly owned and has collaborated closely on OpenRAN.
Bharti does 5G OpenRAN deal with Intel
Bharti Airtel has inked a mobile networks deal with Intel that will see it tap into the flexibility of OpenRAN technology as it rolls out 5G.
US extends anti-China bribe program to more operators
Mid-sized US operators can now apply for money to swap out Huawei and ZTE kit from their networks.
OpenRAN not a priority as BT and EE talk up their ‘converged network’
BTEE had one of those strategic, news-light briefing sessions today, in which it was stressed that OpenRAN is far down its priority list.
Middle East’s big players ink OpenRAN partnership
Some of the biggest telecoms operators in the Middle East have come together to form the industry’s latest OpenRAN alliance.
Vodafone UK and Mavenir collaborate over OpenRAN small cells
UK operator group Vodafone has enlisted the help of US software vendor Mavenir to see if they can add some OpenRAN secret sauce to small cells for businesses.
FRANC-ly my dear, the UK government does give an OpenRAN
The UK government has launched an initiative designed to speed up the adoption of OpenRAN as part of its quest to erase Huawei from the country’s mobile networks.
Mavenir and NEC help DT create ‘O-RAN Town’
German operator group Deutsche Telekom has laid claim to Europe’s first OpenRAN deployment in Neubrandenburg.
UK government bets on Sonic the edge-hog
The ever-generous British taxpayer has chucked a million quid at a new initiative called Sonic Labs, which is designed to give 5G OpenRAN R&D an extra boost.
Ericsson needs Intel inside to support mid-band 5G in its Cloud RAN
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has continued its shuffle towards a commoditized, open Radio Access Network by using Intel chips to do its mid-band 5G computing.
Bharti Airtel and Tata to roll out homegrown OpenRAN tech
India’s dream of developing and exporting its own 5G networking equipment has taken another step towards becoming reality.
Dish continues to buy American with Dell OpenRAN edge deal
Having sold much of its soul to AWS, nascent US MNO Dish once more opted for local help when in building its OpenRAN 5G edge network.
MTN to roll out OpenRAN in Africa this year
MTN this week became the latest major telco to commit to deploying OpenRAN technology, which it claims will be a “game-changer” in emerging markets.
Nokia opens its first OpenRAN centre in the US
Finnish kit vendor Nokia made sure to get a piece of US OpenRAN mania by opening a facility dedicated to it in Dallas.
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