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DOCOMO to Develop RAN Intelligent Controller Enabling Multivendor Interoperability for Open Radio Access Networks

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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TOKYO, Feb 28, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has begun researching and developing a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) that enables multivendor interoperability for open radio-access networks (Open RAN).

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Feb 28, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. announced today that it has begun researching and developing a RAN intelligent controller (RIC) that enables multivendor interoperability for open radio-access networks (Open RAN).
  • The RIC, a software-defined framework that automatically controls and optimizes RAN functions together with various types of RIC application software, will serve a vital role in Open RAN by interconnecting with multivendor base station equipment for improved network quality and efficiency as well as reduced operational costs.
  • Verifications are expected eventually to demonstrate how the RIC can enhance the communication quality and customer experiences, as well as reduce operational cost, which is essential for promoting flexible and scalable Open RAN comprising multivendor equipment.
  • DOCOMO will also demonstrate how its envisioned RIC can intelligently optimize effective use of radio frequency through new RIC application software that controls antenna beams when signals are transmitted from base stations.

NTT DATA and VMware Collaborate to Accelerate Open RAN Adoption and Deployment

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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Mobile World Congress 2023 -- NTT DATA and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced an expanded collaboration to accelerate the path to software-defined, large-scale Open RAN deployments through combined solutions and services.

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  • Mobile World Congress 2023 -- NTT DATA and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced an expanded collaboration to accelerate the path to software-defined, large-scale Open RAN deployments through combined solutions and services.
  • NTT DATA and VMware recognize that CSPs are moving towards an Open RAN future state deployment and seeking to leverage a horizontal, modern telco cloud platform to achieve greater scale, efficiency, and agility in their radio access networks.
  • Through this collaboration, NTT DATA and VMware will aim to expedite CSPs’ ability to leverage best practices and Open RAN large scale deployment know-how, including instantiation, configuration, testing and operation of cloud-native functions (CNFs) on either new or existing network deployments.
  • NTT DATA and VMware are members of the 5G Open RAN Ecosystem eXperience (OREXTM) established by NTT DOCOMO, which includes a lab to allow other CSPs to test and verify Open RAN and vRAN applications, platforms and systems.

Synchronoss Announces Strong Messaging Platform Growth in Asia Pacific Fueled by Advanced Messaging

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SNCR), a global leader and innovator in cloud, messaging and digital products and platforms, today announced strong growth in Asia Pacific, primarily fueled by growth in its Advanced Messaging business.

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  • BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SNCR), a global leader and innovator in cloud, messaging and digital products and platforms, today announced strong growth in Asia Pacific, primarily fueled by growth in its Advanced Messaging business.
  • Another prominent service provider in Asia Pacific recently announced a major milestone, delivering email services to over 50 million users .
  • The end-to-end email platform, powered by Synchronoss Email Suite and the Mx9 core messaging platform, is highly scalable and ensures security and data privacy for its subscribers.
  • “The recent deployments and milestones are fueling the momentum of our Messaging platforms in the Asia Pacific region,” said Jeff Miller, President and CEO of Synchronoss.

DOCOMO and NTT Expand 6G Collaborations with World-leading Vendors Including Ericsson and Keysight Technologies

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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TOKYO, Feb 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) announced today that they will expand their 6G experimental trials(1) with five world-leading vendors, including with newly added Ericsson and Keysight Technologies, Inc. (Keysight Technologies) as well as existing collaborators Fujitsu, NEC and Nokia.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Feb 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) announced today that they will expand their 6G experimental trials(1) with five world-leading vendors, including with newly added Ericsson and Keysight Technologies, Inc. (Keysight Technologies) as well as existing collaborators Fujitsu, NEC and Nokia.
  • DOCOMO and NTT have been collaborating with Fujitsu, NEC and Nokia on trials(3),(4) of such technologies as well as related AI technologies since June 2022.
  • DOCOMO, NTT and Ericsson have now formally agreed to begin testing new 6G wireless interfaces for mid-band 6-15GHz frequencies as well as sub-terahertz 100GHz bands capable of ultra-fast data transmission.
  • Also, DOCOMO, NTT and Keysight Technologies have agreed to test radio propagation for ultra-wideband communication using sub-terahertz bands.

DOCOMO Cooperating on Open RAN Initiatives with 5 Global Operators

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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TOKYO, Feb 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Vodafone and NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) agreed to cooperate to bring the benefits of open radio access networks (Open RAN) to a wider operator and vendor community.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Feb 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - Vodafone and NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) agreed to cooperate to bring the benefits of open radio access networks (Open RAN) to a wider operator and vendor community.
  • Smaller suppliers and startups will particularly benefit by avoiding costly duplicate testing with multiple operators, strengthening diversity in the global supply chain.
  • Naoki Tani, Chief Technology Officer of NTT DOCOMO, said: "We look forward to combining Vodafone's R&D and thought leadership in Open RAN system integration and DOCOMO's experience in deploying a multi-vendor 5G Open RAN commercial service in Japan.
  • Our collaboration will help to accelerate the broad commercial adoption of Open RAN and realize a vibrant RAN ecosystem for 5G and beyond."

Qualcomm and NEC Further the Commercialization of Virtualized and Open RAN

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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- New NEC virtualized distributed unit (vDU) solution to incorporate the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card.

Key Points: 
  • - New NEC virtualized distributed unit (vDU) solution to incorporate the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card.
  • - Qualcomm 5G RAN Platforms will provide high-performance, energy-efficiency, and low-latency for NEC products, enabling an increase in network capacity and the full realization of the transformative potential of 5G.
  • TOKYO, Feb 27, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - During MWC Barcelona 2023, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and NEC Corporation highlighted their continued commitment to push the commercialization of next-generation networks with the introduction of the latest 5G vDU from NEC.
  • "A benefit of Open RAN is the capability to introduce technology advancements by combining strengths of multiple companies," said Sadayuki Abeta, Vice President, Global Head of Open RAN Solutions, NTT DOCOMO.

DOCOMO Cooperating on Open RAN Initiatives with 5 Global Operators

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Monday, February 27, 2023
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View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230226005031/en/

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230226005031/en/
    OREX (Open RAN Ecosystem Experience) (Graphic: Business Wire)
    KT and DOCOMO signed a memorandum of understanding in January 20221 to support Open RAN and are now verifying an Open RAN system.
  • Also, DISH plans to evaluate the product performance and stability of Open RAN at the Shared Open Lab, DOCOMO's Open RAN verification environment in Japan.
  • Singtel and DOCOMO agreed to evaluate Open RAN technologies and explore an Open RAN introduction.
  • DOCOMO has also announced today that it has adopted the "OREXTM" (Open RAN Ecosystem Experience) brand to strengthen the support scheme for international telecom operators in delivering the Open RAN system.

NTT DOCOMO and SK Telecom Release White Papers on Green Mobile Networks and 6G Requirements

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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TOKYO, Feb 22, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. and Korean telecommunication operator SK Telecom (SKT) today announced their joint release of two white papers on energy-efficient 5G mobile networks and related technologies, as well as requirements for future 6G networks.

Key Points: 
  • TOKYO, Feb 22, 2023 - (JCN Newswire) - NTT DOCOMO, INC. and Korean telecommunication operator SK Telecom (SKT) today announced their joint release of two white papers on energy-efficient 5G mobile networks and related technologies, as well as requirements for future 6G networks.
  • The release of the white papers is the first outcome of a basic agreement that NTT DOCOMO and SKT signed last November to explore opportunities for technical collaboration on next-generation telecommunication infrastructure technologies for 5G Evolution and 6G.
  • "Based on our experience and knowhow in 5G, we will continue to collaborate with world-leading operators such as NTT DOCOMO to lead 5G evolution towards 6G."
  • Takehiro Nakamura, Chief Technology Architect, NTT DOCOMO, said: "We are delighted to jointly announce two white papers on green mobile networks and 6G requirements as our collaborative achievements with SKT started in November 2022.

DOCOMO and NEC Complete Designing Carrier-grade, Hybrid Cloud, Redundant 5G SA Core Leveraging AWS, along with Successful Onboarding and Testing of 5G User Plane for Edge

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023
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DOCOMO and NEC also successfully onboarded NEC's 5G User Plane Function1 software dedicated to edge computing (Edge UPF) on the AWS Graviton32 processor.

Key Points: 
  • DOCOMO and NEC also successfully onboarded NEC's 5G User Plane Function1 software dedicated to edge computing (Edge UPF) on the AWS Graviton32 processor.
  • The verification is expected to support the faster construction and reduced energy consumption of 5GCs and Edge UPFs for IoT use cases.
  • NEC's highly reliable cloud-native 5GC/UPF software and AWS's innovatively energy-efficient AWS Graviton processor were key contributors to these great achievements.
  • (1) User Plane Function is the part of the network that connects data from wireless networks to the Internet.

Fujitsu launches new 5G vRAN solution, contributing to the realization of flexible, open networks

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Monday, February 20, 2023
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This enables telecommunication carriers to build a flexible open network with a simple device configuration that can be ramped up with a variety of functions.

Key Points: 
  • This enables telecommunication carriers to build a flexible open network with a simple device configuration that can be ramped up with a variety of functions.
  • With this new solution, Fujitsu aims to contribute to the global expansion of the open 5G network in cooperation with telecom operators including NTT DOCOMO.
  • The construction of more effective and resilient systems represents an increasingly urgent challenge for telecommunications carriers that operate their own networks.
  • In this way, Fujitsu realized a system where various applications can be operated via 5G networks with a simpler all-in-one device configuration than before.