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NTT Communications: Digital Event Connects Tokyo and Kanazawa via World's Longest IOWN APN to Commemorate Hokuriku Shinkansen Line's Extension

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

For the connection, NTT Com provided its APN Leased Line Plan powered by IOWN,2 which used the longest optical cable ever deployed in an IOWN demonstration and the first to be deployed in Japan's Hokuriku region.

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  • For the connection, NTT Com provided its APN Leased Line Plan powered by IOWN,2 which used the longest optical cable ever deployed in an IOWN demonstration and the first to be deployed in Japan's Hokuriku region.
  • Kanazawa City provided the demonstration environment and operated the venue in its area and NTT Com provided the APN transmission equipment and the venue in Tokyo.
  • This was the first time in Japan that a metaverse space open to the public was used for a music event.
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    2 NTT Com began offering APN communication services spanning prefectures from March 1 to meet customers' needs for advanced communication infrastructure.

Earlyworks selected as a co-creation partner for MetaMe® a meta-communication service utilizing cutting-edge technology from NTT DOCOMO, one of Japan's largest cell phone operators!

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Earlyworks Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ELWS) (the “Company” or “Earlyworks”), a Japanese company operating its proprietary private blockchain technology, Grid Ledger System (“GLS”)*, has been selected as a co-creation partner for MetaMe®, a meta-communication service utilizing cutting-edge technology from NTT DOCOMO, INC. (“DOCOMO”), one of Japan's largest cell phone operators.

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  • Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Earlyworks Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ELWS) (the “Company” or “Earlyworks”), a Japanese company operating its proprietary private blockchain technology, Grid Ledger System (“GLS”)*, has been selected as a co-creation partner for MetaMe®, a meta-communication service utilizing cutting-edge technology from NTT DOCOMO, INC. (“DOCOMO”), one of Japan's largest cell phone operators.

Ooredoo and Wind River Trial First-of-its-kind Open RAN Solution for Indoor Coverage in Qatar, Partners with OREX to Pioneer the Networks of the Future

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Monday, February 26, 2024

However, this implementation is a first-of-its-kind, aiming at delivering on the promises of Open RAN in the in-building environment.

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  • However, this implementation is a first-of-its-kind, aiming at delivering on the promises of Open RAN in the in-building environment.
  • The field trial, set to commence in Q1 2024, will be conducted in cooperation with OREX, the trademark and service brand of NTT DOCOMO Inc for Open RAN.
  • Studio addresses service providers’ complex challenge of deploying and managing cloud-native infrastructure for core-to-edge distributed cloud networks to provide traditional RAN performance in a vRAN/Open RAN deployment.
  • Wind River continues to be a leader in the telecom landscape with its large-scale commercial vRAN/Open RAN deployments.

DOCOMO and NEC to Establish “OREX SAI” Joint Venture to Provide OREX Packages for Open RAN Global Deployments

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Monday, February 26, 2024

NTT DOCOMO, INC. and NEC Corporation announced today that they plan to establish a joint venture company, OREX SAI, INC. on April 1 to provide OREX Packages solutions for the full-scale global deployment of Open RAN services.

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  • NTT DOCOMO, INC. and NEC Corporation announced today that they plan to establish a joint venture company, OREX SAI, INC. on April 1 to provide OREX Packages solutions for the full-scale global deployment of Open RAN services.
  • Leveraging NEC’s established business infrastructure and global network in over 50 countries and territories, the joint venture will accelerate its global expansion of Open RAN business.
  • In their collaboration with OREX PARTNERS to realize Open RAN, DOCOMO and NEC recognize the importance of optimizing local product and service delivery.
  • In response, they will now form a joint venture company to establish a global system capable of accelerating the realization of Open RAN.

SAPEON collaborates with DOCOMO Innovations for AI services enhancement

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Monday, February 26, 2024

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SAPEON (CEO Soojung Ryu, www.sapeon.com), a global AI semiconductor company, proudly announced their partnership with DOCOMO Innovations, INC. based in Silicon Valley, a subsidiary of Japan's largest mobile operator, NTT DOCOMO, INC..

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  • SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- SAPEON (CEO Soojung Ryu, www.sapeon.com ), a global AI semiconductor company, proudly announced their partnership with DOCOMO Innovations, INC. based in Silicon Valley, a subsidiary of Japan's largest mobile operator, NTT DOCOMO, INC..
  • This collaboration marks a significant step in expanding AI services, focusing on cost reduction, enhancing internal operations, and accelerating the development of innovative AI solutions.
  • SAPEON and DOCOMO Innovations have entered into an agreement to explore various applications, including Large Language Models (LLMs), image and video processing, and computer vision AI applications.
  • As a part of this initiative, DOCOMO Innovations has commenced testing of SAPEON's newly launched AI semiconductor, the X330 which enables them to test customized models and Large Language Models (LLMs).

Marvell Collaborates with Industry Leaders to Deliver NTT DOCOMO OREX RAN Solutions

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Technology from Dell Technologies, Fujitsu and Wind River combine with Marvell silicon to deliver Open RAN solutions, now available.

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  • Technology from Dell Technologies, Fujitsu and Wind River combine with Marvell silicon to deliver Open RAN solutions, now available.
  • BARCELONA, Spain and SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL), a leader in data infrastructure semiconductor solutions, today announced it has collaborated with leading companies to develop Open RAN solutions for use in NTT DOCOMO's OREX RAN infrastructure.
  • "The fourth generation of Marvell OCTEON 10 technology meets the demanding requirements of NTT DOCOMO's OREX RAN specifications.
  • The Marvell solution uniquely blends the optimized accelerators prevalent in today's deployments into the cloud environment," said Sadayuki Abeta, OREX evangelist and global head of Open RAN Solutions at NTT DOCOMO.

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.

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  • (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.

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  • 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.

DOCOMO and NTT Expand 6G Collaborations with SK Telecom and Rohde & Schwarz

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

TOKYO, Feb 22, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) announced today that they have added two new global partners to their collaborative 6G trials with the world's leading vendors and global operators: telecom operator SK Telecom Co., Ltd (SK Telecom) and Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (Rohde & Schwarz), a manufacturer of high-frequency high-performance measurement instruments.

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  • TOKYO, Feb 22, 2024 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) announced today that they have added two new global partners to their collaborative 6G trials with the world's leading vendors and global operators: telecom operator SK Telecom Co., Ltd (SK Telecom) and Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG (Rohde & Schwarz), a manufacturer of high-frequency high-performance measurement instruments.
  • As part of its technical collaboration3 with DOCOMO and NTT, SK Telecom will participate in trials using AI technology to tailor radio interfaces for various propagation environments, which is being conducted jointly by DOCOMO with NTT and Nokia.
  • The trial will now be expanded to include environments closer to envisioned uses, leveraging SK Telecom's expertise as a telecom operator and ecosystem creator, similar to DOCOMO.
  • Through these efforts, DOCOMO and NTT aim to accelerate research and development that will contribute to the global standardization and commercialization of 6G.

Successful demonstration of computing and mobile networks convergence to provide diverse services in the 6G era

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Figure 1 Conventional Network Function, and Communication Service

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  • Figure 1 Conventional Network Function, and Communication Service
    Existing mobile networks transfer data independently of device and cloud data processing.
  • On the other hand, 6G requires that device and cloud services work together closely to realize advanced services such as cyber-physical convergence(3).
  • Demonstration experiments on the convergence of mobile network and computing for 6G were conducted in the following areas.
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