DT, Orange, Telefónica, TIM, Vodafone are jointly trying to accelerate Open RAN R&D
Following their MoU they have issued a white paper outlining ‘technical priorities’
Time is tight as they want Open RAN gear to their specs for 2022 rollouts
The five major network operators aiming to light a fire under Europe’s Open RAN R&D sector have issued a white paper outlining their technical requirements for the open, disaggregated radio access network products they want to deploy in significant deployments starting next year.
The carrier quintet – Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM (Telecom Italia) and Vodafone – signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on The Implementation of Open RAN Based Networks In Europe earlier this year and have now set out their technical stall so that the vendor community has some guidance with which to work. (See TIM joins Euro telco Open RAN party.)