Written by Matthew Ball for www.matthewball.vc

With the goal to foster OpenRAN orchestration and management automation (ROMA) product & solution maturity, a functional testbed, consisting of Foxconn’s RU, Capgemini’s CU/DU, and 5GC (both running on Dell servers), has been set up in the TIP Community Lab in Meta’s Menlo Park Campus.

Written by Andrew Wooden for Telecoms.com

5G mmWave is being hailed as an enabler for things like fixing congestion issues in crowded spaces and revolutionising farming – but wasn’t vanilla 5G supposed to have already done that, and more?

Qualcomm hosted a media round table ahead of MWC, in which it presented its case, with help from GSA (Global mobile Suppliers Association) and 5G rural Dorset, that 5G mmWave technology is the way forward when it comes to delivering on the 5G use cases that have been bandied around for years.

Designed to be an informal conversation that will provide a glimpse behind the scenes, UKTIN speaks to the consortium about the first quarter of UKTIN, with a focus on the recent stakeholder engagement event.

Written by Linda Hardesty for FierceWireless.com

The Nikkei news site in Japan reported that the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will introduce a spectrum auction system by early 2026. This is a new development in Japan, where previously MIC allocated spectrum to wireless carriers for free.

We are delighted to announce Nick Johnson today joins us as the Director of UKTIN. Johnson brings a wealth of telecom experience, and strong engineering and commercial expertise to the UKTIN team.

He is well known and respected across the industry, holding a number of patents and having previously held chair positions for the Small Cell Forum. In recognition of his work, he was most recently awarded Cambridge Wireless’ Lifetime Achievement in the Wireless Sector award in 2021.