VIAVI VALOR and Telecom Infra Project (TIP) Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance Open RAN Testing Capabilities
Viavi Solutions (VIAV) and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) have formed a strategic collaboration to enhance the testing capabilities of VIAVI's Automated Lab-as-a-Service for Open RAN (VALOR). Supported by a $21.7 million grant from the NTIA, VALOR will become the first TIP-authorized test lab, streamlining the certification process and reducing testing duplication. This collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of Open RAN technologies globally, ensuring high-performance standards, interoperability, and security. VALOR's cloud-based, virtual testing capabilities will support TIP's system performance certification program, driving innovation and industry alignment. This partnership is expected to improve supply chain resilience, reduce costs, and enhance data reliability and performance in Open RAN deployments.
- VALOR to become the first TIP-authorized test lab, streamlining certification.
- $21.7M NTIA grant supports VALOR's development.
- Enhanced testing capabilities for Open RAN, ensuring interoperability, performance, and security.
- Accelerated global adoption of Open RAN technologies.
- Improved supply chain resilience and reduced costs.
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The strategic collaboration between VIAVI and the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has the potential to significantly impact VIAVI's market position in the telecommunications testing space. By becoming the first TIP-authorized test lab, VIAVI stands to solidify its leadership in Open RAN testing, potentially increasing revenue streams from new clients and further diversifying its customer base. The $
In the short term, this collaboration may lead to increased operational costs due to the necessary expansion of VALOR's infrastructure and capabilities. However, the long-term benefits appear promising, with the potential for sustained growth through a broader market reach and more robust service offerings. Investors should monitor how quickly VIAVI can scale VALOR's services and secure new contracts.
Overall, this collaboration aligns with the global trend towards network disaggregation and open standards, which can reduce costs and increase interoperability. While it represents a strategic move into a high-growth sector, careful attention should be paid to how effectively VIAVI can meet the performance and security standards dictated by TIP.
VIAVI's partnership with TIP is poised to advance Open RAN technology significantly. Open RAN, or Open Radio Access Network, refers to the industry's movement towards more open and inter-operable network components, allowing for a more competitive and innovative marketplace. The introduction of VALOR as the first TIP-authorized test lab is crucial, as it sets a benchmark for testing and certification.
One key benefit of this collaboration is the reduction in testing duplication, translating to faster time-to-market for new Open RAN solutions. This is particularly important as the industry moves towards 5G and beyond, requiring swift and reliable testing frameworks. The ability to provide cloud-based and virtual testing also aligns with modern network requirements, allowing for scalable and flexible testing environments.
From a technical standpoint, integrating VALOR's capabilities with TIP's system performance certification program ensures that Open RAN components not only meet but exceed industry standards. This can enhance the reliability and performance of networks, making them more robust against real-world complexities. The focus on end-to-end system performance within multi-vendor environments addresses a significant challenge in Open RAN deployments, promoting a seamless integration process.
From a market perspective, the collaboration between VIAVI and TIP can be seen as a strategic move to capitalize on the growing Open RAN market. Open RAN is gaining traction globally as telecom operators look for more flexible and cost-effective network solutions. By enhancing the testing and certification processes, this collaboration helps reduce market fragmentation and promotes supply chain efficiencies, which are critical for widespread adoption.
This partnership also indicates a strong market alignment towards open and disaggregated networks, which could drive further investment and innovation in this space. For telecom operators, the streamlined certification process means reduced time and costs associated with deploying new technologies, which can accelerate the rollout of advanced network services, including 5G.
For investors, this collaboration represents a clear alignment with industry trends and a proactive approach to addressing market needs. The potential for reduced downtime and improved service quality can boost consumer confidence and operator satisfaction, potentially leading to higher adoption rates and market share for companies involved in Open RAN solutions.
Joint Framework Expands Testing Services, Driving Industry-wide Adoption of Open RAN Solutions
- Advancing Industry Standards Through Collaboration: TIP partners with VIAVI to expand VALOR's testing for Open RAN.
- Streamlined Testing: Establishes VALOR as the first TIP-authorized test lab, reducing testing duplication.
- Industry-wide impact: Accelerates Open RAN adoption and drives global industry alignment.
TIP, a global consortium dedicated to advancing and adopting open and disaggregated networks, thrives on the collective contributions of its member companies. These contributions are critical to bringing innovation to the industry and facilitating a collaborative environment where innovative technologies are developed, tested, and certified, ready for deployment.
VIAVI's involvement with TIP exemplifies this collaborative spirit. By bringing VALOR's test-as-a-service capabilities to TIP, VIAVI advances the mission of TIP's OpenRAN Project Group (PG) and enhances the broader industry's ability to implement and certify Open RAN technologies.
TIP-authorized labs expand on the success of TIP's network of Community Labs. This collaboration will streamline the certification process by VALOR becoming the first TIP-authorized test lab, reducing duplication of efforts and accelerating time-to-market for Open RAN solutions. TIP's and VIAVI's strategic cooperation promotes innovation and broad industry alignment, driving widespread adoption of Open RAN technologies globally.
Strategic Collaboration Overview:
- Key Benefits and Contributions: VALOR offers cloud-based and virtual testing capabilities critical for modern, scalable network performance assessments. These capabilities will be incorporated into TIP's system performance certification program, providing a robust and flexible testing framework for component vendors and operators.
- Enhancing Testing Capabilities: VIAVI and TIP will enhance VALOR's testing capabilities that build on top of the O-RAN test specifications. This comprehensive approach will support the TIP community by ensuring that Open RAN systems meet high-performance standards and are robust enough to handle real-world network complexities.
- Establishing VALOR as the first Authorized Test Lab: VALOR will become the first of TIP's network of authorized test labs, streamlining the certification process, reducing duplication of efforts, and accelerating the time-to-market for Open RAN solutions. Additionally, establishing VALOR as one of TIP's authorized test labs ensures a high standard of testing and certification processes.
- Developing a System Performance Certification Framework: TIP's community will leverage VALOR's testing capabilities to help build a robust system performance certification framework, promoting innovation and industry alignment.
VIAVI and TIP's collaboration to expand VALOR's testing capabilities for Open RAN is poised to significantly reduce integration time and costs and improve data reliability and performance, resulting in the collective progress of open and disaggregated networks globally.
Supporting Quotes
Kristian Toivo, Executive Director, TIP, said, "Through this appointment of VALOR as one of the TIP's authorized labs, we are committed to advancing the Open RAN landscape by providing robust and streamlined testing frameworks. Comprehensive end-to-end testing ensures that Open RAN systems meet high-performance standards and are robust enough to handle real-world network complexities, thereby maintaining service quality and reducing downtime. In addition to the extreme performance testing, VALOR's Open RAN virtual testing environment brings new capabilities to TIP Labs and the community. This strategic engagement fosters innovation, improves supply chain resilience, and accelerates the global adoption of Open RAN technologies, offering operators more flexible, cost-effective, and high-performance network solutions."
Dr. Sameh Yamany, Chief Technology Officer, VIAVI, said, "The collaboration between VIAVI and TIP enhances Open RAN system maturity by addressing multi-vendor deployment challenges, ensuring end-to-end system level performance testing from different vendors. VIAVI's participation in TIP's OpenRAN PG and Test and Validation Committee is supporting the creation of industry test plans at a global level. VALOR supports comprehensive end-to-end testing to verify performance, stability, and security under real-world conditions. Additionally, this initiative aims to reduce market fragmentation, create supply chain efficiencies, and build marketplace confidence through standardized testing and certification processes."
About Telecom Infra Project (TIP)
The Telecom Infra Project is a global community of companies and organizations working together to accelerate the development and deployment of open, disaggregated, and standards-based technology solutions that deliver the high-quality connectivity the world needs – now and in the decades to come.
About VIAVI
VIAVI (NASDAQ: VIAV) is a global provider of network test, monitoring and assurance solutions for telecommunications, cloud, enterprises, first responders, military, aerospace and railway. VIAVI is also a leader in light management technologies for 3D sensing, anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, government and aerospace applications. Learn more about VIAVI at www.viavisolutions.com. Follow us on VIAVI Perspectives, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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