Ever since the cloud-native virtual RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN architectures have started gaining popularity, one key question both proponents and adversaries have been asking
Mavenir deploys Open vRAN at Deutsche Telekom’s O-RAN Town
Deutsche Telekom launched O-RAN Town in the city of Neubrandenburg this past June Mavenir has deployed Open vRAN, integrated with massive MIMO (mMIMO) Active Antenna Units
Orange will begin deployment of the 5G standalone network in the town of Lannion, with expansion expected in 2022 Orange is launching a test Standalone (SA)
The end goal for 5G is a cloud-native, service-based, fully standalone (SA) network. That’s a major undertaking, which means most operators will spend several years
The goal is to transition Swisscom’s live 5G network to 5G SA mode with cloud-native, dual-mode 5G Core Ericsson and Swisscom have been working together to build
Run fast Imagine yourself in the mountains with a friend on a back-packing adventure. While watching the sun rise up between the trees, you see a
Run fast Imagine yourself in the mountains with a friend on a back-packing adventure. While watching the sun rise up between the trees, you see a
Well, technically… 5G has to be agile, secure, affordable and resilient: Rakuten Mobile’s Azita Arvani (Ep. 36)
Rakuten Mobile Americas’ General Manager Azita Arvani addresses the company’s decision to sell its end-to-end, cloud-native and fully virtualized mobile network architecture as a solution to
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Tareq Amin, Rakuten Mobile (Ep. 22) This week we talk to Tareq Amin, Rakuten Mobile CTO and
Getting from non-standalone to standalone 5G
Ericsson talks dual-mode cloud core; Oracle on move from VNF to CNF With one notable exception, commercial 5G networks use a non-standalone architecture wherein new 5G NR
The first phase of 5G build-out is now well underway in major markets around the world. Increasingly, the big mobile service providers and some new
5G transformation extends beyond the network–there has to be a shift in the workforce 5G is touted as the connectivity fabric that will fundamentally reshape our
Telefonica Innovation Ventures invests in open RAN provider Altiostar ZURICH–As Telefonica continues to enhance its network and crystallize 5G plans, the Spanish-based multi-national operator this week,
While some greenfield players are able to immediately embrace cloud-native network design and reap the benefits that come with it, those cases are few and