UK-based chip technology start-up AccelerComm has raised $26.78 million (£21.5 million) in a second round of funding, that will enable it to expand the development and marketing of its RAN optimization intellectual property (IP). The B round of funding was led by Swisscom. This comes at an opportune time to tap into rising interest in the next wave of 5G technology, based on 5G-Advanced (5G-A). The first wave of 5G roll-outs, based largely on 5G Non-Standalone and the 4G core, have broadly aimed to boost speed and quality of experience for existing applications based on mobile broadband. But to increase the revenue and profit gains that will justify the 5G build-out, advanced operators know they need new sources of business,…