Ericsson joins OpenAirInterface Software Alliance to advance 5G, 6G development, open standards and ET Telecom

NEW DELHI: Swedish telecom equipment manufacturer Ericsson has joined the OpenAir Interface Software Alliance (OSA) as a strategic member and member of the board of directors to advance the development of 5G technology and 6G and foster the adoption of open standards and interoperability. participated in.

“By becoming a member of the OpenAirInterface Alliance, Ericsson demonstrates its dedication to open standards, interoperability and the common goal of pushing the boundaries of wireless technology,” Ericsson said.

In particular, Ericsson believes that “high-quality, open, SW-defined implementations of user equipment (UE) protocol stacks” are OAI’s key contributions to the vendor ecosystem and future community-driven innovation. said.

Ericsson joins the OpenAirInterface (OAI) community with its research and development center in France.

Founded in 2014, OSA is a French non-profit organization whose members include Nokia Bell Labs, Qualcomm, Vodafone, AMD, and Nvidia. We offer the OAI 5G stack for academia, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). OSA recently partnered with the O-RAN software community on open APIs and open RAN (vRAN/vCore).

Ericsson’s expertise and OSA’s commitment to community-driven open source development will help the nonprofit play a key role in 6G development as well, Ericsson said.

Through this partnership, the vendors aim to “advance open standards and ensure interoperability between various wireless communication systems.”

“We are pleased that Ericsson has joined the OSA Board of Directors. ” said Irfan Ghauri. , Director of Operations, OpenAirInterface Software Alliance.

“We are excited to join the OpenAirInterface Alliance and contribute our expertise to the community,” said Per Beming, Head of Standardization and Industry Initiatives at Ericsson. This is consistent with our commitment to advancing the