In an Open RAN sector that many believe will shape the telecom industry in the coming years, pioneer Mavenir just took a step forward… even if it looked to previous mobile-communications generations to do it.
UK MNO Vodafone has revealed it’s going big on Open RAN technology in rural base stations as a major part of its Huawei swap-out strategy.
Mavenir is already serving 4G and 5G operators (including Vodafone Idea in India and Dish Network in the US) with open RAN kit but claims the market is now experiencing demand for equipment which can support older 2G and 3G networks.
With the tactical and rightly timed acquisition of ip.access on September 28, 2020, Mavenir plugged the small cell radio hole in its growing end to-end software products and services portfolio.
Mavenir, an end-to-end cloud native network software provider for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), recently announced it acquired ip.access LTd. The Cambridge, UK-based firm. ip.access provides 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G-ready small cell solutions.
Cambourne-based ip.access Ltd has been acquired by Mavenir to help it expand its Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) offering.
Open RAN vendor Mavenir acquired UK-headquartered small cell player ip.access for an undisclosed sum, a deal it claims will boost its offering for operators along with its private enterprise network credentials.
Mavenir is one of several US software firms in the vanguard of open RAN, a trendy technology that promises to let operators mix components from different vendors at the same mobile site.
Sensing a growing opportunity for its software-centric, disaggregated network technology, Mavenir has announced the acquisition of small cell specialist ip.access for an undisclosed sum.
US open RAN specialist Mavenir has bought UK small-cell company ip.access in a move that will further consolidate a rapidly growing sector of the mobile equipment industry.
