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Samsung Electronics and O₂ Telefónica announced on Thursday that the companies launched their first virtualised RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN commercial site in Germany. It is the first time that Samsung’s 5G vRAN solution is being used in a commercial network in Germany. The site is now operating in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria, providing high-performance and reliable 4G and 5G services to customers. 

In the coming months, the companies will expand the vRAN and Open RAN network to seven additional sites in the region, aiming to further extend the Open RAN footprint.

This milestone builds on the companies’ joint initiative, announced in October 2023, where they agreed to develop a roadmap for several tests of vRAN and Open RAN technologies. Following the extensive trials, O₂ Telefónica and Samsung are now progressing from lab to field with the launch of this first commercial site.

“We are taking another big step in our Open RAN journey. Together with Samsung, we are utilising the latest Open RAN technologies in our mobile network,” Mallik Rao, chief technology and Information Officer of O₂ Telefónica, says in a media statement. “On the way to the network of the future, we are integrating new network solutions to provide our customers with outstanding connectivity. Open RAN is a building block that can help us to automate our network, deploy new updates faster, and use network components more flexibly.”

“Samsung is setting new standards for excellence in the telecommunications industry with our innovative vRAN and Open RAN capabilities,” according to Junehee Lee, executive vice president and head of global sales and marketing, Networks Business at Samsung Electronics. “Celebrating Telefónica’s 100th anniversary, we are proud to be the key partner for O₂ Telefónica on their trailblazing journey to usher in a new era of connectivity in Germany.” 

Open RAN and vRAN: Bringing Greater Flexibility and Automation

O₂ Telefónica is building an even more efficient and future-proof network leveraging modern and advanced RAN technologies, open interfaces and automation capabilities. Open RAN enables greater flexibility in the mobile network. Based on open interfaces, operators can combine network components from different providers and integrate them into their network.

Software-centric vRAN helps the adoption of cloud-native architecture, allowing network operators to better automate functions, and introduce new technologies and services to their networks quickly and efficiently. This is important for accelerating network buildouts and adopting new 5G applications, including use cases that require low response speeds, such as virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) or latency-critical applications for enterprises.

Samsung’s Advanced and Proven Network Solutions

The companies have switched on this first commercial site three months after the initial shipment of 4G and 5G solutions, leveraging Samsung’s expertise and pre-validated ecosystem proven from large-scale commercial vRAN and Open RAN deployments across the globe.

For the initial deployments, Samsung’s offering includes its market-leading 4G and 5G vRAN 3.0 solution and O-RAN compliant radios supporting low- and mid-bands (700MHz, 800MHz, 1.8GHz 2.1GHz, 2.6GHz, and 3.6GHz), including 64T64R Massive MIMO radios. Samsung’s advanced vRAN 3.0 features enhanced capabilities for improved energy efficiency, optimised performance, and intelligent automation.

As the next step, the companies will introduce Samsung’s intelligent network automation solutions to control life cycle management — from deployment and operation to maintenance. This O-RAN compliant automation solution offers the ability to accelerate innovative software-based network rollouts by enabling automated deployment of thousands of network sites simultaneously.

Ericsson has officially joined the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA) as a member and part of the Board. “Ericsson boosts Open RAN with OSA membership”

Vodafone, Cirrus360 and Intel have demonstrated a computer language framework for Open radio access networks (RAN) that automates the process of introducing and running software across hardware from multiple vendors. “Vodafone, Cirrus360 and Intel present RDSL, a language for Open RAN software integration “

1&1, a German mobile network provider, has launched its ‘1&1 O-RAN’ network, one of the first fully virtualised 5G networks in Europe. The technology is based on Open RAN and allows for enhanced mobile services, including fixed wireless access (FWA) and mobile broadband (eMBB). “1&1 launches fully virtualized 5G network with Open RAN technology”

Ericsson will deploy a wide range of Ericsson 5G Open Radio Access Networks products and formulas to support AT&T’s nationwide Open RAN ambitions in the United States. “Ericsson to support AT&T’s Open RAN plans with 5G Open Radio Access Networks”

Nokia has announced that they have completed interoperability testing with a Mavenir radio using the O-RAN Alliance 7-2x interface at Nokia’s Open RAN Innovation Centre in Dallas, Texas. “Nokia and Mavenir validate interoperability in Open RAN trial “

Viavi Solutions Inc. has announced the expansion of its NITRO Wireless portfolio with the addition of XhaulAdvisor, a scalable software formula offering real-time data for fronthaul verification, analysis, emulation and channel utilisation. The first solution in the market to feature real-time analytics, XhaulAdvisor enables Open RAN vendors, operators and OTIC labs to accelerate interoperability testing (IOT) and end-to-end testing and troubleshooting. “XhaulAdvisor from Viavi offers real-time analytics for open RAN testing “

Orange and Vodafone announced that they have conducted a pilot with real-life experience of 4G calls over a cluster of shared commercial network sites in a rural area near Bucharest, Romania, based on Open RAN (radio access network) technology. “Orange and Vodafone’s Open RAN pilot advances rural network sharing”

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