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O-RAN ALLIANCE Welcomes Four New OTICs In North America

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Thursday, August 17, 2023
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The O-RAN ALLIANCE , fulfilling its mission to transform Radio Access Networks to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable, today announced that it has approved four new Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) in North America.

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  • The O-RAN ALLIANCE , fulfilling its mission to transform Radio Access Networks to be open, intelligent, virtualized and fully interoperable, today announced that it has approved four new Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC) in North America.
  • OTICs are vendor-independent, open, and qualified labs approved by the O-RAN ALLIANCE that issue awards in the O-RAN Certification and Badging Program , so that operators can deploy products at scale and with confidence.
  • The OTIC provides testing equipment and services to validate disaggregated base stations and RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs), including custom applications (i.e., xApps and rApps).
  • North American OTIC in Central Iowa (ARA) is hosted by the Center for Wireless, Communities, and Innovation ( WiCI ) at Iowa State University (ISU).

PAWR Platforms Earn OTIC Status for O-RAN ALLIANCE Testing and Certification

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Friday, July 14, 2023
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The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces that multiple PAWR testbeds have gained O-RAN ALLIANCE approval as Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTICs).

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  • The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office announces that multiple PAWR testbeds have gained O-RAN ALLIANCE approval as Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTICs).
  • As OTICs, the PAWR platforms will support wide adoption of O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications, and the testing and verification of O-RAN systems and subsystems.
  • POWDER at the University of Utah – POWDER supports end-to-end Open RAN testing in lab and field scenarios and has developed a Testing Orchestration and Testing Automation (TOTA) framework to provide streamlined, on-demand testing capabilities.
  • O-RAN ALLIANCE defined OTIC services provided by POWDER will include interoperability and end-to-end testing, badging and certification.

Keysight Enables First O-RAN Open Distributed Unit Fronthaul Certificate for ArrayComm through APOP

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has enabled ArrayComm to obtain the first O-RAN ALLIANCE Fronthaul Certificate of Conformance for its open distributed unit (O-DU) with the Keysight Open RAN Architect (KORA) solutions.

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  • Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) has enabled ArrayComm to obtain the first O-RAN ALLIANCE Fronthaul Certificate of Conformance for its open distributed unit (O-DU) with the Keysight Open RAN Architect (KORA) solutions.
  • Awarded through the O-RAN ALLIANCE’s Certification and Badging program, ArrayComm’s Certification of Conformance verifies its O-DU is compliant with O-RAN fronthaul interface design specifications.
  • Today APOP reached another milestone of issuing the first O-DU Fronthaul Certificate of Conformance.
  • Peng Cao, Vice President and General Manager for Keysight's Wireless Test Group, said: “We congratulate ArrayComm for earning the first O-RAN O-DU Fronthaul Certificate of Conformance.

O-RAN ALLIANCE Announces MoU with OAI, New OTICs, O-RAN Release 3, New Specifications and Spring PlugFest

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
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Both organizations will encourage sharing of information in areas of mutual interest and may hold joint meetings and workshops.

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  • Both organizations will encourage sharing of information in areas of mutual interest and may hold joint meetings and workshops.
  • “The MoU will strengthen our cooperation in development of open source software for the RAN.
  • OTICs are vendor-independent, open, and qualified labs approved by the O-RAN ALLIANCE that issue awards in the O-RAN Certification and Badging Program.
  • With the easing of pandemic restrictions, O-RAN ALLIANCE resumed face-to-face meetings of its technical groups, greatly accelerating progress in specifications development.

O-RAN ALLIANCE Announces Cooperation with ATIS, Activities at MWC Barcelona 2023, 7th Release of Open Software and New OTICs

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023
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“O-RAN is welcoming the opportunity to work with ATIS,” said Alex Jinsung Choi, Chairman of the O-RAN ALLIANCE and SVP Group Technology at Deutsche Telekom.

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  • “O-RAN is welcoming the opportunity to work with ATIS,” said Alex Jinsung Choi, Chairman of the O-RAN ALLIANCE and SVP Group Technology at Deutsche Telekom.
  • In December 2022, following on the half year release cycle, the O-RAN Software Community (OSC) published its 7th open software release named "G".
  • With each release, OSC’s open software continues to greatly help companies to develop, test and integrate their commercial open and intelligent RAN solutions.
  • Contributions to OSC’s open software come from a diverse community, delivering a broad scope of software according to latest O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications.

DZS Plays Key Role in Successful O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2022 at North America, Europe and Asia Test Sites

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Thursday, December 22, 2022
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DALLAS, Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DZS (NASDAQ: DZSI), a global leader in access and optical edge infrastructure and cloud software solutions, today announced its successful participation at three O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2022 venues around the world, in partnership with many of the world’s largest mobile operators and technology suppliers in Asia, Europe, and North America.

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  • DALLAS, Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DZS (NASDAQ: DZSI), a global leader in access and optical edge infrastructure and cloud software solutions, today announced its successful participation at three O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2022 venues around the world, in partnership with many of the world’s largest mobile operators and technology suppliers in Asia, Europe, and North America.
  • “DZS has built its reputation on support of open standards and we are proud to be a long time member and committed supporter of the O-RAN ALLIANCE,” said Andrew Bender, CTO, DZS.
  • Each PlugFest test environment addresses a specific O-RAN objective or use case, demonstrating the viability of leveraging standards-based, multi-vendor mobile infrastructure to reduce total cost of ownership and deliver competitive performance in both new and established networks.
  • O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2022 included 106 organizations, with some vendors like DZS participating in multiple venues.

VIAVI Selected as Test Equipment Supplier for Kyrio O-RAN Test & Integration Lab

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that Kyrio®, a subsidiary of CableLabs®, has chosen VIAVI to be part of its O-RAN Test and Integration Lab in Colorado, USA. VIAVI is now the only test & measurement company to be present in all seven O-RAN ALLIANCE approved Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) globally. In addition, VIAVI and Rohde & Schwarz support several OTICs with their joint solution for O-RAN radio unit (O-RU) conformance testing, and recently enabled Auray OTIC in Taiwan in awarding O-RAN conformance certification for international markets.

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  • CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viavi Solutions Inc. (VIAVI) (NASDAQ: VIAV) today announced that Kyrio, a subsidiary of CableLabs, has chosen VIAVI to be part of its O-RAN Test and Integration Lab in Colorado, USA.
  • VIAVI is now the only test & measurement company to be present in all seven O-RAN ALLIANCE approved Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) globally.
  • The Kyrio O-RAN Test and Integration Lab is the seventh for the O-RAN ALLIANCE, which already has four in Europe and two in Asia Pacific.
  • VIAVI offers the most comprehensive test suite on the market for lab validation, field deployment, and service assurance of O-RAN networks.

Keysight Solutions Selected by Synergy to Advance 5G Virtualized Open Radio Access Network Technology Development

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021
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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that Synergy Design has selected Keysight Open Radio Architect (KORA) O-RAN solutions to validate radio units and small cell infrastructure based on open standard interfaces defined by the O-RAN Alliance, advancing 5G virtualized radio access network (vRAN) technology development.

Key Points: 
  • Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that Synergy Design has selected Keysight Open Radio Architect (KORA) O-RAN solutions to validate radio units and small cell infrastructure based on open standard interfaces defined by the O-RAN Alliance, advancing 5G virtualized radio access network (vRAN) technology development.
  • Were pleased to support Synergy, a company that puts leading technology in the hands of consumer electronics brands, with O-RAN test solutions that advance 5G vRAN technology design development, said Giampaolo Tardioli, vice president and general manager of Keysight's network access group.
  • Synergy is part of a connected ecosystem that benefits from Keysights end-to-end solutions for conformance, interoperability, performance and security validation of open RAN technology.
  • Were pleased to partner with Keysight to advance the development of technologies that support orchestration and automation in 5G networks based on 5G Core.