Why Open RAN is so vital (Analyst Angle)
Although 2020 has brought numerous challenges to the telecom industry, including geopolitical stresses, the COVID-19 pandemic, and 5G deployment challenges, these events have also highlighted
In conjunction with a wide swath of industry stakeholders, the United States federal government is working to form and implement the creatively-titled National Strategy to
In previous blogs in this “Who Disaggregated My RAN? series, we have looked at the benefits of a disaggregated Open RAN, including the growth of
As it continues to gain 5G infrastructure market share, Samsung this week announced a virtualized 5G RAN solution comprising virtualized central and distributed units and
History Functional splits are nothing new. They were initially outlined in 3GPP Release 14 and defined in 3GPP release 15 and where new terminology, interfaces and
The virtualization of cellular networks has been ongoing for some time. But virtualizing the Radio Access Network (RAN) has always been an enigma and was
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Sensing open RAN opportunity, Nokia steps on the gas
Nokia expects “full suite” of O-RAN interfaces available in 2021 Adding on to a recent refresh of its virtualized, cloud-based RAN solutions, Nokia today, after weeks
Who disaggregated my RAN? Part 6: Open RAN: Achieving on-par field performance (Reader Forum)
In this series focused on the benefits of a disaggregated Open RAN, we have had a chance to see how an open RAN has helped
FCC cuts off Universal Service Fund money to buy and maintain US networks that use Chinese kit It’s been a long time coming but, despite the
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Open RAN 101–Open RAN: Why, what, how, when? (Reader Forum)
History The entire telecom industry is going through a dramatic change that can be only compared to the change that data centers went through in the
Inland Cellular using OpenRAN in Idaho
Inland using Parallel Wireless RRHs connected to virtualized baseband running on Dell EMC servers Open radio access network technologies, which disaggregate hardware from software potentially creating
When does open RAN stop being open?
Open RAN, as the name implies, is meant to be open to multiple vendors, both hardware and software, that work together to achieve interoperability in
The arrival of RAN disaggregation and the corresponding standards for open interfaces, hardware, software decoupling, network intelligence and automation has led to the expansion of
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? Damiano Coletti, Airspan (Ep. 12) Bringing 5G to verticals, open RAN update Airspan Vice President of Strategy and
In my last article in this “Who Disaggregated My RAN?” blog series, we covered the advances made by the O-RAN Alliance to deliver an open