Mavenir earlier this month announced that it had formed an Open RAN Partner Ecosystem that includes MTI, Baicell, NEC, Fujitsu, Sercomm, AceAxis, KMW, Benetel, CommScope, Blue Danube Systems, and Airrays. Mavenir will act as a systems integrator and said that by handling the multivendor integration and interoperability it can compete with traditional hardware-centric RAN vendors like…
Vodafone and Telefónica have today announced the selection of vendors as “leading candidates” to produce these interoperable RAN solutions. The companies in question are Altiostar, Mavenir and Parallel Wireless Inc. (See TIP Offers Progress Report at Summit.) Open RAN RFI: Back in June, Vodafone and Telefónica announced RFIs to investigate and explore the existing market opportunities for RAN technologies built to be…
Telefonica and Vodafone hailed Open RAN technology as the future of Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment, as both operators announced plans to expand trial deployments. Following two initial pilots last year in India which convinced Vodafone the new technology could match incumbent performance, the operator will now scale deployments with three new trials: in Turkey…
Mavenir has teamed up with a number of telecoms vendors which include NEC and CommScope to launch an Open RAN partner ecosystem. Mavenir says it will act as the End-to-End systems integrator simplifying the engagement for operators who want to deploy a flexible Cloud-based Open RAN solution. Other ecosystem partners include MTI, Tecore Networks, Baicells, AceAxis, KMW, Benetel, Blue…
Mavenir has culled together a group of virtual RAN companies to form what it’s calling the Open RAN Partner Ecosystem. Mavenir’s group sounds very similar to Cisco’s Open vRAN Alliance, which Cisco announced last month. At the time, Cisco said that it had developed a pre-certified pre-integrated open vRAN system that is ready to deploy. Although Mavenir’s ecosystem partner group sounds very…
ip.access today announces that it has won the 2018 Special Award for its ‘Presence™ for Safe Cities’ solution at this year’s Security Innovation Awards.
Mavenir announced earlier this month that it had landed a deal with a Tier 1 North American carrier for Its NFV-based CloudRange platform. Mavenir’s roots in telecommunications date back go back 12 years, but the company has undergone various name changes and technology shifts along the way. While Mavenir didn’t disclose the name of the…
Although RCS-based messaging promises to add pictures and text messages to operators’ standard SMS services—like WhatsApp and Apple’s iMessage already do—the technology also promises to allow businesses to market to potential customers through rich media. And it’s that marketing angle that appears to be driving this latest round of RCS announcements.
Westell Technologies, Inc. announced that its In-Building Wireless (IBW) business unit has entered into a product agreement with ip.access Limited.
The long-gestating RCS market in the United States appeared to receive a slight boost as vendor Mavenir announced a new business messaging partner program with 15 confirmed partners. Mavenir’s partners are 3C Interactive, Aldeamo, Anbotux, Cequens, CLX, IMI Mobile, Infobip, mGage, MessageBird, NativeMsg, OpenMarket, Syniverse, Smooch, tyntec and Zipwhip. The vendor explained that the market is now…
