Mavenir Urges FCC Action on ORAN

Mavenir spoke with an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr on the FCC’s legal ability to address open radio access network deployment. “The Commission should further consider incumbent … manufacturer dominance on an individual network and geographical basis, consistent with customer purchasing decisions,” said a filing posted Friday in docket 21-63: “When it does so, Mavenir believes the facts will show that the Commission should require interoperability and the development of open interfaces for RAN equipment.” Mavenir included in the filing recent ORAN principles from the U.K.