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O-RAN Alliance, Telecom Infra Project (TIP) & OCP Telco may open up telecom equipment market to new entrants
“There was more choice of network equipment suppliers 15 years ago than there is now and the industry is keen on expanding that vendor ecosystem,” Vodafone Group PLC’s Head of Network Strategy and Architecture, Santiago Tenorio, told Dow Jones Newswires. For sure, the telecom industry would like to have more network equipment vendors to diversify… Read more
TIP OpenRAN and O-RAN Alliance liaison and collaboration for Open Radio Access Networks
Overview: The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) OpenRAN project and the O-RAN Alliance today announced a liaison agreement to ensure their alignment in developing interoperable, disaggregated and open Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions. Since their inception, the overlapping efforts of the two consortiums led to a lot of questions about duplication of work, different specs and… Read more
NEC and Mavenir collaborate to deliver 5G Open vRAN platform
NEC Corp. and Mavenir entered a collaboration agreement to deliver a 5G Open virtualized RAN (vRAN) platform to the Japanese enterprise market. This move will open up Local/Private 5G Network opportunities for enterprises, regional authorities and other organizations, according to the companies. Under this collaboration, NEC and Mavenir said they will jointly work on 5G… Read more
O-RAN Alliance and Linux Foundation form O-RAN Open Source Community; Open Networking Assessment and Telcos
On April 2nd, the O-RAN Alliance and the Linux Foundation jointly announced the creation of the O-RAN Software Community (O-RAN SC). The O-RAN SC will provide open software aligned with the O-RAN Alliance’s open architecture. As a new open source community under the Linux Foundation, the O-RAN SC is sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance, and together… Read more
HKT & Huawei Open Digital Transformation Practice Center in Hong Kong; Indoor 5G Whitepaper
Hong Kong network operator HKT and China IT powerhouse Huawei jointly inaugurated the Digital Transformation Practice Center (DTPC) yesterday in Hong Kong. The DTPC will share the experience and practices of HKT gained during its digital transformation journey, and help guide the digitalization process of other carriers in their development of digital transformation, HKT said…. Read more
AI-RAN Reality Check: hype vs hesitation, shaky business case, no specific definition, no standards?
Introduction: The narrative surrounding “AI-RAN” — a term thrust into the spotlight by Nvidia — may have left many believing that boatloads of GPUs are already powering baseband compute in RAN equipment across the world’s seven million mobile sites. In truth, the reality is far more nascent. Among major RAN vendors, Nokia stands alone in… Read more
RAN Silicon Rethink- Part II; vRAN and General-Purpose Compute
Overview: The global Radio Access Network (RAN) market has experienced a significant decline, dropping by nearly $10 billion in annual product revenue between 2022 and 2024, from roughly $45 billion to about $35 billion by the end of last year (source: Omdia). The big 5 RAN equipment vendors (Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE, and Samsung) are… Read more
Open Cosmos introduces global space-based LEO satellite service for IoT monitoring
Founded in 2015, UK headquartered Open Cosmos has introduced a new integrated satellite service that combines broadband, earth observation, and IoT capabilities to help organizations monitor critical infrastructure, protect environmental assets, and respond more rapidly to events. The company says the offering is unique in combining global IoT connectivity with real-time Earth observation data to… Read more
Will “AI at the Edge” transform telecom or be yet another telco monetization failure?
New Telco Opportunity – AI at the Edge: At MWC 2026 last week, there were a flurry of claims that “AI at the Edge” would transform the telecom industry. One of many examples is an article titled, “The AI edge boom is giving telecom a new strategic role.” In that piece, Jeff Aaron, vice president… Read more
AT&T and Ericsson boost Cloud RAN performance with AI-native software running on Intel Xeon 6 SoC
Overview: AT&T and Ericsson have completed a milestone Cloud RAN test by successfully demonstrating Ericsson’s AI-native Link Adaptation [1.] on a Cloud RAN stack powered by Intel Xeon 6 SoC. The test showed how artificial intelligence (AI) can improve spectral efficiency and network responsiveness in real-world conditions. Conducted over AT&T’s licensed frequency bands, the experiment was… Read more