WASHINGTON and BONN,
Germany, Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ATIS and the O-RAN
ALLIANCE today announced the joint signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) that enables the transposition of O-RAN
ALLIANCE specifications to ATIS standards.
The MoU establishes a joint process to identify O-RAN
specifications for adoption by ATIS. This transposition is a major
step toward advancing the adoption of Open RAN in North America, by giving O-RAN ALLIANCE
specifications the benefit of recognition by ATIS, an accredited
standards body with broad membership from North American industry.
It furthers both organizations' mutual objectives to advance the
industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualized and global
standards-compliant mobile networks. The agreement announced
today builds on an earlier MoU between the parties that addressed
cooperation on Open Radio Access Network (RAN) issues, including
Open RAN security and stakeholder requirements for Open RAN. It
emphasizes ATIS's commitment to creating innovative standards for
mobile networks that leverage the latest technical and
architectural advances.
"ATIS members both from industry and government sectors are
highly aligned on the importance of Open RAN in creating an
ecosystem of trusted suppliers that can deliver capable and
cost-effective mobile network platforms," said ATIS President and
CEO Susan Miller. "The MoU with
O-RAN ALLIANCE gives the combined weight of both organizations to a
common technical basis for interoperability in the Open RAN market.
It complements the ATIS work on the Open RAN Minimum Viable Profile
to create comprehensive and recognized Open RAN standards and best
practices for the North American market."
"O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications set the global foundation for
open, intelligent, virtualized and interoperable Radio Access
Networks, building on common RAN standards," said Abdurazak Mudesir, Chair of the Board of O-RAN
ALLIANCE and Group CTO, Deutsche Telekom. "O-RAN ALLIANCE welcomes
ATIS's transposition of O-RAN specifications to ATIS standards. The
MoU ensures technical alignment and supports mutual efforts to
enable truly open RAN ecosystem. North
America comes as another region adopting O-RAN
specifications and we remain open to similar arrangements with
standards authorities in other regions."
About ATIS
As a leading technology and solutions development organization,
the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
brings together the top global ICT companies to advance the
industry's business priorities. Our Next G Alliance is building the
foundation for North American leadership in 6G and beyond. ATIS'
165 member companies are also currently working to address 5G,
illegal robocall mitigation, quantum computing, artificial
intelligence-enabled networks, distributed ledger/blockchain
technology, cybersecurity, IoT, emergency services, quality of
service, billing support, operations and much more. These
priorities follow a fast-track development lifecycle from design
and innovation through standards, specifications, requirements,
business use cases, software toolkits, open-source solutions and
interoperability testing.
ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI). ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the
3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), a member of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), as well as a member of
the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more
information, visit www.atis.org. Follow ATIS on X and on
LinkedIn.
About O-RAN ALLIANCE
The O-RAN ALLIANCE is a worldwide community of more than 300
mobile operators, vendors, and research & academic institutions
operating in the Radio Access Network (RAN) industry. As the RAN is
an essential part of any mobile network, the O-RAN ALLIANCE's
mission is to re-shape the industry towards more intelligent, open,
virtualized and fully interoperable mobile networks. The new
O-RAN specifications enable a more competitive and vibrant RAN
supplier ecosystem with faster innovation to improve user
experience. O-RAN based mobile networks at the same time improve
the efficiency of RAN deployments as well as operations by the
mobile operators. To achieve this, the O-RAN ALLIANCE publishes new
RAN specifications, releases open software for the RAN, and
supports its members in integration and testing of their
implementations.
For more information, please visit www.o-ran.org.
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