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Altiostar Company type Subsidiary Industry Wireless Software Founded 2011 Founder Ashraf Dahod Website www .altiostar .com
Altiostar is a company that provides open virtual radio access network (vRAN) technology.[1] The company is headquartered just outside of Boston, Massachusetts , with offices in Japan, Italy, the U.K., Mexico and India.[2] The company is a subsidiary of Rakuten.[3] Founded in 2011 by President and CEO, Ashraf Dahod,[4] Altiostar is focused on open, virtual RAN software that they claim can integrate operation of equipment from multiple vendors.[5]
History
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Altiostar was started by the founders of Starent Networks , a startup bought by Cisco in 2009.[6] Altiostar came out of stealth mode in late 2014 after raising $70 million in funding starting in 2012.[7] The company's initial offering was a virtualized Cloud-RAN (C-RAN) solution that connected radios with controllers with Ethernet , instead of dark fiber.[8] In 2015, the company introduced a virtual radio access network (vRAN) product.[9] In 2017, Altiostar released an Open vRAN Development Platform, allowing independent radio equipment manufacturers to develop a vRAN solution utilizing Altiostar technology.[10] Since its debut, the company has raised $357.5 million from Cisco, Rakuten Mobile, Qualcomm Ventures , Telefonica and Tech Mahindra among others.[11]
Rakuten
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In 2019, Rakuten Mobile invested in Altiostar.[12] In 2020, Rakuten commercially launched its 4G network in Japan, using Altiostar as a software contributor for its 4G RAN, with plans to also use the software for its 5G network.[13] In August 2021, Rakuten acquired Altiostar.[14]
Partners
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Altiostar has collaborated with a wide variety of partners to enable 4G and 5G network transformation through its open vRAN solution, including:
2011 – Cisco[15]
2015 – Texas Instruments ,[16] Qwilt [17] and Wind River [18]
2016 – TIM[19]
2017 – Corning and Dali Wireless[20] and SK Telecom [21]
2018 – Amdocs ,[22] Deutsche Telekom ,[23] GCI,[24] Sercomm,[25] Telefónica and Vodafone[26]
2019 – Qualcomm ,[27] Rakuten,[28] Telecom Infra Project (TIP) [29] and Ubicquia[30]
2020 – Airspan ,[31] Bharti Airtel,[32] NEC Corporation (NEC)[33] and World Wide Technology[34]
Awards
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2015 – Fierce Innovation Awards (Telecom Edition) - Next-Gen Deployment for NFV C-RAN Solution[35]
2016 – GLOTEL Global Telecoms Awards “Highly Recommended” for Innovative Use of Spectrum[36]
2017 – GSMA GLOMO Award - Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough and Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The CTO's choice for vRAN Solution[37]
2019 – GSMA 100[38]
2019 – Intel Network Builders Winners’ Circle 2019-2020 Leaders Board[39]
References
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^ "Rakuten Group to Acquire Mobile Industry Innovator Altiostar" . Altiostar.
^ "Altiostar CEO: Open RAN Will Dominate in 3 Years" . SDxCentral.
^ "ATelefónica building partner ecosystem for 4G, 5G Open RAN solutions" . RCR Wireless. 24 March 2020.
^ "Altiostar: Open RAN, virtualization 'not pie in the sky' " . FierceWireless.
^ "One of Boston's Best-Funded Companies Just Came out of Stealth Mode" . American Inno.
^ "Altiostar's C-RAN Steps Into the Light, Junks Dark Fiber" . Light Reading.
^ "Altiostar Intros vRAN" . Light Reading.
^ "Altiostar Unveils Open vRAN Development Platform" . The Fast Mode.
^ "Altiostar CEO: Open RAN Will Dominate in 3 Years" . SDxCentral.
^ "Rakuten invests in Altiostar as part of virtualized network drive" . TelecomLead.com. 12 February 2019.
^ "Rakuten's 5G network will be built with containers" . FierceWireless.
^ "Rakuten Group to Acquire Mobile Industry Innovator Altiostar" . Altiostar. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023.
^ "Cisco's early bet on RAN virtualization propels Altiostar" . FierceWireless.
^ "Altiostar and Texas Instruments Collaborate to Bring the Most Advanced LTE eNodeB Solution to the Market" . Yahoo Finance. 2 March 2015.
^ "Qwilt, Altiostar Form Go to Market Partnership with Open Caching & NFV Cloud RAN Technologies" . The Fast Mode.
^ "Altiostar & Wind River Develop NFV C-RAN" . Light Reading.
^ "TIM and Altiostar extend ambitious vRAN plans in Italy" . Rethink Technology Research.
^ "DAS vendors look to VRAN to enable the enterprise" . RCR Wireless News.
^ "Altiostar, SK complete vRAN field trial, partner on SDRAN" . Telecompaper.
^ "Altiostar, Amdocs & Wind River Collaborate on End-to-End vRAN Solution: New Services, New Customers, New Revenue" . Light Reading.
^ "Deutsche Telekom partners with Crown Castle, Altiostar on 3.5 GHz test bed" . Wireless Business Group.
^ "SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — February 23, 2018" . SDxCentral.
^ "Sercomm, Altiostar launch virtualised small cells" . Telecompaper.
^ "Vodafone and Telefónica Will Trial TIP's OpenRAN Platforms" . SDxCentral.
^ "Altiostar to Demonstrate Disruptive Open, Virtualized 4G & 5G RAN Solutions at Mobile World Congress 2019" . Markets Insider.
^ "Rakuten invests in US vRAN vendor Altiostar ahead of mobile launch" . RCR Wireless. 13 February 2019.
^ "TIP Project Group Feature: OpenRAN" . Telecom Infra Project. 19 February 2019.
^ "Ubicquia & Altiostar Expand Partnership to Accelerate Rural Broadband" . Broadband World News.
^ "Airspan, Altiostar package lessons from Rakuten" . FierceWireless.
^ "India's Bharti Airtel Deploys Altiostar's Open vRAN Solution" . The Fast Mode.
^ "NEC, Altiostar to Jointly Work on 4G/5G Open vRAN Business Development" . The Fast Mode.
^ "Cisco, Altiostar and WWT team on open vRAN" . FierceWireless.
^ "Fierce Innovation Awards 2015" (PDF) . Fierce Markets.
^ "Glotel Global Telecom Awards 2016" . Telecoms.com.
^ "GSMA Congratulates Winners of the 2017 Global Mobile Awards" . GSMA.
^ "GSMA Welcomes New Telco Cloud Companies to the 'GSMA 100' " . Telecom TV.
^ "Intel Network Builders Winners' Circle" . Intel.
External links
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Altiostar&oldid=1162669023 "
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