--- title: Cellwize CEO on the problem with Open RAN | Microsoft talks telecom and innovation at the edge | Surecall boosts Verizon's 5G | February 1, 2022 Daily News --- For Cellwize’s CEO Ofir Zemer, Open RAN and the hype around it is complicated. | View in browser News & Insights What's the problem with Open RAN? An interview with Cellwize CEO For Cellwize’s CEO Ofir Zemer, Open RAN and the hype around it is complicated. ... Read More   Vodafone's new R&D center accelerates Open RAN silicon efforts Vodafone has opened a new R&D center in Málaga Spain to spur the development of Open RAN chips and other telco technology. ... Read More   Microsoft on the 5G edge: "The next wave of innovation" Microsoft calls mobile edge computing "the next wave of innovation" for a new class of low-latency apps and services. ... 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Read More   IoT platform market is innovating, expanding and about to boom – with $31bn of sales in 2026 ABI Research says $31 billion will go on IoT platforms by 2026 – with the real innovation from the newbies, not the oldies ('like Cisco and Ericsson'). ... Read More   GSMA and 5G-ACIA team up on industrial 5G for Industry 4.0 The GSMA and 5G-ACIA are to foster collaboration between the ICT and OT sides of the industrial 5G and Industry 4.0 equation. ... Read More   Telefónica strikes deal for up to 650,000 NB-IoT water meters in Spain In another coup for the cellular IoT crowd, Madrid water utility Canal de Isabel II has picked NB-IoT from Telefónica to connect up to 650,000 smart meters. ... Read More   Vodafone supplies 5G and IoT to health-tech firm with 'access' to 90% of operating rooms Vodafone has formalised a deal with U.K. health-tech provider Proximie to supply 5G, IoT and edge for its surgical AR-conferencing software. ... 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