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USA's Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded $42 millionto fund a project by a consortium of U.S. carriers, foreign carriers, universities and equipment suppliers.
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The Ericsson membership aims to accelerate 5G development and the way to 6G.
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The $1.5 billion Wireless Innovation Fund supports the development of open and interoperable wireless networks. Open and interoperable wireless equipment will help drive competition, strengthen global supply chain resilience and lower costs for consumers and network operators.
With “1&1 O-RAN”, the German mobile network provider 1&1 operates Europe’s first fully virtualized 5G network based on the new Open RAN technology.
TTA announced that Korea OTIC is responsible for issuing three types of international certifications for the performance of open RAN equipment itself, compatibility with other manufacturers' equipment, and operational performance within the entire network environment.
AT&T plans to lead the U.S. in commercial scale open radio access network (Open RAN) deployment to further telecom industry efforts and drive innovation.
Ericsson says it is now ready to take leadership in industrialising Open RAN.
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Open RAN to provide much needed diversity to the telecommunications supply chain to act as a catalyst for innovation and to offer new opportunities for specialist providers across the technology ecosystem.
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Mapping of the O-RAN Ecosystem by Mavenir currently shows 108 suppliers.
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NEC Corporation has obtained O-RAN Certification from Japan OTIC (Open Testing & Integration Centre) for its MB5450 5G base station radio unit (RU), certifying that the RU conforms with the O-RAN Fronthaul Interface Specifications.
This is the first certification issued by Japan OTIC since its establishment, making NEC the first major global vendor to obtain this certification.
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USA Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) awarded nearly $5.5 million in the first round of grants.
This first round of funding will support R&D and testing activities related to evaluating energy efficiency, measuring performance of interoperable equipment and testing methods for sharing spectrum.
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By automating the end-to-end process of extracting optimal test scenarios, generating parameters, and determining acceptability of test results, the two companies have succeeded in significantly improving efficiency.
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In the USA, the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things (WIoT) at Northeastern University has established an Open Testing and Integration Center (OTIC) in Burlington, MA, to promote research, development, and testing of next-generation Open Radio Access Networks (Open RAN).
NTT Docomo says it will have a competitive open RAN (O-RAN) solution on the market by the end of the year.
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Smart has successfully deployed a fully functional Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) Proof of Concept (PoC), a first in the Philippines.