O-RAN Alliance adds KDDI, Rakuten Mobile, Vodafone to board

News Wireless Global 4 NOV 2020
O-RAN Alliance adds KDDI, Rakuten Mobile, Vodafone to board

The O-RAN Alliance has welcomed KDDI, Rakuten Mobile and Vodafone to its board at its latest meeting, which marked its first two years of operation. The industry group now includes over 230 companies driving the realisation of O-RAN technology and released 20 O-RAN specifications since June. The company also created the O-RAN Security Task Group to investigate and address the security considerations of the O-RAN architecture.

New O-RAN specifications 

The latest specifications add to the total of 40 standards in 73 versions. O-RAN specifications published in H2 introduce the initial version of O2 interface general aspects and principles, the HW reference design for the indoor picocells in 7.2 and 8.0 split, as well as a system testing framework. 

The group also published the criteria and guidelines for Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTIC), which kicks off testing and integration of O-RAN based network equipment. Another 15 released specifications represent newer versions to existing O-RAN standards, enriching them with new functions according to the O-RAN architecture. 

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O2,  Vodafone,  KDDI,  Rakuten Mobile

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