Ericsson Moves To Further Embrace Open Standards
telecoms.com, Tuesday, September 26,2023
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has released a salvo of Open RAN and Cloud RAN related announcements in quick succession, one involving a collaboration with Spanish operator Telefonica.
First up, Ericsson and Telefonica have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to 'accelerate the adoption towards an increasingly open network built upon Ericsson's Cloud RAN architecture' - which seems to mean a series of joint Cloud RAN trial deployments in Europe.
The firms will also explore how to deploy Cloud RAN sites using lots of automation, including leveraging rApps in RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) and service management and orchestration (SMO) architecture to enhance radio access network (RAN) solutions.
Ericsson Cloud RAN offers opportunities for operators to build macro networks as well as expand into enterprise applications, claims the release.