U.K. carrier Vodafone announced it has switched on what it claims to be the first 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) site in the country, the telco said in a release.
The site installed in the city of Bath is the first of 2,500 5G and 4G O-RAN sites that Vodafone committed to deploy as part of the U.K. government’s ambition to accelerate the development of the Open RAN ecosystem. Vodafone said that the 2,500 sites are expected to be fully deployed by 2027.
Last month, the U.K. government and telecoms operators announced shared ambitions to expand support for the O-RAN ecosystem.
