• Memorandum of Understanding with OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OAI)
• Two New Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) Approved in Asia & Pacific
• O-RAN Release 3 Implements Features with 58 New or Updated Technical Documents
• O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2023 Set to Start at Four Venues Across Asia, Europe, and North America
• F2F Meetings Boost Progress of O-RAN Technical Groups

• Join us for O-RAN ALLIANCE Ecosystem Briefing, February 28, 2023 at MWC Barcelona 2023
• O-RAN ALLIANCE participation at the “Open RAN – The Debate” session at MWC23
• 65 demonstrations of O-RAN technology and solutions at MWC23 showcasing the O-RAN ecosystem progress

• New MoU between O-RAN ALLIANCE and ATIS opens the opportunity for ATIS adopting O-RAN specifications
• O-RAN ALLIANCE event and demos at MWC Barcelona to bring latest updates from the open RAN ecosystem
• O-RAN Software Community 7^th release “G” expanded to 13 project streams
• New Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) approved in Japan and North America

The O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2022 was successfully completed in 6 venues across Asia, Europe, and North America, with 106 participating companies.

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• O-RAN ALLIANCE leadership elected for the 2022-2024 term
• 53 O-RAN technical documents published since July 2022
• Face-to-face meetings boost the progress of O-RAN technical groups
• Further alignment of the O-RAN ALLIANCE and Telecom InfrastructureProject (TIP)

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• Key topics at the Open RAN Summit @ Fyuz 2022 brought by the O-RAN ALLIANCE
• O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2022 initiated at 6 venues across Asia,Europe and North America
• 36 new demos of O-RAN technology at the O-RAN Virtual Exhibition

ETSI and O-RAN are pleased to announce that ETSI has adopted the first O-RAN specification as ETSI TS103 859, namely ‘O-RAN Fronthaul Control, User andSynchronization Plane Specification v7.02’.

• Upcoming Open RAN Summit @ Fyuz features O-RAN leadership
• Andre Fuetsch retires from AT&T and his chairmanship of theO-RAN Board
• O-RAN Work Groups and Focus Groups to rejoin in-person

• 52 O-RAN specifications published since March 2022
• 6th release of open software for the RAN – “F” – delivered by the O-RAN Software Community
• 1st Certificates awarded in the O-RAN Certification and Badging Program by Asian OTICs

• O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Summit June 2022 available for on-demand replay
• O-RAN Certification and Badging program in cooperation with the OTICs
• O-RAN next Generations Research Group to focus on future network standards
• Open RAN Summit @ Fyuz to be held on 25-26 October 2022 in Madrid
• O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2022 concluded at 3 continents with 50 participants

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O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Summit on June 29, 2022

O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2022 in progress

23 new demos of O-RAN technology at the O-RAN Virtual Exhibition

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• Release 002 of O-RAN Minimum Viable Plan focuses on enabling Open RAN Intelligence
• 40 O-RAN specifications published since November 2021
• Two O-RAN Global PlugFests planned in 2022 to extend the testing and integration
• First O-RAN specification submitted to become ETSI Publicly Available Specification (PAS)

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• O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Briefing on March 1, 2022
• 46 new O-RAN demos with 22 at MWC Barcelona 2022

• Save the date for O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Briefing, March 1, 2022.
• O-RAN Software Community published 5th release of open software for the RAN – “E”

• O-RAN Global PlugFest 2021 more than doubles with 144 corporate participants in the 7global venues.
• Scope includes multi-vendor interoperability, Radio Intelligent Controllers, O-Cloud, infrastructure security and end-to-end functionality.

• PlugFest Virtual Showcase will allow interested public to explore the 2021 PlugFest in detail

• 48 specification documents released since July 2021
• 3rd O-RAN ALLIANCE Global Plugfest underway with 77 companies at 7 venues
• 18 O-RAN demos presented at MWC Los Angeles 2021 or O-RAN Virtual Exhibition

O-RAN ALLIANCE remains fully committed to its mission of delivering open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable RAN

• 3rd O-RAN whitepaper focuses on O-RAN Minimum Viable Plan and commercialization
• O-RAN ALLIANCE sets cooperation with ETSI and TSDSI
• New Open Test and Integration Centers approved in Europe and Taiwan
• New Standards Collaboration Copyright License to simplify the open source development
• “D” release of open software for the RAN developed by the O-RAN Software Community

• 33 new or updated O-RAN specifications released since March 2021
• First European Open Test and Integration Centers (OTIC) hosted by Deutsche Telekom and TIM
• 36 new O-RAN demonstrations available at the O-RAN Virtual Exhibition by June 29,2021
• Save the date for the O-RAN ALLIANCE Industry Summit on June 29, 2021

• DISH Network has been elected to the O-RAN ALLIANCE’s Board of Directors
• O-RAN ALLIANCE’s Minimum Viable Plan to expedite the delivery of high-priority O-RAN functions
• 28 new or updated O-RAN specifications have been released since November 2020
• O-RAN Open Summit held on February 25, 2021 now available for re-play on O-RAN website

• LG U+ joins O-RAN as the 28th operator member
• O-RAN Open Summit (virtual) on February 25, 2021 will brief on O-RAN’s progress and outlook
• 7 O-RAN demos to be presented at MWC Shanghai 2021 and the O-RAN Virtual Exhibition

• Cherry features significant advancements in the end-to-end integration of O-RAN Architecture components
• The software now contains new functions aligned with the latest O-RAN specifications, such as the E2, A1 or O1 interfaces, and new SMO elements

• KDDI, Rakuten Mobile and Vodafone are elected to the O-RAN ALLIANCE Board of Directors
• Newly released technical specifications enrich the standards for developing O-RAN networks
• O-RAN Security Task Group addresses the security aspects of open RAN
• O-RAN Virtual Exhibition Provides Insights on Companies Progressing with their O-RAN Implementations

• 55 major industry players participated at the plugfest across Asia, Europe and North America
• Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) provided a collaborative, open, and impartial working environment for testing and integration
• O-RAN Plugfest Virtual Showcase will provide closer look at the plugfest in digital form

• O-RAN has recently published 23 new or updated specifications and the O-RAN Use Cases and Deployment Scenarios white paper
• The 2nd release of O-RAN software “Bronze” adds support for new key elements of the O-RAN architecture and updates aligned with the latest O-RAN specifications
• O-RAN Virtual Exhibition adds more demonstrations of O-RAN based technologies

• The O-RAN ALLIANCE (O-RAN) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have announced today a liaison agreement that ensures alignment in the shared focus area of developing interoperable open Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions

• The global adoption of O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications by the industry is creating the foundation for the future of Radio Access Networks
• O-RAN growth continues, with Vodafone as the newest operator member
• 22 planned MWC demonstrations of O-RAN-based equipment implementations are being converted to an O-RAN virtual showcase

• 35 companies and operator-members jointly demonstrated 10 scenarios to verify and validate recently published O-RAN specifications in Asia, Europe and North America
• The Radio Access Network vendors’ adoption of open standards and interoperability is expected to become an integral part of emerging 5G networks
• An O-RAN Industry Briefing is scheduled for Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2020, where members will exchange views on the important steps towards realizing O-RAN compliant commercial solutions

• This first software release represents a consolidated step towards O-RAN-compliant Radio Access Network Commercialization
• It covers initial functionality of the O-RAN unique Near Real-Time RAN Intelligent Controller, the O1 interface and the protocol stack
• With more than 1 million lines of code, the “Amber” release is the result of contributions of over 60 developers from more than 10 companies

• The O-RAN ALLIANCE holding “O-RAN Industry Forum” symposium on June 25, 2019
• Themed sessions on RAN “Intelligence” and “Openness”
• Six Proof of Concepts showcasing the O-RAN ALLIANCE latest progress

• New Initiative Fosters Collaboration with Adjacent Open Source Networking Communities

• The O-RAN ALLIANCE announced today that it will be releasing the first O-RAN standard Open Fronthaul Specifications comprised of control, user, synchronization and management plane protocols

• O-RAN Architecture White Paper has been released
• Open Source Collaboration with the Linux Foundation has started

• O-RAN, originally co-founded by AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DOCOMO and Orange, has held its first O-RAN Board meeting during MWC Shanghai 2018

• Today, AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DOCOMO, and Orange jointly announced the creation of the O-RAN ALLIANCE

• The xRAN Forum today announced its intent to merge with the C-RAN Alliance to form a world-wide, carrier-led effort to drive new levels of openness in the radio access network of next-generation wireless systems
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