All O-RAN Alliance articles – Page 2

Network & Infrastructure

Vodafone hits open RAN trail in rural Ireland

2020-11-19T17:38:00Z

Modest rollout of 30 sites planned initially, supporting 4G. Supplier partners include Comba Telecom, HP, Parallel Wireless, Supermicro, and VMware. Operator keen to include automation vendors in the open RAN ecosystem.

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Vodafone people moves: Vi leadership restructured; new Safaricom CFO installed

2020-11-09T16:32:00Z

Vodafone builds open RAN influence with O-RAN Alliance oversight spot. Takkar handed another three years to lead Vodafone’s troubled Indian JV Vi. Safaricom Board rejigged following exec changes at Kenyan operator and parent Vodacom.

Partnerships & Alliances

Deutsche Telekom sheds its TIP spectator tag

2020-11-01T17:41:00Z

Group backs OpenBNG, a new transport initiative from OOPT project group, champions new O-RAN/TIP lab in Berlin, and involved in technical RFI for OpenSoftHaul solution. DT is absent, however, from new Solution Groups, focused on “end-to-end” virtualised networks.

Innovation (R&D)

Deutsche Telekom champions new TIP/O-RAN lab in Berlin

2020-10-07T17:57:00Z

Choi talks of “new level of collaboration”, as joint O-RAN/TIP lab becomes available for open RAN testing at DT’s facilities in Berlin. Hails recent European O-RAN/TIP plugfest a success. Berlin lab available for open BNG testing, “as soon as systems are available”.

Network & Infrastructure

Vodafone makes candid open RAN admissions

2020-07-14T13:53:00Z

Tenorio says industry “not scratched the surface” on systems integration. Achieving lower TCO, compared with large-scale traditional vendors, an enormous task. O-RAN Alliance doing “great job”, but smaller vendors disadvantaged. Ambition of sub-$1000 RRH pushed back until 2021. Tech still not ready for prime time in urban ...

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Deutsche Telekom joins industry frontline on open RAN push

2020-04-14T11:09:00Z

Alliance between DT-backed O-RAN and TIP propels Group into vanguard of disrupting RAN supply chains. DT backs TIP-led Evenstar programme to lower RRH costs. Operator partners with Intel and VMware to develop open vRAN platform.