Adding on to a recent refresh of its virtualized, cloud-based RAN solutions, Nokia today, after weeks of building up to it, made clear its position on open RAN and its role as a global, incumbent supplier. “We’re going for a leadership position in O-RAN,” President of Mobile Networks Tommi Uitto told RCR Wireless News in an interview. “We want to make a clear statement on our commitment. We are the only global supplier committed to open RAN.”
According to the company, O-RAN-compliant solutions will be available this year “with [a]full suite of O-RAN-defined interfaces expected in 2021.” Open radio interfaces can be combined with the vendor’s 5G AirScale Cloud RAN in what it calls a vRAN 2.0 configuration.
