RAN

VIAVI and Broadcom Expand RIC Testbed as a Service to Advance Digital Twin Environments

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Digital Twin modeling, based on AI and enabling new predictive capabilities, is fast emerging as a vital solution to fortify increasingly complex networks.

Key Points: 
  • Digital Twin modeling, based on AI and enabling new predictive capabilities, is fast emerging as a vital solution to fortify increasingly complex networks.
  • By creating a virtual model of a network in the lab, service providers can more quickly and effectively model network behaviors and disruptions.
  • With TBaaS from VIAVI and VMware, RIC applications address the need for simulations using realistic data.
  • VIAVI provides geolocation intelligence and xApps/rApps, with real RAN data over the VMware RIC platform.

Zinkworks and Samsung Collaborate to Showcase rApp Innovations at Mobile World Congress 2024

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

ATHLONE, Ireland, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zinkworks, a provider of turnkey development services, is excited to announce its collaboration with Samsung to showcase its revolutionary rApps at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024.

Key Points: 
  • ATHLONE, Ireland, Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Zinkworks, a provider of turnkey development services, is excited to announce its collaboration with Samsung to showcase its revolutionary rApps at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024.
  • The event, held at the Fira Grand Via in Barcelona, will see Samsung demonstrating Zinkworks' cutting-edge rApps at Booth 2M20 located in Hall 2.
  • We look forward to seeing partners of the growing RIC ecosystem develop various rApps use cases such as Zinkwork's traffic and QoS prediction."
  • Paul Madden, CEO of Zinkworks, said: "We look forward to being back at Mobile World Congress this year and collaborating with Samsung, who will be demonstrating the future of network prediction with Zinkworks rApps, as part of their Samsung SMO rApp Ecosystem."

RAN Market Shows Faint Signals of Life in 4Q 2023, According to Dell'Oro Group

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, security, networks, and data center industries, preliminary findings reveal that the Radio Access Network (RAN) market concluded the year with another difficult quarter, resulting in a global decrease of nearly $4 billion in RAN revenues for the full year of 2023. However, despite these challenges, the results for the quarter exceeded expectations, partly due to robust 5G deployments in China.

Key Points: 
  • "Following the intense rise between 2017 and 2021, it's clear that the broader RAN market is now experiencing a setback, as two out of the six tracked regions are facing notable declines," said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President for RAN market research at the Dell'Oro Group.
  • Additional highlights from the 4Q 2023 RAN report:
    Overall concentration in the RAN market showed signs of improvement in 2021 and 2022, but this progress slowed down in 2023.
  • While full-year RAN rankings remained mostly unchanged for major suppliers, revenue shares within the RAN market showed more variability, with Huawei and ZTE enhancing their global revenue shares.
  • Regional projections are mostly unchanged, with market conditions expected to remain tough in 2024 due to difficult comparisons in India.

MWC Barcelona: VIAVI to Demonstrate AI, Cloud & Open Network Optimization With More Than 20 Industry Partners

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

NEC will demonstrate vRAN with Arm, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Red Hat, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks, Inc., featuring the VIAVI TM500 Network Tester .

Key Points: 
  • NEC will demonstrate vRAN with Arm, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Red Hat, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Juniper Networks, Inc., featuring the VIAVI TM500 Network Tester .
  • The two companies will demonstrate an end-to-end Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN-NR) testbed including the VIAVI TM500 Network Tester.
  • Demonstration of DELL's methodology and benchmarking at Open Telecom Ecosystem Labs (OTEL) and the VIAVI NITRO Wireless O-RAN Test Suite.
  • To learn more about VIAVI at MWC 2024 or to book a meeting in advance, click here .

Ecrio and Casa Systems Partner to Offer Voice Communication for 5G Mission Critical Private Cellular Networks

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

CUPERTINO, Calif. and ANDOVER, Mass., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ecrio, the leading supplier of Mobile Communications and Messaging for Private Cellular Networks, announced today that Casa Systems has successfully achieved interoperability and validation of its industry leading cloud-native 5G Core with Ecrio's iota-e Communication IMS, VoLTE, VoNR and MCPTT server software for Mission Critical Connectivity and Communication of Private 5G Network deployments.

Key Points: 
  • iota-e is powered by Ecrio's FlexEDGE™ technology to deliver 3GPP and GSMA compliant IMS based communication software in a small footprint ideally suited for Private Networks.
  • It features pick-and-build functionality covering person-to-person native voice or video calling, Mission Critical Push to Talk for frontline workers, and human-to-machine communication for command and control of Drones, Robots and Cameras.
  • "We are excited to enter into this partnership with Casa to address the rapidly growing demand for Private Cellular and mission critical communications" said Michel Gannage, Founder and CEO of Ecrio.
  • "I am delighted to witness Casa and Ecrio, respectively leaders of 5G Networking and Communications, get together to offer the most advanced Mission Critical Private Networks in the Industry", said Stephen Spellicy, telecom industry expert (former VMware Executive).

CTOne Launches New O-RAN and Private 5G Security Solutions at MWC Barcelona 2024

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Monday, February 19, 2024

TAIPEI, Feb. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CTOne, a Trend Micro™ company, today announced new Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) and end-to-end private 5G security solutions. At the Mobile World Conference (MWC) Barcelona 2024, CTOne will be showcasing next-generation security solutions that will propel organizations to utilize the full potential of private 5G while effectively managing associated cyber-risks. The new capabilities for protecting private 5G networks focus on supporting advanced wireless needs for the telecom industry, systems integrators, and private 5G network users.

Key Points: 
  • TAIPEI, Feb. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CTOne , a Trend Micro™ company, today announced new Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) and end-to-end private 5G security solutions.
  • At the Mobile World Conference (MWC) Barcelona 2024, CTOne will be showcasing next-generation security solutions that will propel organizations to utilize the full potential of private 5G while effectively managing associated cyber-risks.
  • The new capabilities for protecting private 5G networks focus on supporting advanced wireless needs for the telecom industry, systems integrators, and private 5G network users.
  • Jason Huang, CEO of CTOne: "Private 5G is becoming increasingly popular among organizations worldwide as it provides a competitive edge and significant business value.

DOCOMO to Conduct Open RAN Field Trials with Ooredoo, Smart and StarHub

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

(Ooredoo), Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and StarHub Limited (StarHub) to conduct field trials aimed at accelerating the global adoption of mobile networks built on Open RAN architecture, which will help to eliminate global communication gaps by enabling open, interoperable interfaces and virtualization.

Key Points: 
  • (Ooredoo), Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and StarHub Limited (StarHub) to conduct field trials aimed at accelerating the global adoption of mobile networks built on Open RAN architecture, which will help to eliminate global communication gaps by enabling open, interoperable interfaces and virtualization.
  • Ooredoo, with the aim of future adoption of Open RAN in Middle East, will partner this year with DOCOMO to conduct a verification test that simulates the in house operation of a commercial Open RAN.
  • The field test that DOCOMO will conduct with StarHub will take place after an initial Open RAN verification test, as a step towards expanding StarHub's new business using Open RAN.
  • Going forward, DOCOMO will continue to support global telecom operators in their adoption of Open RAN with its OREX offerings, strengthening its cooperation with global partners to make Open RAN a reality.

NEC Selected by NTT DOCOMO as a Virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) Vendor

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Monday, February 26, 2024

TOKYO, Feb 26, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced its selection by NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (DOCOMO) as a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) vendor for DOCOMO's nationwide 5G commercial network services.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Feb 26, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced its selection by NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (DOCOMO) as a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) vendor for DOCOMO's nationwide 5G commercial network services.
  • Going forward, NEC plans to provide DOCOMO with vRAN for use in creating flexible and highly scalable 5G networks to be operated on the company's commercial networks.
  • NEC already provides virtualization technologies for vEPC (*3) for DOCOMO's 4G commercial services and 5G mobile core network (5GC).
  • Michio Kiuchi, Corporate Executive Vice President of NEC said, "We are honored to be selected by DOCOMO as a commercial 5G vRAN vendor.

NEC, Arm, Qualcomm, Red Hat, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise demonstrate Open vRAN and 5G Core UPF using Arm-based CPUs

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards.

Key Points: 
  • NEC's Open vRAN and the 5G Core vUPF deployed on the same server as the vCU are carrier-grade quality cloud-native applications, compliant to O-RAN Alliance and 3GPP standards.
  • They support multiple servers and virtualization platforms and are highly flexible and scalable for a variety of network scenarios and configurations.
  • The new solution includes the HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 powered by Ampere Altra Arm Neoverse-based processors with the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card.
  • HPE ProLiant RL300 Gen11 servers offer an open and power-efficient platform for telco environments, broadening operator choice of infrastructure foundations for vRAN networks."

NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom Release White Paper on Base Station Equipment Utilizing Virtualization Technology

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. and the leading South Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) today announced the joint release of a white paper summarizing the technical outlook for base station equipment using virtualization technology, the latest result of their ongoing technical cooperation.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Feb 20, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. and the leading South Korean telecommunications operator SK Telecom (SKT) today announced the joint release of a white paper summarizing the technical outlook for base station equipment using virtualization technology, the latest result of their ongoing technical cooperation.
  • The white paper reviews the future prospects of virtualized RAN (vRAN) base station equipment for use by telecommunications operators, drawing on the two companies' combined experience in network construction and operation.
  • In addition to outlining expectations for base station equipment vendors, the paper also discusses technical insights targeted at telecom operators.
  • (1) NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom to Collaborate on Technological Advancement of Metaverse, Digital Media and 5G/6G (November 22, 2022) www.docomo.ne.jp/info/news_release/2022/11/21_00.html (in Japanese only)
    (2) NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom Release White Papers on Green Mobile Networks and 6G Requirements (February 22, 2023) www.docomo.ne.jp/english/info/media_center/pr/2023/0222_00.html