ATIS and the O-RAN ALLIANCE have jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), enabling the transposition of O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications into ATIS standards.
The MoU establishes a collaborative process to identify O-RAN specifications for adoption by ATIS. This transposition is a significant step towards promoting the adoption of Open RAN in North America, as it provides O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications with recognition by ATIS, an accredited standards body with extensive membership from North American industry.
It supports both organisations’ shared goals of advancing the industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualised, and globally standards-compliant mobile networks. This new agreement builds on a previous MoU between the parties, which addressed cooperation on Open Radio Access Network (RAN) issues, including Open RAN security and stakeholder requirements. It highlights ATIS’s commitment to creating innovative standards for mobile networks that leverage the latest technical and architectural advancements.
“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 Susan Miller, President and CEO, ATIS. “The MoU with O-RAN ALLIANCE gives the combined weight of both organisations 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 recognised Open RAN standards and best practices for the North American market.”
“O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications set the global foundation for open, intelligent, virtualised and interoperable Radio Access Networks, building on common RAN standards,” added Abdurazak Mudesir, Chair of the Board of O-RAN ALLIANCE and Group CTO, Deutsche Telekom. “O-RAN ALLIANCE welcomes ATIS’ 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.”
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