Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), WiSig Networks Private Limited and VVDN Technologies Private Limited have signed an agreement for collaboration in the area of Open RAN based Radio Network for 5G solution.
- This collaboration aims to leverage the technical competencies and complementary strengths of Indian R&D and industry in evolving a mutually productive alliance leading to indigenous design, development, manufacturing and deployment of cost-effective 5G products and solutions.
- This engagement will augment the indigenous Intellectual Property and create new avenues for wider adoption and monetization of home-grown 5G products & solutions.
What is Open-RAN?
- The Radio Access Network (RAN) provides the critical technology to connect users, including mobile phones or enterprises, to the mobile network over radio waves.
- It also acts as a bridge to access all the key applications on the web.
- Current RAN technology is provided as a hardware and software integrated platform.
- The ambition for Open RAN is to create a multi-supplier RAN solution that allows for the separation – or disaggregation – between hardware and software with open interfaces and virtualisation, hosting software that controls and updates networks in the cloud.
- The promised benefits include supply chain diversity, solution flexibility, and new capabilities leading to increased competition and further innovation.
- The introduction of Open RAN is the final piece of the unbundling puzzle that enables mobile network operators to use equipment from multiple vendors and still ensure interoperability.
- The O-RAN Alliance (O-RAN) is a group that is defining specifications for radio access networks.
- It is a global alliance founded in 2018 and it is now comprised of close to 30 operators and more than 200 vendor companies.
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