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Vodafone and partners conduct Open RAN 5G multi-vendor trial

Thursday 3 June 2021 | 14:40 CET | News
The Vodafone Group has teamed up with Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Cohere Technologies, VMware, Capgemini Engineering and Intel to demonstrate how Open Radio Access Network (RAN) technology can be used to boost the capacity of 5G where multiple customers are using the same site. The partners conducted a laboratory test that increased the capacity of a 5G cell site by two-fold using a programmable, AI-based RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) supporting a mix of Open RAN components from multiple vendors.

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Categories: Mobile & Wireless
Companies: Capgemini / Cohere Technologies / Intel / Telecom Infra Project / VMware / Vodafone
Countries: World
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