The latest Open RAN milestone from Vodafone, one of the platform’s most active exponents and triallists, is a small cell trial using containerized baseband software with a small indoor radio/antenna unit. Vodafone UK worked with Open RAN provider Mavenir on a voice and data test in which the software used to control the radio unit was containerized. In future, the MNO said additional cloud-native software could be added, which would enable businesses to build customized features into the RAN on an ad hoc basis to support their specific use cases. Vodafone has been working with Mavenir for several years, having chosen the company, as well as Parallel Wireless, as ”leading candidates” to produce interoperable Open RAN solutions back in 2018. Since then, Vodafone has…