O-RAN’s emphasis on openness is reflected in its structure as an open technical organization, where incumbent as well as emerging industry players or academic institutions can join and contribute to its architecture and specifications.
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O-RAN membership base represents a diverse community of companies or research and academic institutions, and government agencies. Members and Contributors can meet and cooperate within the global RAN industry ecosystem.
All experts of Members and Participants are welcome to attend O-RAN ALLIANCE face-to-face meetings, sponsored by the O-RAN ALLIANCE. ALL O-RAN groups meet three times per year (Asia, Europe and Americas). Members and contributors can meet in person, which boosts the progress of O-Ran ALLIANCE efforts.
Members and Contributors may join any Work Group or Focus Group and participate in the definition of requirements and specifications. O-RAN Work Groups and Focus Groups are co-chaired by both Members and Contributors. All co-chairs have the voting right at the Technical Steering Committee.
All approved O-RAN ALLIANCE specifications are available to interested public. Members and contributors get access to all materials in Work Groups and Focus Groups, including work in progress and history of their versions and contributions. Members and Contributors can progress with their implementations before the specifications are released to public.
At the O-RAN PlugFests, Members and Contributors can perform interoperability testing and integration of their implementations with other Members and Contributors. O-RAN PlugFests are co-sponsored by the O-RAN ALLIANCE. Participating Members and Contributors are presented in O-RAN public communication and the O-RAN PlugFest Virtual Showcase.
O-RAN Certification and Badging Program ensures that operators can deploy products at scale and with confidence. O-RAN Members and Contributors can apply for certification to promote their O-RAN products or solutions. O-RAN certificates and badges are issued by accredited Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs).
Open Testing and Integration Centres (OTICs) are vendor-independent, open and qualified labs approved by the O-RAN ALLIANCE that issue awards in the O-RAN Certification and Badging Program. Members and Contributors can work with OTICs on testing, integration and certification of their O-RAN products or solutions.
O-RAN Virtual Exhibition is a unique platform that allows O-RAN Members and Contributors to promote their O-RAN products and solutions. The platform is sponsored by O-RAN ALLIANCE. O-RAN Virtual Exhibition is regularly updated to complement major industry exhibitions.
O-RAN Map tracks trials and deployments of O-RAN based technology and solutions announced by Mobile Network Operators. Members and Contributors may be promoted in announcements listed on the map.
The O-RAN Software Community (OSC) develops open software, supporting the O-RAN ecosystem in development, testing and integration of their O-RAN products and solutions. Members and Contributors are welcome to join the OSC and contribute to the open software development.
Members and Contributors have access to all O-RAN specifications either work-in-progress or approved. O-RAN allows to access all materials in all Work Groups or Focus Groups, and keeps history of their versions and contributions.
Members and Contributors can progress with their implementations before the specifications are released to public.
At the O-RAN PlugFests, Members and Contributors can perform interoperability testing and integration of their implementations with other Members and Contributors. O-RAN PlugFests are co-sponsored by the O-RAN ALLIANCE.
Members and Contributors may join any Work Group or Focus Group and participate in the definition of requirements and specifications. O-RAN Work Groups and Focus Groups are co-chaired by both Members and Contributors. All co-chairs have the voting right at the Technical Steering Committee.
Members and Contributors can meet and cooperate within the RAN industry ecosystem. O-RAN schedules regular meetings face-to-face, when possible, or virtual. Work Groups and Focus Groups hold regular or ad-hoc conference calls, as required to achieve their objectives.
O-RAN Virtual Exhibition shows demonstrations of O-RAN based equipment in the form of videos, animations, charts or text. It is a valuable platform for Members and Contributors to present their
O-RAN implementations. O-RAN Virtual Exhibition is sponsored by the O-RAN ALLIANCE.
The O-RAN ALLIANCE offers a tiered membership structure to enable a diversity of organizations to participate. O-RAN membership is subject to yearly fee. For membership beginning during the financial year, the fee may be pro-rated based on the quarter of the year to reflect only the remaining part of that year. The membership categories are:
Members are mobile network operators and strong advocates of the O-RAN ALLIANCE's goals and objectives.
Annual membership fee: $50,000.00
Contributors are organizations developing reference platforms and products to be tested and deployed by Members. Contributors are typically commercial vendors with expertise and development resources to build products commercially available to mobile operators. For the O-RAN membership purposes, Contributors are companies having more than 500 employees or more than $50 Million annual revenue.
Development commitment:
Development resources dedicated
to at least one Work Group
Test and PoC commitment:
As required to reach the goals and
objectives of working groups
Annual membership fee: $25,000.00
SME Contributors are equivalent to Contributors, but meet the small and medium size enterprise business qualifications of having less than 500 employees or less than $50 million annual revenue.
Annual membership fee: $10,000.00
Startup Contributors are equivalent to Contributors, but meet the startup business qualifications of having less than 50 employees.
Annual membership fee: $5,000.00
Academic Contributors and Non-profit organizations are typically research or academic institutions that bring new ideas and add value to theO-RANALLIANCE and its community.
Annual membership fee: $1,000.00
Upon membership setup, all O-RAN ALLIANCE Members, Contributors or Academic Contributors must agree to:
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