The operator says the transport domain orchestrator (TDO) is an important step in Vodafone’s evolving network strategy.

A Reuters report suggests the operator is going to cancel a contract with the Chinese vendor, adding to its mounting woes.

By Malik Saadi, Vice President, Strategic Technologies, ABI Research

VMware says its Telco Cloud Platform RAN extends the benefits of network disaggregation and virtualization from the core to the RAN.

Ofcom announced the final results of the auction for spectrum in the 700 MHz and 3.6-3.8 GHz bands.

The test was part of the Open Network Foundation’s (ONF) software-defined RAN project.

The first site is at Faenza (pictured) in the province of Ravenna which is better known for its majolica-ware glazed earthenware pottery.

Never mind that we don’t know if operators will succeed at monetising 5G or what 6G is.

Belgium’s biggest operator says the platform provides a co-creation environment for enterprises.

Vodafone has opened the company’s first OpenRAN Test and Integration Lab at its Newbury technology campus, in the UK.

It has installed 5G equipment more than 4,300 sites to bring coverage to 37 million people.

The operator group reports progress in Austria, Slovenia and Bulgaria.

The lab is a hub where researchers, startups and companies can innovate and test their solutions based on 5G.

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) mulls rewriting rules concerning size and sites of masts, while promising not to up the ugly factor.

It will also reduce in CO2, water usage and e-waste, according to a joint new study.

The paper seeks to look at the vision for 6G and its “drivers” – which arguably the communications industry creates rather than fulfils.

Staffan Åkesson joined Telia Sweden, which describes itself as the leading provider in all areas of the Swedish telecom market, in 2015. Its services are marketed under the brands Telia, Halebop, Fello, TV4, C More and Cygate.

Their demo showed mmWave can be used in 5G SA architecture alongside mid-band spectrum.

Konecranes’ Finnish factory will trial standalone 5G (5G SA)  in operations, R&D and crane testing.

The bill should pass into law in the first half of the year, paving the way to 5G procurement.