Global Open RAN and vRAN market growth slowed in Q1
New stats from research firm Dell’Oro suggest that the 2023 Open RAN market won’t see a repeat of last year’s stellar performance.
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Ericsson combats silicon lock-in with AMD deal
Swedish kit maker Ericsson will develop Open RAN solutions that run on AMD processors as well as Intel ones.
Mavenir lands VMO2 Open RAN deal
UK operator group Virgin Media O2 has added network software specialist Mavenir to its roster of Open RAN suppliers.
Softbank and Nvidia make further progress with vRAN acceleration
Japanese telco Softbank this week served up more evidence of how graphic processing units (GPUs) can do some of the heavy lifting in virtualised radio access networks (vRAN).
Red Hat and Samsung seek to help operators cope with vRAN ramp-up
As commercial vRAN deployments take off, open source software specialist Red Hat is working with Samsung on a new solution to help telcos scale their virtualised infrastructure.
Intel launches new vRAN kit and claims market dominance
Intel has launched a new chip with integrated acceleration for vRAN networks, a move that it clearly hopes will help it maintain a massive presence in the growing market for virtualised radio networks.
NEC goes international with its open virtualized RAN software suite
Japanese tech giant NEC has continued its Open RAN crusade with the introduction of its open virtualized RAN software suite to the international market.
Verizon heralds vRAN rollout as part of broader 5G push
US operator Verizon has rolled out more than 8,000 virtualised RAN sites and plans to more than double that deployment in the next three years.
TPG boosts 5G spectrum assets with Dense Air deal
TPG Telecom has been on a 5G spectrum shopping spree of late and has just augmented its stock of 3.6GHz frequencies in six cities through a swap with Dense Air.
TPG and Samsung to have Australia’s first go at 5G vRAN over mmWave
An imminent trial marks a significant step for Samsung in Australia as well as adding to a busy week for TPG.
TIM claims another Euro 5G first – live vRAN
The artist formerly known as Telecom Italia is refusing to slow down in the run up to Christmas, teaming with Altiostar to live test a virtual radio access network.
Nokia unveils Radio Cloud architecture
Nokia has announced additional features to its telco cloud portfolio to create what the vendor said will be a known as radio cloud. The Finnish firm said it will help operators allocate processing capacity from almost anywhere in the network to where it is needed the most.
SK Telecom, Nokia in 5G cooperation deal
SK Telecom has announced it has entered into an agreement with Nokia to collaborate on developing 5G network technologies. The pact was sealed with a memorandum of understanding, a second such agreement between the Korean telco and the Finnish kit vendor.
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