Vodafone, NEC conduct first O-RAN voice call in partnership with Altiostar

NEW DELHI: Dutch telecoms operator Vodafone, NEC Europe, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, and Altiostar on Tuesday jointly said they have conducted the first voice call on an open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) on Vodafone’s network in the Netherlands.

Open RAN technology allows the disaggregation of hardware from software and enables the creation of an open ecosystem that can support multiple vendors.