Vodafone and Mavenir complete VoLTE call over Open RAN Vodafone UK and Mavenir, a provider of virtualized RAN software, claim to have completed the first successful data and voice call over VoLTE across a containerized 4G small cell Open RAN lab set-up. The pair are using Open RAN systems to expand in-building 4G coverage for medium- and large-sized enterprise facilities. The companies contend this is a significant milestone in the journey from physical infrastructure to a digital cloud-based environment. The plug-and-play small cell package uses radio hardware from Sercomm and Open RAN software from Mavenir, with Dell, NEC, Samsung, Wind River, Capgemini Engineering and Keysight Technologies among other partners in Vodafone’s wider Open RAN program. ARM and Benetel work on open…