Sites consist of general-purpose server equipment and can be used with all 5G smartphones. Full scale development planned to start in 2024.

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KDDI CORPORATION announced that, in cooperation with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited, it initiated the commercial deployment of O-RAN ⁽¹⁾ compliant 5G Open Virtual Radio Access Network (hereinafter Open vRAN) sites in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, on January 19, 2023.

Read the full press release here.

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