Posts tagged with: radio access network (RAN)

Tarrifs are sure to hurt more for smaller RAN vendors

Tariffs are unlikely to derail the entire open RAN movement, but will affect smaller vendors more profoundly If tariffs push operators toward more conservative investment approaches, that could mean open RAN suffers more than traditional RAN Smaller vendors are already...

Intel ups its AI RAN game with Xeon 6 launch

Intel is positioning Xeon 6 as the go-to CPU for AI systems The Xeon 6 processors promise to deliver up to 2.4x the capacity for RAN workloads But one analyst told Fierce this launch is more of an evolutionary move than...

Is Nokia’s bad, terrible, no-good year finally over?

Nokia said mobile networks are stabilizing after a rough few quarters CEO Pekka Lundmark noted that the vendor added 55 new private network customers in the quarter Nokia now has 850 private network customers in total Nokia appears to be...

2024: Open RAN’s tumultuous year

It was a roller coaster year for open RAN AT&T validated the technology when it selected Ericsson to lead its transition to open RAN But many people wonder about the roles of smaller vendors   The past year has been...

Dell’Oro: Don’t expect 5G-Advanced to fuel a RAN resurgence

5G-Advanced won’t do much to advance the state of the ailing RAN market, Dell’Oro Group warned. Dell’Oro Group’s Radio access network (RAN) maven analyst Stefan Pongratz said that network upgrades to 5G-Advanced will not cause a major RAN revival. Even...

AT&T & open RAN: Let’s hear it for the RUs, DUs and CUs

AT&T & open RAN: Let’s hear it for the RUs, DUs and CUs malleven Fri, 05/17/2024 – 15:45 Source link...

Airspan heads back to private status after Chapter 11 filing

The prepackaged bankruptcy proceeding allows Airspan to eliminate debt Airspan will emerge as a private company after regulatory approvals Airspan is still bullish on open RAN, private networks and small cells, even though none of those areas have grown as...