Nokia and Vodafone complete three-month Open RAN trial in Italy
The telco continues its Open RAN push in Europe
The telco continues its Open RAN push in Europe
Vodafone and Virgin Media O2 have already launched the service in the UK
Becomes the second UK operator to do so, after Vodafone
A 5G Standalone launch is also on its way
An array of information will be processed at the Edge of the network
First of its kind in Ireland
Claims to be first in Portugal
Ericsson has helped to deploy the network
Claims to be the first in Hungary
Touts network slicing, Massive MIMO, and time-critical communications
Invites applicants to bid for funding
KPN will gradually introduce the technology from next year
The duo will create a network slice on Vodafone’s public 5G SA network
Has already deployed several MPNs across the UK
Four cities will get the service to kick things off
Will be deployed via Mavenir’s cloud automation for telco framework
And plans to decommission 2G and 3G by 2028
Nokia's R&D arm Bell Labs will design the telco's planned 5G SA network
The operator worked with Ericsson and Red Hat
It can work on any cloud too
Claims to be world-first intercontinental 5G Standalone roaming connection
Begins the transition towards "real 5G"
Mavenir's Converged Packet Core is powering the telco's Standalone 5G network in Germany
Both claim the launch to be the world’s first commercial 5G SA network with network slicing for Fixed Wireless Access
The NZ telco worked with Mavenir, AWS, Nokia, and Oppo to test two proof-of-concepts for Standalone 5G