AI-RAN Alliance hits triple figures as Vodafone joins

AI RAN will account for 33% of RANs by 2029, driven by D-RAN and 5G - Mobile Europe

Meanwhile Vodafone Group has joined the AI-RAN Alliance, which has not made much noise or demonstrable progress since it was formed last year and is low on operator members A new AI RAN Advanced Research Report published by Dell’Oro Group predicts AI RAN will account for about a third of the RAN market by 2029. In the near term, the sector will concentrate on Distributed-RAN (D-RAN– see diagram below), single-purpose deployments and 5G, the repo…

AI-RAN Alliance hits triple figures as Vodafone joins

Industry group AI-RAN Alliance revealed its member numbers swelled to more than 100 since its foundation in 2024, with Vodafone Group among its latest batch of sign-ups. The organisation counts Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile US, Softbank Corp and Nvidia among its 11 original members. Other operators, academic institutions, service providers, research laboratories and companies have subsequently joined. As of an update in February, the group …