Fronthaul

Open RAN

ADVA joins O-RAN ALLIANCE to develop open and disaggregated mobile networks

5G

Telia Company announces strategic partnership with Nokia to deploy 5G in Finland

5G

ADVA delivers unprecedented precision in timing networks with TrueTime

Open Networking

Mavenir and Turkcell claim an open RAN first

Open Networking

Xilinx joins the Open RAN Policy Coalition

FTTx

ZTE launches Combo PON Plus for resource sharing between FTTx and 5G

Picture courtesy of Nokia

5G

Nokia opens up its 5G RAN menu

Backhaul

NEC successfully demonstrates 10Gbps outdoor transmission in the 150GHz-band

via Flickr © Groman123 (CC BY-SA 2.0)

5G

Cellnex, Bouygues form JV, will spend €1bn on fibre

via Flickr © Swen-Peter Ekkebus (CC BY 2.0)

DSP Leaders

TIP, O-RAN Alliance team up, head for the open goal

Edge

How to leverage the value of edge network opportunities

© Flickr/cc-licence/Jeff Keyzer

5G

Nokia claims it’s breaking new ground with a 5G certification programme

via Flickr © Jorge Lascar (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Broadband

Network nationalisation is back on the UK political agenda

via Flickr © bengrey (CC BY-SA 2.0)

5G

5G hype promotes the idea of a revolutionary leap forward, when in fact...

TIP Summit

Telecom Infra Project, Infinera, and Edgecore Networks Mark Milestone in Open Mobile Transport with First DCSG Commercial Deployment

Radio Access Network

Huawei Releases the LTE&NR Coordination Solution, Significantly Improves 5G Era Network Efficiency

via Flickr © Gary Lerude (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Open Software

All US mobile operators considering deploying OpenRAN

O-RAN in deployment, Source: NTT Docomo

Fronthaul

NTT DoCoMo gets its O-RAN working

Fronthaul

AT&T reaches new milestone in unlocking RAN, makes world’s first eCPRI call for millimeter wave

5G

NTT and NEC conclude demonstration experiments of wireless-mobile fronthaul for 5G

5G

Huawei and Kathrein Ranked Top Two Base Station Antenna Vendors in New ABI Research Competitive Assessment

via Flickr © byzantiumbooks (CC BY 2.0)

Fronthaul

Fujitsu uses O-RAN standards to supply 5G antennas to NTT

via Flickr © Gary Lerude (CC BY-ND 2.0)

5G

Vodafone and O2 to share masts for 5G but go ‘autonomous’ on 25%

5G

Nokia confirms 42 commercial 5G deals across the globe