PLDT, Smart Communications explore open RAN in Philippines

PLDT Inc (PLDT) and its wireless subsidiary Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) are batting for more improvement and talent upskilling as Philippines joins the global push for new and disruptive technologies,

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DeepSig secures grant to enhance 5G open RAN air-interface from NTIA

DeepSig announced that it has been selected as a grant recipient by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) as part of the initial round of funding under the Public

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Contela selects Picocom to advance open RAN products

Picocom has announced that Contela is utilising Picocom’s PC802 5GNR/LTE (long-term evolution) baseband silicon and related PHY software in its upcoming 5G open RAN distributed unit (O-DUs) and radio unit (O-RUs)

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VEON, Rakuten to cooperate in open RAN, digital services to rebuild Ukraine’s infrastructure

VEON Ltd., a global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services, announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rakuten Symphony. The two companies will

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Rakuten Mobile, Yokosuka Telecom Research Park open RIC research facility for advancement of open RAN

Rakuten Mobile, Inc. and Yokosuka Telecom Research Park Co., Ltd. have opened a new RIC (RAN intelligent controller) research facility at the Yokosuka Research Park in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. This

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Persistent unveils private 5G lab in India

Persistent Systems has inaugurated a 5G lab. This will provide a testing and development environment for network functions and product development activities for operators and network equipment vendors, as well

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Keysight supports verification of Open RAN Radio Units powered by Qualcomm

Keysight Technologies, Inc. has secured Qualcomm Development Acceleration Resource Toolkit (QDART) validation for the Qualcomm QRU100 5G RAN (radio access network) platform from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. This validation enables Open RAN Radio Unit

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CSPs are making sustainability moves, but now’s time to help partners do the same

The climate crisis coupled with significant rises in energy costs has made sustainability a pressing matter for communication service providers (CSPs) to address. They are now actively taking steps to

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Mavenir, i2i Systems partner to accelerate adoption of open RAN in Turkiye

Mavenir, a network software provider building the future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, and i2i Systems, a 5G network software provider for CSPs, have announced

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Vodafone’s Open RAN sites deliver better connectivity in busy seaside towns

Vodafone customers in Torquay and Exmouth in the UK now have data download speeds of up to 700Mbps on their smartphones using Open Radio Access Network (RAN) technology.

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