-- O-RAN ALLIANCE calls for participation in the O-RAN Global PlugFest
Spring 2025 with 23 hosts in 18 labs around the world
-- O-RAN ALLIANCE invites any of its Members and Participants
[https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4362416-1&h=2865415953&u=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.o-ran.org%2Fmembership&a=Members+and+Participants] to join the
PlugFest and benefit from well-organized testing and integration in a
neutral, cooperative environment
-- Call for participation is open until February 21, 2025. Learn more and
apply on our website
[https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4362416-1&h=620255042&u=http%3A%2F%
2Fwww.o-ran.org%2Fplugfest&a=website].
BONN, Germany, Feb. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The O-RAN ALLIANCE (O-RAN) is calling for participation in its first PlugFest of this year - the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Spring 2025.
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O-RAN ALLIANCE organizes semi-annual Global PlugFests, hosted by operators, Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs), and academic and research institutions, to enable efficient progress of developing products and solutions based on O-RAN specifications. Participants benefit from well-organized testing and integration in a neutral, cooperative environment.
Hosted by 23 operators and vendor-independent institutions, the O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2025 will take place in 8 venues and 18 labs around the world.
O-RAN ALLIANCE invites any of its Members and Participants [https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4362416-1&h=2865415953&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.o-ran.org%2Fmembership&a=Members+and+Participants] to join the PlugFest and work with a diverse community of operators, vendors, service providers, research, academic and government institutions. As a benefit of O-RAN membership, participation in the PlugFest is free of charge. Companies without O-RAN membership [https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4362416-1&h=2302702521&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.o-ran.org%2Fmembership-info&a=O-RAN+membership] are welcome to join the community to be able to participate.
Call for participation is open until February 21, 2025. Learn more and apply on our website [https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4362416-1&h=620255042&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.o-ran.org%2Fplugfest&a=website].
PlugFest activities are planned from February through May 2025, followed by presentations and demonstrations of results to the O-RAN community. O-RAN ALLIANCE plans a public announcement of the PlugFest outcomes in early June this year.
O-RAN Global PlugFest Spring 2025 continues to focus on six themes prioritized within the O-RAN ALLIANCE:
-- O-RAN Energy Consumption, Efficiency and Savings Testing
-- O-RAN E2E Deployment Templates, DevOps, and Test Automation
-- Demonstration of consistent and repeatable open fronthaul testing in
multiple labs
-- O-RAN System Testing with Layer 1 Acceleration
-- O-RAN White-box Hardware diversity ecosystem
-- Open Fronthaul Transport Testing with multiple O-RUs
Details from all completed O-RAN PlugFests are publicly available in the O-RAN PlugFest Virtual Showcase [https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4362416-1&h=4101902928&u=https%3A%2F%2Fplugfestvirtualshowcase.o-ran.org%2F&a=O-RAN+PlugFest+Virtual+Showcase].
"O-RAN ALLIANCE PlugFests provide a platform for industry collaboration to accelerate O-RAN product maturity," said Brian Daly, Co-chair of the O-RAN Technical Steering Committee and AVP at AT&T Services Inc. "We look forward to seeing how our members take advantage of the Spring PlugFest to advance the ability of operators to obtain and deploy O-RAN-based products and solutions in their networks."
About O-RAN ALLIANCE
The O-RAN ALLIANCE is a world-wide community of 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 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 [https://c212.net/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4362416-1&h=1188553590&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.o-ran.org&a=www.o-ran.org].
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