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The companies say they have completed a “successful Open RAN trial” using technology set up at NEC’s Center of Excellence and using O2’s network. NEC acted as the systems integrator for the trial, coordinating the design of the trial network and incorporating technology from partners including virtualized RAN software from Altiostar and radio units from GigaTera Communications and Supermicro. NEC used its Center of Excellence facilities to test the suitability of the technology used and to verify interoperability between the various elements.

O2 UK (aka Telefónica UK) has been dabbling with Open RAN for more than a year, announcing in January 2020 that it intended to open up its radio access network to “smaller non-traditional RAN partners” with a view to deploying disaggregated RAN technology in urban as well as rural areas. At the time it cited Mavenir, DenseAir and WaveMobile as technology partners. (See O2 to further improve network service for customers using Open Radio Access Network (RAN) technology.)

Then in December last year, O2, which is hoping to form a giant British operator through a £31 billion merger with cable operator Virgin Media, said it had completed a successful pilot of enterprise connectivity using Open RAN technology with in-building wireless network specialist Vilicom, which developed its technology in partnership with Mavenir.

At the time the operator said it expected “commercial deployment of O-RAN to pick up pace over next 18-24 months,” but O2, which has about 34 million customers connected to its national network, has yet to announce any firm Open RAN deployment commitments.

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