NTT DOCOMO

Nokia deploys energy-efficient multi-supplier O-RAN 5G network with NTT DOCOMO

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Monday, November 20, 2023
Cloud, Radio access network, Central Unit, NTT DOCOMO, RAN, INC, Ecosystem, Parity, Power distribution unit, Nokia, Software, Partnership, NTT, Safety confirmation, DU, Network equipment provider

Nokia will deploy its fully O-RAN-compliant 5G AirScale baseband solution in DOCOMO’s commercial network.

Key Points: 
  • Nokia will deploy its fully O-RAN-compliant 5G AirScale baseband solution in DOCOMO’s commercial network.
  • Nokia has a long history of partnering with DOCOMO as the RAN provider for its 3G network as well as helping the operator establish a multi-supplier 4G strategy.
  • Masafumi Masuda, General Manager of Radio Access Network Technology Promotion Office, NTT DOCOMO, INC, commented: “Nokia’s O-RAN compatible AirScale 5G Baseband solution is extremely competitive and is capable of being connected to any O-RUs on NTT DOCOMO’s 5G commercial network.
  • We are excited to continue this journey with our long-term partner, NTT DOCOMO, and help them achieve their objective of delivering open networks.”

O-RAN ALLIANCE Advances Technology Readiness Globally Through Fall 2023 PlugFest

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Thursday, December 7, 2023
Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Software, Networks, Hardware, Carriers and Services, Quanta, Cloud, LENOVO, Electronics, AirHop Communications, HFR, UNH-IOL, ETRI, EURECOM, LG Uplus, RIC, CableLabs, DZS, TIM, Yokosuka Research Park, Fujitsu, Keysight, The Integration Centre, Digital Catapult, Quanta Cloud Technology, YRP, Automation, Telefónica, Viavi Solutions, Analog Devices, NTT, NEC, ABI Solid Sequencing, AT&T, Plugtest, Verizon Communications, SoftBank Group, NTT DATA, Spirent, Ciena, NIST, Deutsche Telekom, VVDN, SK Telecom, KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Red Hat, National Instruments, Radio access network, Anritsu, Samsung Electronics, Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies, VMware, Nightclub, Radisys, NVIDIA, Nokia, Infinera, Qualcomm, Vodafone

The O-RAN ALLIANCE, fulfilling its mission to transform Radio Access Networks to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable, today announced the successful completion of the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2023.

Key Points: 
  • The O-RAN ALLIANCE, fulfilling its mission to transform Radio Access Networks to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable, today announced the successful completion of the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2023.
  • The O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2023 carried out critical testing and validation of O-RAN technologies to support and encourage ongoing adoption by the industry.
  • O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2023 was co-hosted by 24 major operators, Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) and independent institutions.
  • “In the Fall 2023 PlugFest, we expanded scope of testing beyond lab-based conformance and interoperability of equipment.

Netcracker Receives Global and Asia-Pacific OSS/BSS Awards from Frost & Sullivan

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, Telecommunications, Software, 5G, Internet, Netcracker Technology, Virgin Media O2, NTT DOCOMO, Research, RAN, Automation, ICT, OSS/BSS, Frost, SVP, Growth, NTT, E

Netcracker Technology announced today that it has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2023 Technology Innovation Leadership award for Global OSS/BSS and 2023 Company of the Year award for Asia-Pacific OSS/BSS.

Key Points: 
  • Netcracker Technology announced today that it has received Frost & Sullivan’s 2023 Technology Innovation Leadership award for Global OSS/BSS and 2023 Company of the Year award for Asia-Pacific OSS/BSS.
  • These awards illustrate Netcracker’s ongoing commitment to creating products and solutions designed to address customers’ needs and keep up with changing industry trends.
  • According to Frost & Sullivan, Netcracker’s consistency and dedication to its customers were key reasons for receiving these prestigious awards.
  • In Europe, Netcracker has partnered with Nuuday to modernize its BSS/OSS and played an integral part in the transformation journey of Virgin Media O2.

Amazon’s Project Kuiper and NTT/SKY Perfect JSAT Form Strategic Collaboration to Bring Advanced Satellite Connectivity Options to Japan

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
5G, Telecommunications, Satellite, Networks, Internet, Technology, Carriers and Services, Mobile, Wireless, Kuiper, Kuiper Systems, NTT DOCOMO, SKY PerfecTV!, SKY Perfect JSAT, Multimedia, Emergency, JSAT, Machine learning, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, JSAT Corporation, SKY, LEO, Partnership, Amazon Web Services, Communication, AMZN, NTT Communications, AI, Rochester Telephone Corporation, AWS, NTT, Mobile phone, Management, Communications satellite, Amazon

Today, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (NTT DOCOMO), NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) announced they have formed a strategic collaboration with Project Kuiper, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), to bring advanced, reliable, and far-reaching satellite connectivity options to customers in Japan.

Key Points: 
  • Today, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, Inc. (NTT DOCOMO), NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com), and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) announced they have formed a strategic collaboration with Project Kuiper, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite broadband network from Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), to bring advanced, reliable, and far-reaching satellite connectivity options to customers in Japan.
  • The companies expect to use Project Kuiper satellite connectivity services to enhance communications availability and resiliency for Japanese customers.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231127979198/en/
    As part of this collaboration, NTT and SKY Perfect JSAT plan to distribute Project Kuiper connectivity services to enterprises and government organizations in Japan, while NTT Group companies become customers of Project Kuiper.
  • The companies plan to use Project Kuiper to provide their customers with new connectivity options to build out resilient, redundant communications networks.

NTT DOCOMO Completes Public Tender Offer for INTAGE HOLDINGS Common Stock

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Data collection, NTT DOCOMO, NTT, Mobile phone

TOKYO, Oct 17, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO), aiming to expand its marketing solutions business, announced today that it has successfully completed its public tender offer, at a total cost of approximately 47.1 billion yen, to acquire 19,621,921 (51.00%) common shares issued by marketing-support company INTAGE HOLDINGS, Inc. (INTAGE HD).

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Oct 17, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO), aiming to expand its marketing solutions business, announced today that it has successfully completed its public tender offer, at a total cost of approximately 47.1 billion yen, to acquire 19,621,921 (51.00%) common shares issued by marketing-support company INTAGE HOLDINGS, Inc. (INTAGE HD).
  • The offer period was from September 7 to October 16, during which DOCOMO offered to acquire more than 15,389,700 shares, or 40.0%, of INTAGE HD's common stock.
  • The settlement will take place on October 23, after which INTAGE HD will become a subsidiary company of DOCOMO.
  • Through this public tender offer, DOCOMO will combine its extensive membership base of approximately 96 million,(1) the largest in the Japanese market, with INTAGE HD's expertise in data handling, aiming to enhance the value of this data through improved data collection, aggregation, analysis, visualization, and data mastering.

OREX Announces OREX Open RAN Service Lineup

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
OREX, Maintenance, Communication, Wireless network, Computer, INC, ICT, Fujitsu, Intel, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NTT DOCOMO, Architecture, NTT, Rus, SMO, Radio, COTS, Software, Mobile phone, Rail transport, Network equipment provider, Radio access network, NVIDIA

TOKYO, Sept 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its brand-new service lineup of OREX RAN, OREX SMO, and OREX Services, part of its commitment to becoming an Open RAN service provider for international telecom operators.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Sept 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its brand-new service lineup of OREX RAN, OREX SMO, and OREX Services, part of its commitment to becoming an Open RAN service provider for international telecom operators.
  • OREX is DOCOMO's Open RAN service brand, developed in collaboration with multiple global vendors.
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    In the OREX RAN offering, OREX leverages the features of Open RAN, allowing the combination of various vendor products to provide base stations that are highly cost-effective.
  • Going forward, DOCOMO will continue to support global telecom operators in their adoption of Open RAN with its new OREX offerings, strengthening its cooperation with global partners to make Open RAN a reality.

Wind River Delivers Wind River Studio for NTT DOCOMO’s Commercial Deployment of 5G vRAN Base Stations in Japan

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Technology, Mobile, Wireless, 5G, Security, Telecommunications, Software, Networks, Internet, Data Management, Cloud, Maintenance, VDU, NVIDIA, NTT DOCOMO, Studio, Fujitsu, AI, NTT, TCO, Automation, Mobile phone, Network equipment provider

Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced that Wind River Studio is being used by NTT DOCOMO for its 5G virtualized network, which started commercial deployment this month in Japan .

Key Points: 
  • Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced that Wind River Studio is being used by NTT DOCOMO for its 5G virtualized network, which started commercial deployment this month in Japan .
  • For the launch of NTT DOCOMO’s first vRAN commercial service, Wind River Studio Cloud Platform was integrated with Fujitsu’s virtualized central unit (vCU) and virtualized distributed unit (vDU) with the latest NVIDIA-converged accelerator.
  • “This technology can help enable innovative new use cases for a spectrally efficient 5G network.”
    Wind River provides both its Studio Cloud Platform and Studio Analytics capabilities to NTT DOCOMO.
  • Studio addresses the complex challenges service providers face in deploying and managing geographically distributed, ultra-low latency infrastructure and enables large-scale deployment of 5G virtualized base stations.

Fujitsu delivers O-RAN ALLIANCE-compliant 5G virtualized RAN solution for NTT DOCOMO's 5G commercial network services

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
NVIDIA GPU, Graphics processing unit, OREX, Telehealth, VDU, Radio access network, Open, Apple–Intel architecture, Telecommunications, DPU, RAN, NVIDIA, DX, NTT DOCOMO, Ecosystem, NTT, SVP, SMO, CO2, GPU, Network equipment provider, Renewable energy, Video game, Mobile phone, Fujitsu

TOKYO, Sept 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced that it has successfully delivered its O-RAN ALLIANCE-compliant 5G virtualized RAN solution for use in NTT DOCOMO, INC.'s (hereinafter DOCOMO) 5G commercial network services beginning in September 2023.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Sept 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced that it has successfully delivered its O-RAN ALLIANCE-compliant 5G virtualized RAN solution for use in NTT DOCOMO, INC.'s (hereinafter DOCOMO) 5G commercial network services beginning in September 2023.
  • Fujitsu's new solution will offer potential customers greater flexibility in selecting equipment, commercial-grade reliability, and cost-effective infrastructure when considering the deployment of 5G commercial network services.
  • It will contribute to further development of DOCOMO's network, and will promote more efficient global deployment of Open RAN by accumulating commercial know-how."
  • Masaki Taniguchi, SVP, Head of Mobile System Business Unit:
    "We are very pleased to announce the adoption of our 5G virtualized RAN solution for DOCOMO's 5G commercial services.

DOCOMO to Transfer Ownership of 1,552 Telecommunication Towers to JTOWER to Promote Infrastructure Sharing

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
NTT DOCOMO, NTT, Telecommunications, Mobile phone, Renewable energy

TOKYO, Sept 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - JTOWER Inc. ("JTOWER") and NTT DOCOMO, INC. ("DOCOMO") announced today that they have decided to conclude a new master transaction agreement aimed at facilitating the sharing of DOCOMO's current telecommunication tower infrastructure.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Sept 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - JTOWER Inc. ("JTOWER") and NTT DOCOMO, INC. ("DOCOMO") announced today that they have decided to conclude a new master transaction agreement aimed at facilitating the sharing of DOCOMO's current telecommunication tower infrastructure.
  • This agreement will enable the ownership of an additional 1,552 DOCOMO towers to be transferred to JTOWER for the sum of 17 billion yen, with DOCOMO subsequently leasing the towers from JTOWER.
  • In March 2022, JTOWER and DOCOMO entered into the master transaction agreement allowing the transfer of 6,002 of DOCOMO's telecommunications towers to JTOWER.
  • Going forward, JTOWER and DOCOMO will continue transitioning the ownership of towers that meet the necessary criteria in order to accelerate infrastructure sharing.

NTT DOCOMO: OREX Announces OREX® Open RAN Service Lineup

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Technology, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Software, 5G, Networks, Carriers and Services, OREX, Maintenance, Wireless network, Multimedia, INC, Fujitsu, Intel, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, NTT DOCOMO, Knowledge, NTT, Rus, SMO, COTS, Mobile phone, Video game, Rail transport, Network equipment provider, Radio access network, NVIDIA

NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its brand-new service lineup of OREX RAN, OREX SMO, and OREX Services, part of its commitment to becoming an Open RAN service provider for international telecom operators.

Key Points: 
  • NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today its brand-new service lineup of OREX RAN, OREX SMO, and OREX Services, part of its commitment to becoming an Open RAN service provider for international telecom operators.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230926843087/en/
    Open RAN services provided by OREX (OREX Packages) (Graphic: Business Wire)
    OREX is DOCOMO’s Open RAN service brand, developed in collaboration with multiple global vendors.
  • In the OREX RAN offering, OREX leverages the features of Open RAN, allowing the combination of various vendor products to provide base stations that are highly cost-effective.
  • OREX Services provide the procurement and system integration required for the adoption of OREX RAN and OREX SMO, as well as post-implementation operational support and maintenance.