"As the drive for the use of open telecoms technology in the UK gains further pace, deep tech innovation organisation Digital Catapult believes it has added further momentum to the Open RAN innovation by signing five international suppliers to its advanced connectivity programme, offering access to what it said was the UK's only Open Testing and Integration Centre (Otic) to trial, validate and scale Open RAN offerings, boosting network innovation and supply chain diversity."
"As it explained the importance of signing the new vendors to its ecosystem, the association said it was on a mission to help build resilience in the UK's advanced connectivity infrastructure and supply chains, supporting UK mobile network operators (MNOs) by broadening access to a pipeline of new suppliers. The net result, it assured, was enabling faster, scalable deployment of Open RAN technologies and diversifying the market by helping smaller suppliers to scale successfully."
"Accreditation means suppliers can be certified and badged post-completion, verifying and validating their services with a view to driving successful partnerships with MNOs, and injecting a suite of interoperable innovations into the market. Successful participants will receive badges for interoperability and end-to-end testing, which Digital Catapult regards as critical for instilling confidence among MNOs and streamlining the supplier selection processes."
Digital Catapult signed five international suppliers to its advanced connectivity programme and granted them access to the UK's only Open Testing and Integration Centre (Otic) to trial, validate and scale Open RAN offerings. The organisation provides technical validation, market-readiness support, consultancy, guidance on commercialisation pathways, and connections to potential channel partners. The programme aims to build resilience in UK connectivity infrastructure and supply chains by broadening supplier pipelines available to mobile network operators (MNOs). Accredited suppliers can be certified and badged post-completion for interoperability and end-to-end testing, helping to instill MNO confidence, streamline supplier selection, and accelerate scalable Open RAN deployment.
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