• O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2024 initiated in August with 31 hosts in 24 labs around the world
• Progress expected in focus areas including testing of energy efficiency, testing of systems with L1 acceleration, E2E DevOps and test automation, repeatability of testing, and more
• Testing and integration at O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFests efficiently supports the industry in accelerating the move from specification to commercialization

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ATIS and the O-RAN ALLIANCE announced the joint signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that enables the transposition of O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications to ATIS standards.

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Effective June 25, 2024, Dr. Abdurazak Mudesir, Group CTO of Deutsche Telekom, was elected as Chair of the O-RAN ALLIANCE’s Board

• For the first time, O-RAN PlugFest focused on themes prioritized within O-RAN ALLIANCE
• PlugFest themes help to aim global efforts in O-RAN testing and integration to increase efficiency and speed up technology development cycle
• Participants at the Spring 2024 PlugFest achieved improvements in areas of RAN energy consumption resulting in TCO optimization, efficiency of O-RAN deployments, and broadening the offer of open and intelligent RAN products on the market

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• The O-RAN ALLIANCE Certification and Badging Program aims to accelerate the adoption of open and intelligent Radio Access Networks (RAN) through building confidence in O-RAN products and solutions world-wide
• First O-RAN Certificates and Badges issued by Japan OTIC, Korea OTIC and the European OTIC in Berlin, adding to total of 23 issued to date
• 16 companies currently offer products or solutions with O-RAN certification on the open RAN market

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• O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2024 is hosted by 20 companies and institutions across Asia, Europe and America, with more than 40 participants
• The PlugFest focuses on six themes prioritized by the O-RAN ALLIANCE
• The themes include O-RAN energy efficiency, O-RAN 4G/5G white-box hardware, and O-RAN Fronthaul testing

• 41 demos of latest O-RAN technology and solutions to be showcased at MWC Barcelona or the O-RAN Virtual Exhibition
• Intelligent RAN solutions demonstrate capabilities aiming to improve the RAN performance
• Latest O-RAN-based products feature improved interoperability, security and efficiency
• Increasing maturity of the O-RAN ecosystem reflected in many demos focusing on O-RAN integration and testing enhancements

Expanded scope of cooperation includes requirements, workplans, development of 5G/6G-(n)FAPI interface specification, disaggregated architectures, RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) interactions, management solutions, test & verification, and reference implementations.

• O-RAN ALLIANCE Summit to take place on Wednesday 28 February 2024, 9-13h CET in MWC Barcelona Hall 8, Theatre 5
• Over 30 speakers from operators, suppliers, industry organizations and independent labs will share perspectives and experiences on latest adoptions of intelligent and open RAN solutions
• Topics include: how O-RAN solutions address needed changes in TCO, energy efficiency, automation, agility, security, system integration, certification, and improved overall economics

• Fifty-two companies collaborated in 16 labs across eight countries
• Key activities included subsystem and end-to-end testing, security testing, advanced RIC testing, and field trials

• $200,000 research seed funding awarded to the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things at Northeastern University, USA
• Winning proposal is developing an O-RAN digital twin platform to automate end-to-end AI/ML development, integration, and testing
• Honorable mentions go to two proposals from EURECOM with OpenAirInterface Software Alliance, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with George Mason University

Salam Mobile has joined O-RAN ALLIANCE as its 33^rd operator member, extending the world-wide community of mobile network operators committed to deployment of O-RAN.

The O-RAN ALLIANCE, fulfilling its mission to transform Radio Access Networks to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable, today announced that it has approved four new Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) in North America:

• North American OTIC in the Boston Area (Northeastern University)
• North American OTIC in Central Iowa (ARA)
• North American OTIC in Salt Lake City (POWDER)
• North American OTIC in Washington, DC/Arlington, VA

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• PlugFest validations from 60 companies, 10 global labs, plus further proof of momentum at MWC Shanghai
• Key activities included conformance testing of new products, security testing, and advanced RIC testing
• RIC use cases reveal the potential of AI in driving network optimization including energy savings and load balancing

• 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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