Carrier Announces New Radio Deals With Fujitsu, Mavenir As Part Of Its Move Toward Multi-Vendor Open RAN
RCRWirelessNews, Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
Carrier announces new radio deals with Fujitsu, Mavenir as part of its move toward multi-vendor Open RAN
AT&T has laid out aggressive plans for fiber and 5G midband expansion over the next three years, as it leans into owners economics of a converged network that it wants to grow even further, and offered up more details of its move toward a multi-vendor Open RAN network.
At the company's investor day, executives detailed plans to push from an estimated 270 million POPs covered with midband 5G at the end of this year, to more than 300 million by the end of 2026. Meanwhile, the company will also be expanding its fiber footprint to reach 50 million locations, up from around 29 million at the end of this year.
'With this bold strategy, we are entering a new era of sustained growth at AT&T,' said CEO John Stankey, who highlighted AT&T's pursuit of a converged network with owners economics at scale.