Mavenir, a leading provider of end-to-end cloud-native Network Software Provider for Communications Service Providers (CSPs) announces today that it has acquired ip.access Ltd, a leading 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G-ready small cell solutions provider.
Vodafone Idea joins Jio, Airtel in naming Mavenir as priority partner for 5G trials.
The platform promises to operate services faster and more efficiently, automatically allocating voice capacity in the network according to demand.
Mavenir’s John Baker used his appearance at the FCC’s event to reiterate his company’s desire for “real” Open RAN and not a watered-down version that could exclude upstarts like Mavenir. “The devil is in the details,” he said.
Open RAN is arguably the most contentious of the telco industry’s current religious debates but the market momentum behind Open RAN is undeniable.
Vodafone has become the first UK mobile operator to switch on a live Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) 4G site enabling the introduction of more suppliers for mobile networks and Mavenir is supporting Vodafone with the deployment.
Dish chooses VMware’s cloud for 5Gto test and certify vendors’ network functions, such as those from Dish vendors like Mavenir.
Open RAN movement promises to open up the market by unbundling 5G software and hardware as Tareq Amin, executive vice-president of Rakuten said, “We are just scratching the surface of what is possible.”
Mobile operators face the technical test of squeezing more data into a much faster and more efficient, yet less expensive, pipe while ARPUs are dropping rapidly.
Mavenir Chief Executive Officer Pardeep Kohli said Washington’s focus on countering Huawei has helped raise Mavenir’s profile, especially in the past year.
