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Transforming Poles into 5G Sites with Alpha Fusion Streetworks Solutions

Telecoms Infrastructure Blog

The AW4032 antenna, which forms the centrepiece of this platform, is designed to mount mid-pole without requiring sidearms or external hardware that would increase wind loading or visual impact. As it is an antenna-only product, the AW4032 pairs with external small cell radios, offering operators flexibility in radio selection.

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Mavenir Restructures Debt and Scales Back Open RAN Plans

VoIP Review

US telecom software provider Mavenir has restructured its finances through a recapitalization deal with its primary backer, Siris, and is pulling back from its earlier push into Open RAN hardware. Despite the positive framing, Mavenir is clearly scaling back its involvement in the hardware side of Open RAN.

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Vodafone Idea Expands 5G Network to Jaipur’s Pink City

VoIP Review

GHz bands, increasing signal capacity and speed. Vodafone Idea has partnered with Ericsson to deploy more energy-efficient and lightweight hardware. Alongside hardware improvements, Vodafone Idea has incorporated AI-driven self-organizing network (SON) technology to enhance operational efficiency.

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Dell’Oro: RAN revenue growth in 1Q2025; AI RAN is a conundrum

IEEE ComSoc

Dell’Oro Group just completed its 1Q2025 Radio Access Network (RAN) report. The AI-RAN business case using new hardware is difficult to justify for single-purpose tenancy. Editor’s Note: ITU-R WP 5D is working on aspects related to AI in the Radio Access Network (RAN) as part of its IMT-2030 (6G) recommendations.

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Agentic AI and the Future of Communications for Autonomous Vehicle (V2X)

IEEE ComSoc

Problems with 5G for V2X Communications: There are several problems with using 5G for V2X communications, which is why the 5G NR (New Radio) V2X specification, developed by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) in Release 16, hasn’t been widely implemented. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing. Shaukat, S.,

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Modernize 5G networks with second-generation AWS Outposts racks

AWS Telecommunications

With this launch, Outposts empowers communication service providers (CSPs) to accelerate modernization of their on-premises telecom workloads such as 5G User Plane Function (UPF) and Radio Access Network (RAN) Central Unit (CU) function. This optimization could also enhance call setup times and improve overall voice service management.

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Liberty Tests 5G vRAN with Samsung – A Puerto Rican First

VoIP Review

In a pioneering move, Liberty , a Puerto Rican telecom operator, is partnering with Samsung Networks Latin America to test advanced virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) and Open RAN technologies in Puerto Rico. 5G coverage in Puerto Rico, plans to utilize these technologies to further expand its reach with minimized hardware dependency.