Nokia and Deutsche Telekom today announced an expansion of their long-standing collaboration to accelerate the development of cloud-based, disaggregated and AI‑native radio access network (RAN) technologies. The strengthened ‘Innovation Cooperation Program’ deepens joint work in Cloud RAN, open interfaces and next‑generation AI‑native RAN solutions aimed at enabling high-performance, multivendor mobile networks. The companies have a long history of co-creation focused on advancing open, flexible architectures. Their expanded effort underscores a shared commitment to improving network efficiency, programmability and long-term operational value for service providers.
Supporting Deutsche Telekom’s Open RAN Strategy
Nokia and Deutsche Telekom are increasing cooperation on Open Fronthaul (OFH) integration, building on earlier success linking Nokia baseband units with third-party O-RAN‑compliant radio units in Germany. Additional multivendor integrations for OFH and Cloud RAN are underway within confidential development programs. Open Fronthaul adoption, cloudified baseband and network softwarization remain key components of Deutsche Telekom’s O‑RAN strategy. A vendor-independent Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) platform is another critical pillar, enabling centralized control across multivendor RAN environments.
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