O2 and NEC conduct OpenRAN trial with multi-vendor hardware
O2 has partnered with NEC to conduct a trial of OpenRAN technology using hardware from multiple vendors. OpenRAN provides operators with open, standards-based, and interoperable software and hardware. This gives carriers more flexibility in their deployments, reduces cost, and improves the resilience of networks. The joint trial between O2 and NEC used virtualised RAN software…