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Vodafone Germany challenges Federal Cartel Office in 1&1 case

by Harry Baldock | Nov 28, 2025

Vodafone says the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) has not followed key procedural rules in its investigation and has acted with bias

Digital Catapult draws in more vendors for Open RAN testing

by Harry Baldock | Nov 6, 2025

Digital Catapult has admitted six international Open RAN vendors to the next phase of its advanced connectivity programme, aiming to accelerate trials and commercial deployment of Open RAN in the UK.

Vodafone taps Wind River to support Open RAN rollout in Germany

by Harry Baldock | Oct 21, 2025

This week, Wind River has revealed its selection by Vodafone to help deploy Open RAN in Germany and the rest of its European markets.

Boldyn Networks and VMO2 deploy Open RAN 5G at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light

by Harry Baldock | Aug 22, 2025

Press Release Boldyn Networks (Boldyn) and Virgin Media O2 have significantly enhanced 5G...

The power of rApps to transform telecoms

by Georgia Sweeting | Apr 4, 2025

News By: Anders Vestergren, Head of Solution Area Network Management at Ericsson Delivering a...

Mavenir and O2 Telefónica Germany renew cloud-native partnership

by Georgia Sweeting | Feb 27, 2025

Telefónica Germany has renewed its collaboration with Mavenir, signing a five-year contract extension to transition its 4G and 5G voice services to Mavenir’s cloud-native IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) technology

Deutsche Telekom replaces Huawei kit in new Nokia deal

by Georgia Sweeting | Nov 28, 2024

Nokia has announced a deal with Deutsche Telekom to support the deployment of over 3,000 sites for its Open RAN network in Germany.

Aramco Digital mulls $1bn stake in Mavenir

by Harry Baldock | Nov 25, 2024

The companies are also reportedly discussing the possibility of forming a $200 million joint venture

VanillaPlus Issue 4: Nokia’s Vishal Singh explains how CSPs will Sense, Think, Act as autonomous networks become reality

by Harry Baldock | Oct 23, 2024

A bleak dystopian future of automated, autonomous machines has been trailed by sci-fi authors for the last couple of centuries but now autonomy is here, it doesn’t seem such a bad thing – at least in the case of autonomous networks.

FCC approves $9bn in subsidies for rural 5G expansion

by Georgia Sweeting | Aug 30, 2024

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved new rules to provide $9 billion in subsidies to help roll out 5G in rural areas across the US.

Deutsche Telekom CTO Abdurazak Mudesir takes over as chair of O-RAN Alliance

by Harry Baldock | Jul 11, 2024

O-RAN ALLIANCE announces that Dr. Abdurazak Mudesir, Group CTO of Deutsche Telekom, was elected as Chair of the Board, effective on June 25, 2024. Under Abdu’s chairmanship, O-RAN ALLIANCE stays fully committed to its mission to transform Radio Access Networks to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable.

VIAVI partners with Telecom Infra Project for Open RAN testing

by Bradford Randall | Jul 10, 2024

Viavi Solutions Inc., also known as VIAVI, has announced a strategic partnership with the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to expand Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) testing capabilities for VIAVI’s Automated Lab-as-a-Service for Open RAN, also known as VALOR.

House votes to modernize NTIA for first time in over 30 years

by Maddie Hicks | May 17, 2024

On Wednesday 15 May, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation to reauthorize the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for the first time since 1992.

1&1: 700,000 customers already using our Open RAN network

by Harry Baldock | May 14, 2024

Alongside the company’s Q1 financial results this week, Germany’s newest mobile operator, 1&1, has revealed that 700,000 customers are making use of its newly built Open RAN network.

Nokia and Vodafone trial Open RAN with Arm and HPE

by Harry Baldock | May 10, 2024

Nokia and Vodafone have announced the successful completion of a trial, leveraging Nokia’s anyRAN approach in collaboration with partners Arm and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).

Samsung and Telefonica partner for German vRAN site

by Georgia Sweeting | May 3, 2024

This week, Samsung and O2 Telefonica have announced the launch of their first German virtualised RAN (vRAN) and Open RAN commercial site in Landsberg am Lech, Bavaria. It is the first time that Samsung’s 5G vRAN has been used in a German commercial network.

“AI is this great undiscovered country”: Mavenir talks 5G’s AI-enabled future at Connected North 2024

by Harry Baldock | Apr 29, 2024

At Connected North this year, we caught up with David Hall, VP of Technology Solutions (EMEA) at Mavenir, to discuss the North’s 5G landscape and why AI-enabled operations is quietly becoming one of the most exciting areas for the new technology

AT&T Network CTO talks Open RAN and the move towards continuous innovation

by Harry Baldock | Mar 13, 2024

At Connected America 2024, we spoke with Yigal Elbaz, SVP and Network CTO at AT&T (pictured, left) about the future of Open RAN and what it means for the operator

Kyivstar looks to Rakuten’s Open RAN tech to rebuild its network

by Harry Baldock | Feb 27, 2024

This week, Ukrainian operator Kyivstar has signed a letter of intent confirming that it will procure Open RAN technology from Japan’s Rakuten Symphony.

Vodafone shows off ‘pick and mix’ nature of Open RAN with NEC

by Harry Baldock | Feb 21, 2024

Today, Vodafone has announced the deployment of NEC’s Massive MIMO technology to one of their live 5G Open RAN sites in Devon. The operator has upgraded one of its existing Open RAN masts in Devon with NEC equipment, demonstrating the benefits of interchangeable RAN components.