Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, TIM and Vodafone have signed a second MoU (memorandum of understanding) to expedite Open RAN development across Europe. This is the second release of a document originally published and signed in June 2021. “Release 1 focused on the main scenarios and technical requirements for each of the building blocks of a multivendor RAN. Release 2 builds on those requirements and focuses in particular on intelligence, orchestration, transport and cloud infrastructure, aiming at defining a fully automated and interoperable Open RAN system,” the partners said. “The energy efficiency requirements and targets to support sustainable Open RAN deployments have also been addressed. It is expected that Open RAN networks will gradually become more energy efficient than traditional RAN, benefiting…