Deutsche Telekom has appointed Mavenir to modernize its mobile messaging infrastructure in four key markets, as part of its broader network upgrade plans centered on Open RAN. This increases Mavenir’s involvement after being chosen as one of three principle initial partners for Open RAN last year, alongside Fujitsu and Nokia. That contract announced in February 2023 set the stage for Mavenir’s recent award, although the former was initially focused on the Neubrandenburg area of Germany, as a setting for introduction of Open RAN in a brownfield site also receiving 2G and 4G services. Those sites were constructing DT’s first commercial Open RAN network with open fronthaul support, splitting radio and baseband functions from Nokia and Fujitsu. Mavenir was chosen to…