Vodafone and Samsung Begin Mass Open RAN Rollout Across the United Kingdom

Samsung is supporting Vodafone in its network evolution, replacing legacy technology with virtualized Open RAN on the operator’s 2,500 sites — the largest Open RAN rollout in the U.K.
 
Samsung Electronics is supporting Vodafone’s large-scale deployment of Open RAN across 2,500 mobile sites in Wales and the South-West of England. Starting in Devon, Vodafone kicked off its Open RAN deployment using Samsung’s virtualized RAN (vRAN) software and Open RAN radio solutions.