In support of the broad industry move toward cloud-based radio access networks running on commodity hardware, Ericsson and a number of operator and other partners announced the launch of the Ericsson Open Lab in Ottawa, Canada.
Operators involved include KDDI, Ooredoo, Orange, SoftBank, and Turkcell. Other technology partners listed by Ericsson are Intel, NVIDIA, Red Hat, and Wind River. The lab is accessible both physically and virtually.