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# Blog posts tagged "Open RAN"

#### [Building quantum-safe telecom infrastructure for 5G and beyond](https://canonical.com/blog/building-quantum-safe-telecom-infrastructure-for-5g-and-beyond)

coRAN Labs and Canonical at MWC Barcelona 2026 At MWC Barcelona 2026, coRAN Labs and Canonical are presenting a working demonstration of a cloud-native, quantum-safe telecom platform for 5G and beyond 5G networks. This is not a conceptual exercise. It is a full 5G System (5GS) deployment with post-quantum cryptography embedded across the

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private mobile network

#### [Canonical and OpenAirInterface to collaborate on open source telecom network infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/telco-canonical-and-oai-to-collaborate-on-open-source-telecom-network-infrastructure-for-open-ran)

Canonical is excited to announce that we are collaborating with OpenAirInterface (OAI) to drive the development and promotion of open source software for open radio access networks (Open RAN). Canonical will bring automation in software lifecycle management to OAI’s RAN stack, alongside additional infrastructure capabilities. This will be

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5G

#### [What is Open RAN?](https://canonical.com/blog/what-is-open-ran)

You may have heard of the term Open Radio Access Networks (RAN) widely used in the telecom industry in recent years. In this blog, we are going to explain what Open RAN is, why it represents an important technology transformation, and how it will impact the telecom ecosystem. It is the first part of a

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5G

#### [Bringing Real-time Ubuntu to Amazon EKS Anywhere customers with Ubuntu Pro](https://canonical.com/blog/bringing-real-time-ubuntu-to-amazon-eks-anywhere-customers-with-ubuntu-pro)

Earlier this year at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2024 in Barcelona, Canonical announced the availability of Real-time Ubuntu on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Services Anywhere (EKS Anywhere). With this technology enablement, a telecom operator can confidently run its Open Radio Access Network (RAN) software workloads on Amazon EKS Anywhere, t

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5G

#### [Firecell and Canonical to demonstrate 5G private mobile network (PMN) solution running on Ubuntu at MWC Barcelona](https://canonical.com/blog/firecell-and-canonical-to-demonstrate-5g-private-mobile-network-pmn-solution-running-on-ubuntu-at-mwc-barcelona)

Paris, France. 14 February 2024. United by a common goal to advance open source software in telecommunications, Firecell and Canonical will demonstrate at this year’s Mobile Wireless Congress (MWC) event in Barcelona, 5G private mobile network (PMN) solutions running on Canonical’s Ubuntu operating system. Recognising the future of Open R

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Canonical announcements

#### [Meet Canonical at Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2024](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-at-mwc-barcelona-2024)

We’re returning to MWC in 2025 – check out our latest blog and stop by our booth The world’s largest and most influential telecommunications exhibition event, Mobile World Congress (MWC), is taking place in Barcelona on 26-29 February 2024. Canonical is excited to join this important annual event once again and meet the telecom industry.

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Company

#### [Canonical joins the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-joins-the-openairinterfacesoftware-alliance)

Canonical announced today that it has joined the board of the OpenAirInterface Software Alliance (OSA) as a Strategic Member. By working together, both organisations aim to develop an end-to-end, open source and open API wireless software stack, and to deliver turnkey solutions for customers and partners. While 5G is now widely deployed a

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Canonical announcements