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O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Spring 2025 Demonstrated Steady Evolution of the O-RAN Ecosystem
At each O-RAN PlugFest, participants advance O-RAN-based technology and procedures for testing, deployment and operation of carrier-grade open, intelligent and virtualized Radio Access Networks (RAN).
Participants at the O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2025 demonstrated progress in diverse areas, including:
O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2025 was hosted by 22 operators, Open Testing and Integration Centers (OTICs) and vendor-independent institutions. It took place in 8 venues and 19 labs around the world. It was conducted from February to May 2025 with a total of 69 participants, some of which participated at more than one venue.
"O-RAN Global PlugFests play a vital role in accelerating innovation built on O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications," said Chih-Lin I, Co-chair of O-RAN ALLIANCE's Technical Steering Committee and China Mobile Chief Scientist, Wireless Technologies, China Mobile Research Institute. "Each PlugFest showcases the steady evolution of the O-RAN ecosystem, highlighting progress across a wide range of technologies, solutions, and services that enhance RAN deployment and operations. It's particularly encouraging to see that the progress of O-RAN intelligence and automation capabilities has been gaining momentum. A big thank you to all hosts, labs and participants for their great efforts."
O-RAN ALLIANCE appreciates high interest from the community in testing and integration at the O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2025 and would like to recognize hosts, labs and participants, including:
Acentury, Airspan Networks, AT&T, Auray Technology, Battelle, CableLabs, Calnex Solutions, Capgemini Engineering, Deutsche Telekom, Digital Catapult, EANTC, Ericsson, EURECOM, Fujitsu, highstreet technologies, i14y Lab, Iowa State University , Juniper Networks, Keysight Technologies, Lenovo, LIONS Technology, LITE-ON Technology, Metanoia Communications, MTI, Nokia, North Carolina State University , Northeastern University , Nvidia, Pegatron, Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), Rakuten Mobile, Rakuten Symphony, Rimedo Labs, Rohde & Schwarz, Rutgers University , Sera Network, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Software Radio Systems, Supermicro, Telefonica, University of Utah , University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory, University of Tokyo , Verizon, VIAVI Solutions, Virginia Polytechnical Institute and State University, Vodafone, VVDN Technologies, Wind River Systems, Xelera Technologies, YRP R&D Promotion Committee.
The O-RAN ALLIANCE is a world-wide community of mobile operators, vendors, and research & academic institutions operating in the Radio Access Network (RAN) industry. As the RAN is an essential part of any mobile network, the O-RAN ALLIANCE's mission is to re-shape the industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualized and fully interoperable mobile networks. The new O-RAN specifications enable a more competitive and vibrant RAN supplier ecosystem with faster innovation to improve user experience. O-RAN based mobile networks at the same time improve the efficiency of RAN deployments as well as operations by mobile operators. To achieve this, the O-RAN ALLIANCE publishes new RAN specifications, releases open software for the RAN, and supports its members in integration and testing of their implementations.
For more information, please visit www.o-ran.org.
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