Ericsson gets VodafoneThree’s AI-RAN moving

Joe Purnell2026-11-04T15:48:00

Source: VodafoneThree

UK operator puts hardware underneath its AI-RAN ambitions, installing Ericsson’s latest massive MIMO kit and readying AI-powered radio optimisation tests to exploit its substantial mid-band spectrum advantage.

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Themes: 5G Advanced; 5G standalone (5G SA); AI-native networks; AI radio access network (AI-RAN); Energy efficiency; Massive MIMO; Mobile spectrum; Network densification; Network sharing; Open RAN; RAN modernisation.
Events: AI-RAN trials; Mobile World Congress 2026; VodafoneThree Investor Day; VodafoneThree network integration.
People: Andrea Donà; Iain Milligan; Luca Orsini; Marco Zangani; Scott Petty.
Geographic: Birmingham; London; Málaga; Spain; UK.
Organisations: AI-RAN Alliance; BT; EE; Ericsson; MBNL; Nokia; NVIDIA; Samsung; Virgin Media O2; Vodafone; VodafoneThree; Wind River.

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