Mavenir in Commercial Phase of Open RAN Ahead of Large-Scale Deployment for India’s Vodafone Idea
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Friday, February 23, 2024
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Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, today announces that it is in the advanced commercial phase of an Open RAN network pilot deployment for Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi).
Key Points:
- Mavenir, the cloud-native network infrastructure provider building the future of networks, today announces that it is in the advanced commercial phase of an Open RAN network pilot deployment for Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi).
- The deployment now underway, which commenced in September 2023, covers key launch sites and is currently carrying live commercial traffic ahead of a planned large-scale deployment.
- The pilot marks the first O-RAN-compliant deployment into Vodafone Idea’s network, utilising the N78 and N258 millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum bands and B1 supporting NSA architecture.
- Mavenir and Red Hat continue to work with customers and partners to offer one of the strongest open RAN ecosystems available today.