Altiostar
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Wireless Software |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Ashraf Dahod |
| Website | www |
Altiostar is a company that provides open virtual radio access network (vRAN) technology.[1] The company is headquartered just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, with offices in Japan, Italy, the U.K., Mexico and India.[2] The company is a subsidiary of Rakuten.[3] Founded in 2011 by President and CEO, Ashraf Dahod,[4] Altiostar is focused on open, virtual RAN software that they claim can integrate operation of equipment from multiple vendors.[5]
History
Altiostar was started by the founders of Starent Networks, a startup bought by Cisco in 2009.[6] Altiostar came out of stealth mode in late 2014 after raising $70 million in funding starting in 2012.[7] The company's initial offering was a virtualized Cloud-RAN (C-RAN) solution that connected radios with controllers with Ethernet, instead of dark fiber.[8] In 2015, the company introduced a virtual radio access network (vRAN) product.[9] In 2017, Altiostar released an Open vRAN Development Platform, allowing independent radio equipment manufacturers to develop a vRAN solution utilizing Altiostar technology.[10] Since its debut, the company has raised $357.5 million from Cisco, Rakuten Mobile, Qualcomm Ventures, Telefonica and Tech Mahindra among others.[11]
Rakuten
In 2019, Rakuten Mobile invested in Altiostar.[12] In 2020, Rakuten commercially launched its 4G network in Japan, using Altiostar as a software contributor for its 4G RAN, with plans to also use the software for its 5G network.[13] In August 2021, Rakuten acquired Altiostar.[14]
Partners
Altiostar has collaborated with a wide variety of partners to enable 4G and 5G network transformation through its open vRAN solution, including:
2011 – Cisco[15]
2015 – Texas Instruments,[16] Qwilt [17] and Wind River[18]
2016 – TIM[19]
2017 – Corning and Dali Wireless[20] and SK Telecom[21]
2018 – Amdocs,[22] Deutsche Telekom,[23] GCI,[24] Sercomm,[25] Telefónica and Vodafone[26]
2019 – Qualcomm,[27] Rakuten,[28] Telecom Infra Project (TIP) [29] and Ubicquia[30]
2020 – Airspan,[31] Bharti Airtel,[32] NEC Corporation (NEC)[33] and World Wide Technology[34]
Awards
2015 – Fierce Innovation Awards (Telecom Edition) - Next-Gen Deployment for NFV C-RAN Solution[35]
2016 – GLOTEL Global Telecoms Awards “Highly Recommended” for Innovative Use of Spectrum[36]
2017 – GSMA GLOMO Award - Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough and Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The CTO's choice for vRAN Solution[37]
2019 – GSMA 100[38]
2019 – Intel Network Builders Winners’ Circle 2019-2020 Leaders Board[39]
References
- ^ "Cisco, Altiostar, WWT team for Open vRAN blueprint". Light Reading.
- ^ "Altiostar: Open RAN, virtualization 'not pie in the sky'". FierceWireless.
- ^ "Rakuten Group to Acquire Mobile Industry Innovator Altiostar". Altiostar.
- ^ "Altiostar CEO: Open RAN Will Dominate in 3 Years". SDxCentral.
- ^ "ATelefónica building partner ecosystem for 4G, 5G Open RAN solutions". RCR Wireless. 24 March 2020.
- ^ "Altiostar: Open RAN, virtualization 'not pie in the sky'". FierceWireless.
- ^ "One of Boston's Best-Funded Companies Just Came out of Stealth Mode". American Inno.
- ^ "Altiostar's C-RAN Steps Into the Light, Junks Dark Fiber". Light Reading.
- ^ "Altiostar Intros vRAN". Light Reading.
- ^ "Altiostar Unveils Open vRAN Development Platform". The Fast Mode.
- ^ "Altiostar CEO: Open RAN Will Dominate in 3 Years". SDxCentral.
- ^ "Rakuten invests in Altiostar as part of virtualized network drive". TelecomLead.com. 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Rakuten's 5G network will be built with containers". FierceWireless.
- ^ "Rakuten Group to Acquire Mobile Industry Innovator Altiostar". Altiostar. Archived from the original on January 25, 2023.
- ^ "Cisco's early bet on RAN virtualization propels Altiostar". FierceWireless.
- ^ "Altiostar and Texas Instruments Collaborate to Bring the Most Advanced LTE eNodeB Solution to the Market". Yahoo Finance. 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Qwilt, Altiostar Form Go to Market Partnership with Open Caching & NFV Cloud RAN Technologies". The Fast Mode.
- ^ "Altiostar & Wind River Develop NFV C-RAN". Light Reading.
- ^ "TIM and Altiostar extend ambitious vRAN plans in Italy". Rethink Technology Research.
- ^ "DAS vendors look to VRAN to enable the enterprise". RCR Wireless News.
- ^ "Altiostar, SK complete vRAN field trial, partner on SDRAN". Telecompaper.
- ^ "Altiostar, Amdocs & Wind River Collaborate on End-to-End vRAN Solution: New Services, New Customers, New Revenue". Light Reading.
- ^ "Deutsche Telekom partners with Crown Castle, Altiostar on 3.5 GHz test bed". Wireless Business Group.
- ^ "SDxCentral's Weekly Roundup — February 23, 2018". SDxCentral.
- ^ "Sercomm, Altiostar launch virtualised small cells". Telecompaper.
- ^ "Vodafone and Telefónica Will Trial TIP's OpenRAN Platforms". SDxCentral.
- ^ "Altiostar to Demonstrate Disruptive Open, Virtualized 4G & 5G RAN Solutions at Mobile World Congress 2019". Markets Insider.
- ^ "Rakuten invests in US vRAN vendor Altiostar ahead of mobile launch". RCR Wireless. 13 February 2019.
- ^ "TIP Project Group Feature: OpenRAN". Telecom Infra Project. 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Ubicquia & Altiostar Expand Partnership to Accelerate Rural Broadband". Broadband World News.
- ^ "Airspan, Altiostar package lessons from Rakuten". FierceWireless.
- ^ "India's Bharti Airtel Deploys Altiostar's Open vRAN Solution". The Fast Mode.
- ^ "NEC, Altiostar to Jointly Work on 4G/5G Open vRAN Business Development". The Fast Mode.
- ^ "Cisco, Altiostar and WWT team on open vRAN". FierceWireless.
- ^ "Fierce Innovation Awards 2015" (PDF). Fierce Markets.
- ^ "Glotel Global Telecom Awards 2016". Telecoms.com.
- ^ "GSMA Congratulates Winners of the 2017 Global Mobile Awards". GSMA.
- ^ "GSMA Welcomes New Telco Cloud Companies to the 'GSMA 100'". Telecom TV.
- ^ "Intel Network Builders Winners' Circle". Intel.