Deutsche Telekom touts progress on software-based mobile networks


FILE PHOTO A crow rests on the GSM mobile phone antennas of Deutsche Telekom AG atop the German telecoms giants headquarters in Bonn Germany February 19 2019.   REUTERSWolfgang Rattay

FILE PHOTO: A crow rests on the GSM mobile phone antennas of Deutsche Telekom AG atop the German telecoms giant's headquarters in Bonn, Germany, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay

BERLIN (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom has successfully tested software-based mobile network technology using high-capacity antennas, it said on Monday, a potential alternative to existing network suppliers that could give mobile firms more flexibility and cut costs.

The trial of its Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) in the German town of Neubrandenburg is the first of its kind in Europe, Deutsche Telekom's technology chief Claudia Nemat told an online presentation.

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