(News Bulletin 247) – Orange and Vodafone announce their cooperation for the sharing of Open RAN networks in European rural areas.
The group points out that this is the first time that two operators have agreed to share an open RAN network in Europe.
The first commercial sites, falling within the framework of this agreement, should be deployed this year in a rural area of ​​Romania, near Bucharest.
“Both operators’ commitment to Open RAN also supports the European Commission’s ambitious goal of deploying 5G in all populated areas by 2030,” the group said.
According to Michaël Trabbia, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer of the Orange group ‘This initiative also represents a major step towards agile and fully automated networks, able to fully use the potential of virtualization and AI to boost performance while reducing infrastructure and operating costs. ‘
‘ Open RAN is also a great opportunity to take network sharing into a whole new dimension, with even greater differentiation of operators thanks to the possibility for each of the partners to tune their network more independently, in based on promises made to its own customers. ‘
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