Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi

Dr. Alex Jinsung Choi is Chief Operating Officer of the O-RAN Alliance and SVP of Strategy and Technology Innovation (STI) and Head of T-Labs, which is the central Research & Development division of Deutsche Telekom. In addition, he is member of the Technology & Innovation management board, where he has responsibility for several strategic topics.

Dr. Choi has been a thought leaderfor over 20 years in the mobile telecommunication industry & consumer electronics by driving forward key strategic and research topics in Telco and AI.

Dr. Choi was the first Chairman of the TelecomInfra Project (TIP) and previously served as CTO for SK Telekom. With the introduction of "NUGU", the first AI- based virtual assistant in Korea, Dr. Choi was influential in the development of AI solutions.

Francisco Martin

Francisco (Paco) Martín Pignatelli is a Vodafone Executive +24 years of Experience in Mobile. He´s worked internationally in various Global positions in US and UK and has great breadth of experience in all Network domains as well as some customer facing positions. He´s more recently focused in OPEN RAN, an activity he leads in Vodafone as Head of OPEN RAN, an effort he pioneered in 2016 that´s grown to become the most relevant trend in mobile today, with Vodafone as one of the leading promoters. Paco is Alternate Board Member of the O-RAN ALLIANCE.

Masafumi Masuda

As the General Manager of Radio Access Network Development Department leading 5G and open RAN development strategies and activities including 5G Open RAN Ecosystem (OREC)

20+ years as a senior technology executive in the mobile telephony industry with deep and far-ranging experience in network development and operations

3 years as Chief Technology Officer of DOCOMO PACIFIC, Inc., responsible for defining its technology strategy, managing its whole technology division and directing Capex / Opex budgets

15 years as Manager and Engineer of R&D Radio Access Network Development Department in NTT DOCOMO, Inc. As the Manager responsible for R&D Strategy oversaw training and professional development and defined strategy for Capex / Opex budget

John Baker

John Baker is the Senior Vice President of Ecosystem Business Development at Mavenir. A veteran of the mobile industry, board member for 5G Americas, and sought-after industry speaker, John Baker leads the 5G team at Mavenir, intent on disrupting the market by transforming operator network economics.

Vikas Dixit

Vikas Dixit received his M.Tech in Computer Science from BITS Pilani (India) and B.Tech in Computer Science from AMU Aligarh (India). He is working as Assistance Vice President with Reliance Jio in New Product Development team. He has around 22 Years of Telecommunication Product Development Experience. Previously, he worked in Bluetooth, 3G, 4G and 5G (NR) technologies and product development. He is currently participating and contributing in O-RAN nGRG, WG1, WG2, WG3, WG10, MVP-C and SFG (WG11). He has contributed in O-RAN Whitepapers, Specifications, Use cases. He is working as co-rapporteur of WG3 Test Specifications. He is contributing in Small Cell Forum as WI lead and reviewer of SCF specifications and papers.

Ray Le Maistre

UK-based Ray was appointed Editorial Director at TelecomTV in April 2020. He has been an editor and journalist covering the telecoms sector for more than 25 years, and has been reporting on Open RAN developments since 2018.

Tong Li

Tong Li is Distinguished Researcher and Executive Director at Lenovo, where he leads the 5G network product line. Prior to Lenovo, he was a CPU architect at Intel for the Core and Xeon lines of microprocessor products. He is the recipient of three best paper awards for his work on computer architecture and operating systems. Tong holds a PhD in Computer Science from Duke University.

Arnaud Vamparys

Arnaud Vamparys, 49 years old, a graduate of the École Polytechnique and the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (X-Mines), joined the Group in 1995 to work since in a number of positions in France, in the Netherlands and in Spain, within the mobile, internet and business markets.As chief of engineering of Dutchtone, he built a new mobile network in the Netherlands between 1998 and 2000. From 2000 to 2003, he was CTIO for Spanish ISP Wanadoo which became number two on his market after Terra (Telefonica).From 2003 to 2007, he was the VP Products and Services Development for Orange Business Services (France Telecom, Transpac and Equant) creating the Orange Business Livebox a new multimedia router product line used today by more than 75% of the French business sites.His next position was Orange Labs Mass Market VP and in charge of the group historical R&D site of Issy-Les-Moulineaux near Paris.Arnaud Vamparys has been working three years between 2011 and 2014 as “Seamless Wireless Access” Group Strategic Program Director for Orange executive committee. The strategic program objective was to become leader in mobile internet customer experience for Europe and Middle East Africa.Since 2014, Arnaud Vamparys is our Senior Vice President for Radio Networks inside Orange Innovation. He is as well our 5G group champion since October 2017 coordinating different customer value creation initiatives on this new mobile network generation.

Chih-Lin I

Chih-Lin I is CMCC Chief Scientist of Wireless Technologies. She received Ph.D. EE from Stanford University. She has won 2005 IEEE ComSoc Stephen Rice Prize, 2018 IEEE ComSoc Fred W. Ellersick Prize, the 7th IEEE Asia-Pacific Outstanding Paper Award, and 2015 IEEE Industrial Innovation Award for Leadership and Innovation in Next-Generation Cellular Wireless Networks.

She is the Chair of O-RAN Technical Steering Committee and an O-RAN Executive Committee Member, the Chair of FuTURE 5G/6G SIG, the Chair of WAIA (Wireless AI Alliance) Executive Committee, an Executive Board Member of GreenTouch, a Network Operator Council Founding Member of ETSI NFV, a Steering Board Member and Vice Chair of WWRF, a Steering Committee member and the Publication Chair of IEEE 5G and Future Networks Initiatives, the Founding Chair of IEEE WCNC Steering Committee, the Director of IEEE ComSoc Meetings and Conferences Board, a Senior Editor of IEEE Trans. Green Comm. & Networking, an Area Editor of ACM/IEEE Trans. Networking; Executive Co-chair of IEEE Globecom 2020, IEEE WCNC 2007, IEEE WOCC 2004 and 2000; a member of IEEE ComSoc SDB, SPC, and CSCN-SC, and a Scientific Advisory Board Member of Singapore NRF.

She has published over 200 papers in scientific journals, book chapters and conferences and holds over 100 patents. She is co-author of the book “Green and Software-defined Wireless Networks -- From Theory to Practice” and has also Co-edited two books: “Ultra-dense Networks -- Principles and Applications” and “5G Networks -- Fundamental Requirements, Enabling Technologies, and Operations Management”. She is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow of WWRF. Her current research interests center around ICDT Deep Convergence: “From Green & Soft to Open & Smart”.

Giovanni Romano

Giovanni Romano is currently coordinating TIM activities on technical standards related to radio access and spectrum. In October 2016 Giovanni was nominated Alternate Board Director, representing TIM in NGMN. Since 1996 Giovanni has been active in several international standardisation fora and he is currently attending 3GPP RAN and NGMN. He is the 3GPP appointed coordinator for the exchange of information between 3GPP and ITU-R and coordinated the submission of 3GPP “5G” towards IMT-2020.Giovanni served as Vice-Chairman of 3GPP Technical Specification Group RAN for the period 2013-2017. Until 2005, Giovanni was project leader of several activities within the R&D center of Telecom Italia, including UMTS performance evaluation, quality of service verification, standardisation, field trials and testing.

Dr. Sameh Yamany

Dr. Sameh Yamany is the CTO of VIAVI Solutions, where he drives innovation and execution of the company-wide technology roadmap and vision. He was the CEO and President of Trendium (acquired by JDSU in 2013), a market disruptor in Customer Experience Assurance.

Dr. Yamany's industry experience also includes his senior executive role at Tektronix Communications (acquired by Netscout), where he set the vision and development of the Iris wireless and wireline monitoring and troubleshooting suite of applications. Dr. Yamany worked as an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia and has a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Louisville, USA. He has authored several patents and more than 50 journals, conference publications, and book chapters in artificial intelligence, telecommunications, and biomedical engineering.

Greg Manganello

Greg Manganello is SVP and vice head of the 5G mobile systems business unit at Fujitsu. Greg’s mission is to deliver successful business outcomes to customers. This means forming long-term business partnerships as an authentic adviser; understanding the customer’s problem space; co-creating novel possibilities to solve challenges and realize opportunities; and delivering on the best network solution possible.

Greg’s transformation-oriented leadership style is the result of over 35 years of revenue and profit creation in technology companies. His innovative approach is focused on creating an organizational culture that attracts top-flight talent who can think big, focus intensely on generating positive customer outcomes, and perform dramatically beyond expectations.

Greg began his career at Bell Laboratories as a solution architect, lived and worked internationally in Singapore and Taiwan, and held several product management positions. In the 90s, Greg held strategy & marketing positions at Lucent Technologies and was their business development leader in Brazil where he led the dramatic growth of the company including the acquisition of two local companies. Returning to the US, Greg launched the Lucent Worldwide Services business, the Cable Businesses, and helped plan the Alcatel-Lucent Merger.

At Fujitsu, Greg created an innovation process that launched one new service a quarter, and expanded operations to include being the prime systems integrator for communications projects in new markets beyond telecom carriers including transportation, utilities, and state & local governments. He led the acquisition of TrueNet Communications in 2016 and sits on its board of directors. In wireless, he and the team worked with DISH Networks in 2020 to announce the first open Radio Access Network [ ORAN ] deal in North America. Greg is Fujitsu’s representative at the Open RAN Policy Coalition.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University. He completed Fujitsu's Global Knowledge Institute program, a six-month senior executive global leadership development program.

Rob Soni

Rob is responsible for all aspects of AT&T’s RAN architecture and infrastructure technical road maps for hardware and software, including baseband units, radios, antennas and all ancillary components.In addition, his team oversees certification and development for RAN hardware, software and features. This team drives our strategy and contributions to global standards and to technical industry and government organizations.

Prior to joining AT&T, he led RAN architecture at VMware, overseeing their cloud platform infrastructure technology, including product definition and portfolio strategy. Rob also held technical roles with Nokia Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent, and Lucentdriving architecture, innovation and strategy for their entire wireless portfolio with amore recentparticular focus on cloud RAN and 5G.

Through his many key roles on the product side driving cellular infrastructure, Rob has driven large teams and small teams to provide innovative solutions that have reachedsignificant market penetration across 3G, 4G, and 5G networks in severallarge wireless operators around the world. He has supported and developed technologies that significantly improved performance, increased resiliency, significantly decreased power consumption and reduced total cost of ownership.

Rob holds a doctorateand master’s degreein electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaignand a bachelor’s in science in electrical engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He currently lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wif eand three children.

Masafumi Masuda

As the Director of Radio Access Network Development Strategy at NTT DOCOMO, Inc. leading 5G and open RAN development strategies and activities including 5G Open RAN Ecosystem (OREC).

20+ years as a senior technology executive in the mobile telephony industry with deep and far-ranging experience in network development and operations.

3 years as Chief Technology Officer of DOCOMO PACIFIC, Inc., responsible for defining its technology strategy, managing its whole technology division and directing Capex / Opex budgets.

15 years as Manager and Engineer of R&D Radio Access Network Development Department in NTT DOCOMO, Inc. As the Manager responsible for R&D Strategy oversaw training and professional development and defined strategy for Capex / Opex budget.

Nagendra Bykampadi

Nagendra Bykampadi is Head of Security Architecture and Standards at Rakuten Symphony. He is also currently serving as the vendor co-chair of the O-RAN Alliance Security Work Group (WG11). Nagendra brings more than 27 years of experience in the wireless industry. He has been actively engaged in security standardization in 3GPP SA3 and O-RAN Alliance since 2014. He leads a team of security architects that provide security architecture guidelines and support for Rakuten Symphony’s cloud native products. He is actively engaged with operators on all matters related to Open RAN security.

Jon Van-Orden

Jon has over 30 years experience in industry, covering product development, system engineering and solution testing programmes. In his current role as the Head of Engineering for NEC’s 5G Centre of Excellence, located in the UK, Jon leads the quality assurance and test teams validating Open RAN solutions for Tier 1 operators. This includes responsibility for the state of the art 5G Open RAN lab NEC has built in the UK to help accelerate the adoption of open technology for RAN.

Stefan Engel-Flechsig

Stefan Engel-Flechsig is Chief Operating Officer and Legal Counsel of the O-RAN ALLIANCE. He is admitted at the bar in Cologne/Germany. His special focus of work is with ICT regulation, standardization, and strategy in the global networked economy. Mr. Engel-Flechsig has over 25 years specialized experiences in computer science, law, and mobile communication. He has held various leading positions in the mobile and IT security industry.

Nicola Marziliano

Nicola (Nico) Marziliano with more than 30 years working within the Telecommunication industry is a tenured sales, operations, and product leader.

In 2020 he joined Wind River, where he is now serving as Vice President of International Telco Sales, with focus on Distributed RAN, ORAN, Cloud Infrastructure virtualization and Enterprise Edge. He is specialized in client engagement for Transformation, Customer driven and complex Operational renewal program, coordinating a team of professional sales and solution consultants in Enterprise, Business and Technologies.

Prior to joining Wind River Nico began his career at the Italtel R&D Labs, then joined Nokia in 1996, where he held several Senior Sales roles until he moved to the Business Unit OSS as Head of Product Management for OSS Transformation. Back in Sales, Nico assumed the role of Global Director in the Vodafone Global Team covering the AMAP region Sales (Oceania, India, Middle East & Africa).

He holds a B.S. and a master’s degree in Political Science from Catholic University of Milan, Italy.

Gerardo Giaretta

Gerardo Giaretta currentlyserves asvice presidentof product management at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. where he managesthe 5G infrastructure business and comprehensive productsportfolio.

Gerardo holdsover20 years of experience in the wireless communications industry including 16-plusyears with Qualcomm. Since joiningin 2007,hehas held a variety of roles in research, system design, standardization,and product management. Prior tojoining Qualcomm,Gerardo was part of the standardization team for Telecom Italia.

Gerardo holds a Bachelorof Sciencein Electrical Engineeringand a Masterof ScienceinTelecommunicationsEngineering from the University of Paduain Italy. Additionally, he has been granted more than 70U.S. patents.

Petr Ledl

Petr Lédl is VP of Network Trials and Integration Lab and chief architect of Access Disaggregation program. His main responsibility is identification, prototyping and technical evaluation of future mobile network technologies and related concepts (mainly 5G, LTE-A/Pro, Managed connectivity, etc.) and defining and implementing DTAG disaggregated RAN architecture based on O-RAN principles.

He studied Electrical Engineering at Czech Technical University in Prague between 1995 and 2004. Since 2003 he has been working on different positions in Technology organizations of Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile Czech Republic.

Rob Soni
Vice President, RAN Technology
AT&T Services

Chih-Lin I
China Mobile Chief Scientist, Wireless Technologies
China Mobile Research Institute

Alex Jinsung Choi
Chairman of the O-RAN ALLIANCE and SVP Group Technology
Deutsche Telekom

Petr Ledl
‍VP Network Trials and Integration Lab
Deutsche Telekom

Greg Manganello
Senior Vice President and Vice Head of the 5G Mobile Systems Business Unit
Fujitsu

John Baker
Senior Vice President of Ecosystem Business Development
Mavenir

Masafumi Masuda
‍General Manager of RAN Development
NTT DOCOMO

Stefan Engel-Flechsig
Chief Operating Officer
O-RAN ALLIANCE

Claire Chauvin
‍Strategy Architecture and Standardization
Orange

Gerardo Giaretta
Vice President, Product Management
Qualcomm Technologies

Nagendra Bykampadi
Head of Security Architecture and Standards
‍Rakuten Symphony

Ray Le Maistre
‍Editorial Director
Telecom TV

Francisco Martin
Head of OPEN RAN
Vodafone Group Services

Nicola Marziliano
‍Vice president, International Telco Sales
Wind River

June 2, 2025

O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F Meeting, 2-6 June 2025, Fukuoka

Join us for the O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F Meeting in Fukuoka, June 2-6, 2025!

Meet and work within the global RAN industry ecosystem, spanning MNOs, vendors, research institutions, academia, government agencies, and many more.

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June 5, 2025

9th O-RAN 6G Workshop: Intelligent RAN in the 6G Era

Join us for the ninth workshop of O-RAN ALLIANCE’s Next Generation Research Group (nGRG)!

The workshop will focus on network intelligence envisioned for the 6G networks, with discussions led by distinguished experts from research institutions and representatives of the RAN industry.

The workshop is scheduled for June 5, 2025, 9:00am - 5:45pm Japanese time, and will be webcast as online webinar from Fukuoka, Japan.

Interested public is free to attend online.

June 3, 2025

SMALLCELLS World Summit (SCWS): Open RAN and Network Architectures

Join us for a joint SCF and O-RAN ALLIANCE session on collaboration to drive open RAN solutions and adoption; at the Small Cells World Summit in London on Wednesday 4 June 2025, 9:00-09:40 UK /17:00-17:40 Japan time.

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April 24, 2025

3GPP & O-RAN ALLIANCE Joint Workshop on 6G Coordination (2025-04)

Alignment between 3GPP and the O-RAN ALLIANCE is essential for globally unified 6G standards delivering harmonized, open, and intelligent network architecture.

The workshop served as a key platform for discussing technical synergies, defining collaborative workstreams, and shaping the roadmap for 6G RAN standardization and innovation.

Check a summary from the workshop here.

March 4, 2025

O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit - Expanding O-RAN Adoption and Future Outlook

The O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit at MWC provided a comprehensive update on the state of O-RAN, sharing insights on operational experience, regional views on open RAN initiatives, and applications in key industry verticals. The Summit also explored the future evolution of 3GPP and O-RAN ALLIANCE architectures towards 6G.

On March 4, 2025, 8:30-13:00 in MWC Barcelona Hall 8, Theatre 6, with online broadcast.

Watch session recordings here.

February 24, 2025

O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F Meetings, 24-28 February 2025, Paris

The RAN industry ecosystem came together at the O-RAN F2F Meetings in Paris from February 24-28, 2025! This vibrant gathering brought together the RAN industry’s most influential players, including operators, contributors, companies, research and academic institutions, and government agencies. Together, participants drove the progress of O-RAN initiatives and helped shape the future of open and intelligent RAN solutions.

The O-RAN ALLIANCE sponsors regular F2F Meetings three times per year. Participation is open to all O-RAN Members and Participants (O-RAN ALLIANCE membership is required). This event provides a valuable opportunity to connect, collaborate, and innovate through impactful discussions, specification development, and networking.

February 27, 2025

8th O-RAN 6G Workshop: Reflection on the Eve of 6G

The O-RAN ALLIANCE’s Next Generation Research Group (nGRG) plans to hold its eighth nGRG workshop on February 27, 2025.

The workshop will focus on future 6G standardization from different perspectives, with discussions led by distinguished experts from research institutions and representatives of the RAN industry.

The workshop is scheduled for February 27, 2025, 8:30am - 6:00pm CET, and will be webcast as online webinar.

Interested public is free to attend.

November 4, 2024

2024 GISC (Global ICT Standards Conference), South Korea

O-RAN ALLIANCE will participate at the upcoming GISC 2024, in Seoul/South Korea.

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October 28, 2024

F2F Meetings, October 2024 in Montreal

Recent O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F Meetings took place on 28 October – 1 November 2024 in Montreal.

October 31, 2024

7th O-RAN 6G Workshop: Countdown to 6G Standardization – Views from Industry and Research Communities

The O-RAN ALLIANCE’s Next Generation Research Group (nGRG) plans to hold its seventh nGRG workshop on October 31, 2024.

The workshop will focus on future 6G standardization from different perspectives, with discussions led by distinguished experts from research institutions and representatives of the RAN industry.

The workshop is scheduled for October 31, 2024, 8:30am - 6:00pm EST, and will be webcast live.

Interested public is free to attend.

June 17, 2024

2024 Open RAN Summit @Taipei - Building the Future of Connectivity with Open RAN and Open Source

The 2024 Open RAN Summit in Taipei, supported by O-RAN ALLIANCE, is scheduled to be held at the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) from June 17th to June 18th, 2024.

This summit embodies the collaborative efforts of ITRI, NTUST, EURECOM, SUTD, TEEMA, and NYCU. International O-RAN experts, esteemed research institutions, and leading vendors will offer insightful perspectives on topics including nGRG, 6G, OSC, OAI, and AI. Additionally, Telecom Operators will share their experiences regarding O-RAN system verification and deployment. With 18 booths showcasing a diverse array of O-RAN system products from both domestic and international companies and institutions, the summit promises many opportunities for international collaboration and exchange.

Learn more and register at https://openran.tw/

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June 10, 2024

F2F Meetings, June 2024 in Incheon

Recent O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F Meetings took place on 10^th – 14^th June 2024 in Incheon (South Korea).

June 13, 2024

6th O-RAN 6G Workshop: The Road to 6G Standards: Views from Industry and Academia

Join us for the 6th O-RAN 6G workshop, scheduled on June 13, 2024, in Incheon, Korea, or online.
The workshop, spanning an entire day, will cover a broad spectrum of pivotal 6G subjects, including 6Gdiscussions in 3GPP and O-RAN, RAN intelligence towards 6G standards, O-RAN and silicon technologies, AI and digital twin for 6G evolution, service-based RAN architecture, active learning in wireless networks, semantics-native communications, the latest updates from the European 6G flagship project Hexa-X-II, AI-driven telco infrastructure, and more.
This event will feature 18 distinguished speakers and panellists. We are honored to host three keynote speeches by Dr. Alex Choi, Chairman of the O-RAN ALLIANCE; Prof. Ted Rappaport; and Mr. Rajesh Kumar Pathak, Director General of the Bharat 6G Alliance in India. We are also pleased to announce the participation of the 3GPP SA, RAN, and CT plenary chairs, who will contribute to an engaging and insightful dialogue.

Join us for a day rich in 6G insights and advancements!

Admission to the workshop is free.

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April 29, 2024

O-RAN Software Community Workshop at ONE SUMMIT 2024

Join the O-RAN Software Community workshop at the ONE Summit 2024, focusing on building open source reference designs.

Monday, April 29, 2024, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM in San Jose McEnery Convention Center.

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February 28, 2024

O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit - Accelerating Open RAN Adoption

The O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit of MWC Barcelona 2024 took place on Wednesday February 28, 2024, between 9-13h CET in MWC Hall 8.

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February 19, 2024

F2F Meetings, February 2024 in Athens

The O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F Meetings took place on 19th – 23rd February 2024 in Athens.

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February 22, 2024

O-RAN nGRG 6G Workshop: Architecture Evolution, Digital Twin, and Convergence of Communications and Computing in 6G Era

O-RAN nGRG 6G workshop is scheduled on February 22nd, 2024, in Athens, Greece. This full-day workshop will focus on Architecture Evolution, Digital Twin, and Convergence of Communications and Computing in 6G Era

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November 14, 2023

Joint O-RAN Software Community (OSC)/O-RAN ALLIANCE Open Source Focus Group (OSFG) and OpenAirInterface (OAI) Workshop

The Joint OSC/OSFG-OAI Workshop: End-to-End Reference Designs for O-RAN, was held in partnership with the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things and the Open6G Center at Northeastern University in Boston on November 14th and 15th, 2023.

PDFs and video recordings are available for on-demand view.

October 16, 2023

F2F Meetings, October 2023 in Phoenix

The O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F Meetings took place on 16th – 20th October 2023 in Phoenix.

October 19, 2023

4th O-RAN nGRG 6G Workshop: Embracing AI towards 6G RAN

The 4th O-RAN nGRG 6G workshop is scheduled on October 19th, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona. This full-day workshop will focus on AI for 6G and O-RAN and will feature 15+ prominent speakers from academia and industry, sharing their fresh views on recent 6G development.

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October 17, 2023

Open RAN Technical Summit at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo ’23

The SCTE Cable-Tec Expo ’23 exhibition will feature a dedicated Open RAN Technical Summit on Tuesday, October 17, 2023.

O-RAN ALLIANCE is supporting the summit and welcomes visitors to join.

Learn more and register here.

September 26, 2023

O-RAN ALLIANCE at MWC Las Vegas, September 26-28, 2023

Join sessions with O-RAN ALLIANCE speakers at MWC Las Vegas 2023:

DOES OPEN RAN HAVE TO BE FULLY INTEROPERABLE? on Sep. 27, 2023, 11:30-11:50am PDT - a debate featuring Luke Ibbetson, Group Head of R&D, Vodafone
THE THREE 'S'S OF OPEN RAN: SECURITY, SUSTAINABILITY & STANDARDS on Sep. 27, 2023, 1:30-2:30pm PDT - a speech by Brian Daly, A&T Fellow & Assistant Vice President, AT&T Services

Visit O-RAN demos presented at MWC Las Vegas 2023 or the O-RAN Virtual Exhibition.

September 21, 2023

Sparring Partners by Sensa Fili: Open RAN - The path to 6G

Watch a conversation with Ravi Sinha, Co-Chair of the O-RAN ALLIANCE's Next Generation Research Group (nGRG) and Monica Paolini at Senza Fili.

A 60min. talk scheduled on September 21, 2023 | 7 am PDT | 10 am EDT | 3 pm BST | 4 pm CEST

August 23, 2023

1st Global OTIC Summit, 23 – 24 August 2023

O-RAN ALLIANCE is partnering with Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) on the 1st Global OTIC Summit, 23 – 24 August 2023 in Singapore. The event aims to strengthen collaborations and synergies among the Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) globally.

The event will comprise:

Multiple OTIC Hosts Gathering - for the first time, with an incredible opportunity to meet with multiple OTIC hosts in one single venue in Singapore
Knowledge Sharing and Roundtables - OTIC hosts and industry leaders share the vision, plans challenges encountered, best practices, solutions and recommendations
Foster Collaboration - With our common goal and vision; we work together to accelerate innovation and adoption of O-RAN solutions

Register and find out more here

June 21, 2023

O-RAN ALLIANCE's Alex Choi on Open RAN testing and RIC developments, TelecomTV Open RAN Summit June 2023

Alex Jinsung Choi, chairman of the O-RAN ALLIANCE and senior VP of group technology at Deutsche Telekom, provides an update on the latest Open RAN plugfest, outlines the broad potential of the RAN intelligent controller (RIC) – including in existing mobile networks – and discusses the potential use of generative AI tools by mobile network operators.

March 1, 2023

Interview with Chih-Lin I at MWC Barcelona 2023

At MWC Barcelona 2023, Chih-Lin I, Co-chair of O-RAN Technical Steering Committee, spoke with TelecomTV about insights to O-RAN technical groups, the role of Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC), and how they contribute to the mission of open and intelligent RAN.

March 1, 2023

Interview with Alex Jinsung Choi at MWC Barcelona 2023

At MWC Barcelona 2023, Alex Jinsung Choi, O-RAN ALLIANCE's chairman, spoke with TelecomTV about achievements in past four years, how O-RAN ALLIANCE helps accelerating operator engagement with the Open RAN ecosystem, prospects for Open RAN in the large enterprise sector, and future directions of the alliance.

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February 28, 2023

O-RAN ALLIANCE Ecosystem Briefing, February 28, 2023 at MWC Barcelona

O-RAN ALLIANCE held an industry event at MWC Barcelona 2023. Watch the recording (60') for updates from O-RAN ALLIANCE's leadership and for two panel discussions, featuring major operators and vendors from the RAN industry.

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October 25, 2022

Open RAN Summit @ Fyuz, Madrid, October 25-26, 2022

Open RAN Summit @ Fyuz, Madrid, 25-26 October 2022

Open RAN Summit @ Fyuz, powered by the O-RAN ALLIANCE and Telecom Infra Project, took place in Madrid on October 25-26, 2022.

Designed to bring together stakeholders from across the ecosystem, the Open RAN Summit at Fyuz delivered the latest from the industry on its way towards more disaggregated, intelligent, open, and fully interoperable mobile networks. All of that, served in a unique experience combining technology with gastronomy to stir your imagination.

Find out more here

June 29, 2022

O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Summit June 2022

The O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Summit June 2022 will provide an update on the latest progress of the O-RAN ecosystem, featuring the O-RAN ALLIANCE leadership and some of the key industry players.Specific focus will be on where we are on the way towards large-scale commercialization of the O-RAN solutions, especially in the field of RAN openness, intelligence, cloudification, and testing and integration.

March 1, 2022

O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Briefing, March 1, 2022

The O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Briefing, March 1, 2022 at MWC Barcelona (the Deutsche Telekom Stage) featured:
- Keynote from Andre Fuetsch, Chairman of the O-RAN ALLIANCE and Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, AT&T Services, Inc.
- Panel discussion on O-RAN Radio Intelligent Controllers / SMO, and on O-RAN security with Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Orange and Qualcomm Technologies

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June 29, 2021

The O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Summit on June 29, 2021 provided the latest update on O-RAN progress and achievements.
During a live panel discussion speakers from AirHop Communications, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Facebook, Mavenir, Nokia, Rakuten Mobile, TIM, VIAVI and VMware, shared their views on key topics including:
Open RAN Commercialization, Open RAN Security, Open RAN Performance. The panel also answered live Q&A from the audience.

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February 25, 2021

The O-RAN Open Summit has finished, but you can watch the event from our archive.

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AGENDA

Update on O-RAN’s progress and future directions

Views on important areas supporting wide-spread adoption of open RAN

Industry panel discussions

15:40-15:50 CET

LIVE PANEL DISCUSSION– 60’

SPEAKERS

SUBMIT A QUESTION

Upcoming Events

O-RAN ALLIANCE F2F Meeting, 27-31 October 2025, Dallas

Past Events