European incumbents push on with OpenRAN rollout

Two of Europe’s biggest telecoms players have announced new initiatives to scale up their early moves into OpenRAN.
In Italy, TIM has added a second location to its OpenRAN footprint and is working on launching OpenRAN 5G stand-alone in the field, while further west, Telefonica has brokered a deal with NEC that will see the pair carry out pre-commercial OpenRAN trials in three major European markets and Brazil.
TIM undertook a live OpenRAN rollout on 4G in the town of  Faenza in Italy