Altiostar

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Altiostar
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryWireless Software
Founded2011
FounderAshraf Dahod
Owner Rakuten
Website www.altiostar.com

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]

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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

In 2019, Rakuten Mobile invested in Altiostar. [12] In 2020, Rakuten commercially launched its 4G network in Japan, using Altiostar as a software contributor for its 4G RAN, with plans to also use the software for its 5G network. [13] In August 2021, Rakuten acquired Altiostar. [14]


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]

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