{"id":39004,"date":"2025-08-14T16:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/4751856_AE51856_0"},"modified":"2025-08-14T16:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:57:00","slug":"o-ran-alliance-opens-call-for-participation-in-its-o-ran-global-plugfest-fall-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=39004","title":{"rendered":"O-RAN ALLIANCE Opens Call for Participation in its O-RAN Global PlugFest Fall 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Call for Participation for the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2025 is underway<\/li>\n<li>The PlugFest is hosted by 25 operators and independent institutions in 19 labs around the world<\/li>\n<li>The PlugFest will focus on 6 themes targeted to facilitate interoperability and deployment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">BONN, <span class=\"xn-location\">Germany<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 15, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The O-RAN ALLIANCE has opened the Call for Participation for its O-RAN Global&nbsp;PlugFest Fall 2025.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg174bleft\" dir=\"ltr\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2390450\/PlugFest.jpg?p=medium600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg174bleft\" title=\"O-RAN ALLIANCE PlugFest\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2390450\/PlugFest.jpg?p=medium600\" alt=\"O-RAN ALLIANCE PlugFest\" align=\"middle\"><\/a> <br \/><span>O-RAN ALLIANCE PlugFest<\/span> <\/div>\n<p>The PlugFest provides a global platform for Radio Access Network (RAN) equipment manufacturers, service providers, universities, and research institutions to test, integrate, and validate solutions in a collaborative, multi-vendor environment.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;PlugFest is hosted by 25 operators and independent institutions in 19 labs in different regions around the world.<\/p>\n<p>PlugFest activities are planned from August through <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 2025<\/span>, followed by presentations and demonstrations of results to the O-RAN community. O-RAN ALLIANCE plans a public announcement of the&nbsp;PlugFest outcomes in December.<\/p>\n<p>PlugFest efforts will focus on six themes prioritized in the O-RAN ALLIANCE Testing and Integration Focus Group:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>O-RAN System Testing with Layer 1 Acceleration<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate consistent and repeatable open fronthaul testing in multiple labs<\/li>\n<li>O-RAN Energy Consumption, Efficiency and Savings Testing<\/li>\n<li>O-RAN E2E Deployment Templates, DevOps, and Test Automation<\/li>\n<li>O-RAN White-box Hardware diversity ecosystem<\/li>\n<li>Open Fronthaul Transport Testing with multiple O-RUs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Several of these areas utilize AI-powered intelligent components, including Service Management and Orchestration (SMO), RAN Intelligent Controllers (RICs) and related xApps\/rApps, enabled by O-RAN specifications.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about the&nbsp;PlugFest and register on our <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4488811-1&amp;h=1438957985&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.o-ran.org%2Fplugfest&amp;a=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Details from previously completed O-RAN&nbsp;PlugFests are publicly available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4488811-1&amp;h=2235729075&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fplugfestvirtualshowcase.o-ran.org%2F&amp;a=O-RAN+PlugFest+Virtual+Showcase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">O-RAN PlugFest Virtual Showcase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Participation is free for O-RAN ALLIANCE members and participants. Non-member organizations are welcome to join the O-RAN ALLIANCE to gain membership benefits, including:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Complimentary PlugFest participation<\/li>\n<li>Access to face-to-face meetings and technical work groups<\/li>\n<li>Collaboration with a diverse global O-RAN ecosystem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more and apply for O-RAN ALLIANCE membership through our <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4488811-1&amp;h=4007330773&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.o-ran.org%2Fmembership&amp;a=website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The O-RAN Global&nbsp;PlugFest is more than just a testing event \u2013 it&#8217;s where ideas become solutions and collaborations help enable future real-world deployments,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Brian Daly<\/span>, Co-chair of the O-RAN Technical Steering Committee and AVP at AT&amp;T Services Inc. &#8220;Participants will benefit from access to advance labs and cooperation with others on validation and integration of technology and solutions shaping the next generation of open, intelligent, and virtualized RAN.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>About O-RAN ALLIANCE<\/b><br \/>The O-RAN ALLIANCE is a world-wide community of mobile operators, vendors, research &amp; academic institutions as well as governmental agencies, operating or interested in Radio Access Networks (RAN). As the RAN is an essential part of any mobile network, the O-RAN ALLIANCE&#8217;s mission is to re-shape the industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualized and fully&nbsp;interoperable mobile networks. The new O-RAN specifications enable a more competitive and vibrant RAN supplier ecosystem with faster innovation to improve user experience. O-RAN based mobile networks at the same time improve the efficiency of RAN deployments as well as operations by mobile operators. To achieve this, the O-RAN ALLIANCE publishes new RAN specifications, releases open software for the RAN, and supports its members in integration and testing of their implementations.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4488811-1&amp;h=1427785032&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.o-ran.org%2F&amp;a=www.o-ran.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">www.o-ran.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Participation for the O-RAN ALLIANCE Global PlugFest Fall 2025 is underway The PlugFest is hosted by 25 operators and independent institutions in 19 labs around the world The PlugFest will focus on 6 themes targeted to facilitate interoperability and deployment BONN, Germany, Aug. 15, 2025 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; The O-RAN ALLIANCE has opened the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":39005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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