Altiostar
American vRAN provider
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Altiostar is a company that provides open virtual radio access network (vRAN) technology.[1] The company is headquartered just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, with offices in Japan, Italy, the U.K., Mexico and India.[2] The company is a subsidiary of Rakuten.[3] Founded in 2011 by President and CEO, Ashraf Dahod,[4] Altiostar is focused on open, virtual RAN software that they claim can integrate operation of equipment from multiple vendors.[5]
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Wireless Software |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Ashraf Dahod |
| Owner | Rakuten |
| Website | www |
History
Altiostar was started by the founders of Starent Networks, a startup bought by Cisco in 2009.[6] Altiostar came out of stealth mode in late 2014 after raising $70 million in funding starting in 2012.[7] The company's initial offering was a virtualized Cloud-RAN (C-RAN) solution that connected radios with controllers with Ethernet, instead of dark fiber.[8] In 2015, the company introduced a virtual radio access network (vRAN) product.[9] In 2017, Altiostar released an Open vRAN Development Platform, allowing independent radio equipment manufacturers to develop a vRAN solution utilizing Altiostar technology.[10] Since its debut, the company has raised $357.5 million from Cisco, Rakuten Mobile, Qualcomm Ventures, Telefonica and Tech Mahindra among others.[11]
Rakuten
Partners
Altiostar has collaborated with a wide variety of partners to enable 4G and 5G network transformation through its open vRAN solution, including:
- 2011 – Cisco[15]
- 2015 – Texas Instruments,[16] Qwilt [17] and Wind River[18]
- 2016 – TIM[19]
- 2017 – Corning and Dali Wireless[20] and SK Telecom[21]
- 2018 – Amdocs,[22] Deutsche Telekom,[23] GCI,[24] Sercomm,[25] Telefónica and Vodafone[26]
- 2019 – Qualcomm,[27] Rakuten,[28] Telecom Infra Project (TIP) [29] and Ubicquia[30]
- 2020 – Airspan,[31] Bharti Airtel,[32] NEC Corporation (NEC)[33] and World Wide Technology[34]
Awards
- 2015 – Fierce Innovation Awards (Telecom Edition) - Next-Gen Deployment for NFV C-RAN Solution[35]
- 2016 – GLOTEL Global Telecoms Awards “Highly Recommended” for Innovative Use of Spectrum[36]
- 2017 – GSMA GLOMO Award - Best Mobile Technology Breakthrough and Outstanding Overall Mobile Technology – The CTO's choice for vRAN Solution[37]
- 2019 – GSMA 100[38]
- 2019 – Intel Network Builders Winners’ Circle 2019-2020 Leaders Board[39]