Mavenir Urges FCC to Add Questions to ORAN NOI
Mavenir asked the FCC to add five paragraphs to the open radio access network notice of inquiry, scheduled for a March 17 commissioners vote (see 2102240063). The NOI “does not go far enough in determining whether there are barriers to…
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entry caused by control over and manipulation of the supply chain,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 21-63. Mavenir spoke with aides to all four commissioners. The Telecom Infra Project urged the FCC to ask more questions aimed at inviting additional comments. “Broaden the scope of the draft NOI to encompass other open and disaggregated network elements, including Open Core and [open optical and packet transport solutions],” the group said in a call with staff from the Wireless and International bureaus and the Office of Engineering and Technology. “While the current draft does contain a reference to ‘packet core,’ a clearer elucidation of scope may encourage non-RAN-focused commenters to participate.”