{"id":29311,"date":"2021-03-31T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T10:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/?p=29311"},"modified":"2021-10-07T00:24:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:24:34","slug":"ericsson-launches-open-lab-to-drive-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefreezonechannel.com\/old\/ericsson-launches-open-lab-to-drive-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Ericsson launches Open Lab to drive network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Areh<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Ericsson, a multinational telecommunications and networking company on Wednesday says it has&nbsp; launched&nbsp; Open Lab, a virtual and physical space to drive network virtualisation technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Ericsson in a statement said the Open Lab&nbsp;&nbsp; was&nbsp; also a&nbsp; space for fast interactive collaboration and co-creation with communications service providers and ecosystem partners.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It said the company\u2019s Open Lab had a global focus on innovating virtualised 5G Radio Access Networks (RAN) technologies<\/p>\n\n\n<p>According to the statement, customers can realise new deployment or use case scenarios, increase automation and reduce manual intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It said Ericsson Open Lab was&nbsp; accessible virtually to customers globally.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is co-located with the company\u2019s Cloud RAN expertise at Ericsson\u2019s R&amp;D site in Ottawa. The company will support these activities from its locations around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cOpen Lab enables fast and interactive collaboration that delivers innovation to complement existing RAN solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe lab offers space to further explore Open RAN technologies, including aspects such as virtualisation, management, and orchestration,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The company noted that&nbsp; the lab would&nbsp; foster greater cooperation in areas such as machine learning, network automation and optimisation with communications service providers and industry partners.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It said the service providers included&nbsp; KDDI, Ooredoo, Orange, Softbank Corp, Turkcell and ecosystem partners such as Intel, NVIDIA, Red Hat and Wind Rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Fredrik Jejdling, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Area Networks, Ericsson said: \u201cOpen technology underpins the modern mobile miracle, which connects more than eight billion devices today with one set of global operating standards.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Jejdling said&nbsp; with Ericsson Open Lab, the company invites it&nbsp; customers and partners to co-create and bring new cloud innovations to 5G.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have created this collaboration to develop architectures and common operating standards that complement existing 5G ready technology.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>This initiative will help to test the limits of 5G connectivity, working closely with operators and enterprise customers globally, as the industry continues to adopt more open architectures, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Toshikazu Yokai, Executive Officer, Chief Director of Mobile Technology, KDDI, says: \u201cKDDI is committed to continuous network innovation and the creation of new technologies to bring superior performance to our users.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Yokai said working with Ericsson in the Open Lab would enable it company\u2019s&nbsp; design and engineering teams to collaborate in real-time and co-develop new virtualised RAN technologies to accelerate the intelligence and agility of our 5G networks.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Arnaud Vamparys, Senior Vice President, Radio Networks at \u200eOrange, said :\u201cIn the Open RAN journey, interoperability and automation are key topics for Orange.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Vamparys said the collaboration with Ericsson would allow them&nbsp; explore new flexible and innovative technologies like Cloud RAN for mobile network evolution.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-29311\" data-postid=\"29311\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-29311 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony Areh Ericsson, a multinational telecommunications and networking company on Wednesday says it has&nbsp; launched&nbsp; Open Lab, a virtual and physical space to drive network virtualisation technologies. 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