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VIAVI Launches NITRO® Wireless, Delivering Cloud Intelligence and Automation to Accelerate 5G and 6G

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Wednesday, October 4, 2023
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With 5G reaching a tipping point in terms of buildout and capabilities, leading service providers and their ecosystems are developing paths to 6G.

Key Points: 
  • With 5G reaching a tipping point in terms of buildout and capabilities, leading service providers and their ecosystems are developing paths to 6G.
  • The resulting challenges of network performance, quality of service (QoS), security and energy consumption now need to be mitigated and simplified.
  • Military Communications – NITRO Wireless integration and test portfolio offers complete end-to-end and subsystem testing of 5G private military radio and core networks.
  • "With each generation, networks grow more layered, disaggregated and complex," said Ian Langley, Senior Vice President, Wireless Business Unit, VIAVI.

Mavenir Launches Open RAN Intelligent Controller (O-RIC) Offering Enabling Service Differentiation and Network Resource Optimization

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Friday, February 10, 2023
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Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, today announced the availability of its O-RAN alliance Radio Access Network Intelligent Controller (RIC), a next-generation network intelligence offering for Open RAN.

Key Points: 
  • Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, today announced the availability of its O-RAN alliance Radio Access Network Intelligent Controller (RIC), a next-generation network intelligence offering for Open RAN.
  • Mavenir O-RIC enables the creation of differentiated services through open APIs, which enable intelligent closed-loop end-to-end network tuning to optimize network performance, increase cost efficiency and maximize the user experience.
  • Open RAN networks can also now generate new class-of-service revenue streams by adaptively reacting in near-real time to dynamic changes in network, traffic, and load patterns.
  • Traditional RAN networks currently use area wide Self-Organizing Network (SON) models for exercising Radio Resource Management (RRM) and configuration management optimization decisions at a per-cell level.

Global SON (Self-Organizing Networks) Markets in the 5G & Open RAN Era, 2022-2030: Opportunities, Use Cases, Future Roadmap, Challenges, Case Studies, Competitive Landscape, Strategies & Forecasts - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, January 16, 2023
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The "SON (Self-Organizing Networks) in the 5G & Open RAN Era: 2022-2030: Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts" report from SNS Telecom & IT has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "SON (Self-Organizing Networks) in the 5G & Open RAN Era: 2022-2030: Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts" report from SNS Telecom & IT has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The publisher estimates that global spending on RIC platforms, xApps and rApps will reach $120 Million in 2023 as initial implementations move from field trials to production-grade deployments.
  • With commercial maturity, the submarket is further expected to quintuple to nearly $600 Million by the end of 2025.
  • The report comes with an associated Excel datasheet suite covering quantitative data from all numeric forecasts presented in the report.

Fujitsu Unveils Virtuora® Service Management and Orchestration for Intelligent, Resilient and Robust Network Service Delivery

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022
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Fujitsu Network Communications today introduced the Virtuora Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) offering to enable intelligent, automated and adaptive service delivery over multi-layer, multi-vendor mobile networks, subnets, network slices and the cloud.

Key Points: 
  • Fujitsu Network Communications today introduced the Virtuora Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) offering to enable intelligent, automated and adaptive service delivery over multi-layer, multi-vendor mobile networks, subnets, network slices and the cloud.
  • This unified, O-Cloud-enabled software solution provides lifecycle service orchestration, control and management across open RAN networks, and helps integrate and harmonize cloud infrastructure.
  • To enable more adaptive, resilient service delivery across these open networks, the Fujitsu Virtuora SMO offering uses an inherently scalable, cloud-native microservices framework that supports 3GPP, O-RAN and TM Forum industry standards and interfaces.
  • About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.
    Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. is a leading provider of digital transformation solutions for network operators, service providers and content providers worldwide.

P.I. Works and VMware To Bolster O-RAN Adoption and Innovation

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
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RESTON, VA, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- P.I. Works, the leading provider of AI-driven mobile network management solutions, has announced its rApps are now interoperable with VMware's Non-Real-Time RIC (RAN Intelligent Controller) platform, which will allow for the efficient automation and optimization of both existing and Open RAN mobile network elements. The solution will enable operators to make the shift toward introducing O-RAN into their existing networks.

Key Points: 
  • The solution will enable operators to make the shift toward introducing O-RAN into their existing networks.
  • Works adds advanced automation and optimization capabilities to RIC platform to help service providers make the most of their RAN modernization efforts."
  • Works noted: "As a global provider of mobile network automated management solutions, P.I.
  • We believe that our collaboration with VMware will pave way for this within the O-RAN ecosystem and drive innovation to build a better, more sustainable future for the industry."

P.I. Works and VMware To Bolster O-RAN Adoption and Innovation

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022
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RESTON, VA, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- P.I. Works, the leading provider of AI-driven mobile network management solutions, has announced its rApps are now interoperable with VMware's Non-Real-Time RIC (RAN Intelligent Controller) platform, which will allow for the efficient automation and optimization of both existing and Open RAN mobile network elements. The solution will enable operators to make the shift toward introducing O-RAN into their existing networks.

Key Points: 
  • The solution will enable operators to make the shift toward introducing O-RAN into their existing networks.
  • Works adds advanced automation and optimization capabilities to RIC platform to help service providers make the most of their RAN modernization efforts."
  • Works noted: "As a global provider of mobile network automated management solutions, P.I.
  • We believe that our collaboration with VMware will pave way for this within the O-RAN ecosystem and drive innovation to build a better, more sustainable future for the industry."

DISH to Trial VMware RAN Intelligent Controller

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Monday, February 28, 2022
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It is standing up a 5G network from scratch and selected VMware to build the foundation for the complex radio access network (RAN).

Key Points: 
  • It is standing up a 5G network from scratch and selected VMware to build the foundation for the complex radio access network (RAN).
  • Its RAN workloads will run on top of VMware Telco Cloud Platform RAN and, announced today, DISH will trial VMwares RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) as the platform on top of which RAN applications will run.
  • Through this trial, DISH will evaluate VMware RIC on its ability to:
    Create custom solutions from a vibrant ecosystem of RIC innovators: In the coming years, DISH expects a rich ecosystem of xApps and rApps to take shapealmost like an App Store for the RAN.
  • Use RAN programmability and intelligence to automate its Network of Networks: With the ability to access RAN data and program RAN components, RIC applications will help DISH enable progressively smarter automation.

VIAVI Brings its Geolocation Capabilities to the Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that it has collaborated with Ericsson to bring geolocation capabilities to the recently-launched Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform .

Key Points: 
  • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that it has collaborated with Ericsson to bring geolocation capabilities to the recently-launched Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform .
  • The NITRO Mobility geolocation capability from VIAVI will be available as an rApp a modular radio network application leveraging the non-real-time RAN Intelligent Controller (Non-RT RIC) capability of the SMO platform.
  • "We view the Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform as an important step forward for enabling service innovation and automation across Open RAN and purpose-built networks.
  • This journey is getting started with Geolocation that can be used by all other rApps in the Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform / SMO.

Robin.io and AirHop Announce Strategic Partnership to Modernize Open RAN Solutions for 4G/5G Networks

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Monday, October 25, 2021
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By working in close strategic partnership, Robin and AirHop enable the expedited deployment of cloud-native Open RAN in an operationally optimized solution.

Key Points: 
  • By working in close strategic partnership, Robin and AirHop enable the expedited deployment of cloud-native Open RAN in an operationally optimized solution.
  • The AirHop and Robin partnership significantly reduces the development time for systems integrators, MNOs and CSPs by enabling a smooth path to integration and orchestration of self-optimizing Open RAN solutions, which greatly eases the cost and operational effort needed for productization.
  • AirHop provides a suite of real-time network intelligence solutions delivering Radio Access Network (RAN) automation and performance optimization for coverage and capacity, network configuration, mobility optimization and network operations.
  • AirHop real-time RAN optimization and Robin.io hyper-automation are driving both horizontal and vertical automation in Rakuten Mobiles industry leading RCP resulting in operational cost reductions, deployment acceleration and improved performance of Open RAN.

AirHop Joins Juniper Networks Technology Alliance Partner Program to Accelerate Deployment of Open RAN xApps and rApps on Juniper RIC Platforms

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Thursday, October 21, 2021
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AirHop Communications , a leader in 4G and 5G Network Intelligence solutions, today announced they are joining the Juniper Networks Technology Alliance Partner ecosystem.

Key Points: 
  • AirHop Communications , a leader in 4G and 5G Network Intelligence solutions, today announced they are joining the Juniper Networks Technology Alliance Partner ecosystem.
  • The partnership will enable the integration of AirHops field-hardened Radio Access Network (RAN) automation and optimization applications as O-RAN Alliance compatible eSON xApps and eSON360 rApps on Junipers RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC).
  • The intelligent automation in the O-RAN architecture is facilitated through a catalog of xApps and rApps operating on the respective RIC platforms.
  • AirHops field-hardened real-time network optimization solutions will complement our RIC solutions in addressing various Open RAN challenges in the 4G and 5G networks.