Nokia and Vodafone complete successful Open RAN trial in Italy
30 April 2024 - 9:00AM
Press ReleaseNokia and Vodafone complete successful Open RAN
trial in Italy
- Nokia and Vodafone are working together to boost the deployment
of Open RAN solutions for a flexible network evolution.
- Companies reached milestone with successful Open RAN call on
Vodafone Italy’s live network.
30 April 2024Espoo, Finland – Nokia and Vodafone today announced
that they have successfully completed an end-to-end Open RAN trial
on Vodafone Italy’s live 5G standalone network. The trial utilized
Nokia’s AirScale Massive MIMO radios and Nokia’s baseband software
running on Dell PowerEdge XR8000 servers and Red Hat OpenShift, an
industry leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by
Kubernetes, connected to Nokia’s standalone dedicated 5G core. It
also used Nokia’s intelligent MantaRay Networks Management system
for a consolidated network view and improved monitoring and
management. The trial highlights the maturity of Nokia's anyRAN
approach which is designed to give mobile operators and enterprises
more flexibility in building networks.
Nokia is supporting Open Fronthaul features on top of its
high-performance RAN software which ensures mobile operators have
performance consistency with their existing RAN. Nokia has already
integrated with five open radio unit (O-RU) suppliers highlighting
the openness and industry-leading performance of Nokia's AirScale
O-RAN DU/CU. The solution offers operators enhanced flexibility,
efficiency, and scalability in their mobile networks. By
integrating with Red Hat OpenShift, service providers also have the
option to scale their 5G network footprint and quickly introduce
new services.
Vodafone aims to have 30 percent of its masts based on Open RAN
technology by 2030 in Europe and is already deploying the
technology commercially. This includes 2,500 Open RAN sites in the
UK, the first large-scale deployment in Europe, as well as in
Romania. By partnering with key strategic vendors like Nokia,
Vodafone is pioneering the wider adoption of open, disaggregated,
and automated networks, providing greater agility to quickly adopt
and launch innovative new customer-focused services.
Santiago Tenorio, Director of Network Architecture at
Vodafone, said: “Vodafone is dedicated to supporting the
development and adoption of Open RAN worldwide by fostering a
diverse ecosystem of partners and solutions. This approach offers
numerous benefits, including increased choice, enhanced energy
efficiency, higher network capacity, and improved performance for
customers.”
Mark Atkinson, Head of RAN at Nokia, said:
“Nokia’s collaborative anyRAN approach means that Communication
Service Providers can deploy Open RAN with the server hardware and
CaaS layer of their choice. Together with our ecosystem partners,
we are committed to providing more choice and higher performance in
Open RAN solutions to our customers than they will see from other
RAN suppliers.”
Resources Webpage: Nokia AirScale Cloud
RANWebpage: Nokia anyRANWebpage: Nokia AirScale Baseband
Whitepaper: Nokia Open RAN Industry and Solution UpdateExecutive
Summary: Nokia Cloud RAN and Open RAN Solution RoadmapBlog: The
collaborative advantage: Nokia and partners delivering
best-in-class Cloud RAN solutions
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