Funding and Unified Standards Essential for Open RAN: Experts

Dish is planning to stand up an NTIA-funded testing facility in the next 6 months.

Funding and Unified Standards Essential for Open RAN: Experts
Screenshot of Open RAN Policy Coalition Executive Director Diane Rinaldo at the Wednesday hearing

WASHINGTON, January 17, 2024 – Industry stakeholders testified at a House hearing on Wednesday that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration should award its Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund quickly and include some standards organizations in the mix of recipients.

Funded by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, the $1.5 billion program is aimed at expanding open RAN networks, which operate on generic components and software rather than proprietary hardware from large suppliers.

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