The O-RAN Alliance has held its biggest plugfest to date, which was spread over seven locations/projects and involved 94 companies (some of them participating in multiple projects). This was the group’s third international event for interoperability testing and integration. “The expanded and diverse participation of companies from across the technology ecosystem is testimony to growing momentum behind Open RAN and its relevance for our industry,” said Deutsche Telekom’s head of technology Alex Jinsung Choi, who is COO of the Alliance. Plugfest tests were held in labs in four Asian countries – Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and India. In Japan, all four MNOs plus research park YRB were hosting activities. NTT Docomo undertook interoperability testing with Fujitsu, NEC, Nokia and Samsung products in…