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NEC and Mavenir announced that they have jointly collaborated in a live 5G Open RAN massive MIMO deployment as part of Deutsche Telekom's initiative, "O-RAN Town".

Qualcomm announced its second-generation 5G RAN Platform for Small Cells (FSM200xx), in what it says is the industry’s first 3GPP Release 16 5G Open RAN platform.

NEC and Microelectronics Technology Inc (MTI), a network RF solutions provider, announced a collaboration to enhance the Open RAN ecosystem with a variety of radio options to cater to global 4G and 5G markets.

NEC announced the joint development of RAN Intelligent Controllers (RIC) with NTT DOCOMO, INC. (DOCOMO) in support of intelligent Radio Access Networks (RAN). The two companies are aiming to reduce RAN operational costs, improve performance, and reduce power consumption through the use of RIC.

Japan's biggest mobile phone operator,Rakuten Mobile and NEC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote open radio access networks (Open RAN) in global mobile telecommunications markets.

A survey of the open RAN radios available from both established and new markets has found that there are still significant challenges for the vendors before they gained traction in the market.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise's HPE Open RAN Solution Stack is said to enable the commercial deployment of Open RAN at scale in global 5G networks.

An exclusive global license agreement has been signed covering RAN technology, expertise and commercial deployment commitment to advance shift toward Open RAN, 5G and cloud-native networks.

The British Government says it will pump £1.6 million (A$2.9 million) into Japanese firm NEC to support a project to develop an open radio access network for 5G.