Open RAN Between 2018 and 2025, Mavenir was heavily involved in
Open RAN technology partnerships, and operator trials and deployments, including integrations. In 2020, Mavenir publicly disclosed O-RAN operator partnerships with
Deutsche Telekom for web-scale validation of 5G SA core, Airtel for O-RAN RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC), and with
Telefonica “O2” UK. During this period, Mavenir trialled and deployed O-RAN solutions with mobile operators including
MTN,
Axiata,
DISH, Deutsche Telekom and
Vodafone, across a mix of public and private mobile network scenarios. In December 2021, Vodafone completed the first data and
VoLTE call on 4G small cell Open RAN in partnership with Mavenir. Following the 2025 recapitalization, Mavenir refocused its O-RAN investment on 4G and 5G small cell radios, and exited the manufacture and distribution of O-RAN radio units for macro networks.
Cloud In 2021, Mavenir announced it had cloudified its product portfolio, leading to technology partnerships with vendors including
Red Hat, Platform9,
AWS,
NTT DATA, and
Google Cloud. Later that year,
Orange announced Europe’s first 5G SA fully end-to-end experimental cloud network in a multi-partner project including Mavenir. The company has since announced deployments of its cloud-native IMS and Converged Packet Core with operators including Deutsche Telekom, Paradise Mobile,
Slovak Telekom,
Telefonica,
T-Mobile Czech,
Turkcell, Vodafone and
Virgin Mobile O2. In February 2025, Mavenir signed a new five-year contract with O2 Telefonica to transition from its existing virtualized IMS to a cloud-native IMS for 4G and 5G, and in
Tune Talk in Malaysia became the first fully cloud-native mobile network operator in the ASEAN region with Mavenir.
Non-terrestrial networks (NTN) With the industry seeing global mobile infrastructure investments slowing significantly in 2024, Mavenir openedhttps://www.lightreading.com/satellite/mavenir-s-space-quest-a-fantastic-opportunity-or-a-hail-mary- its core and RAN management software to satellite operators and 5G non-terrestrial networks (NTN). Key early milestones included Mavenir and Terrestar Solutions successfully conducting the industry’s first
Narrowband-IoT live data sessions and voice calls over NB-IoT via
Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) non-terrestrial networks (NTN). In September 2025, global voice and data satellite communications company Iridium Communications Inc. signed a strategic partnership with Mavenir to accelerate its NTN direct-to-device services and satellite-terrestrial NB-IoT integration with the deployment of Mavenir’s cloud-native Converged Packet Core solution.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) In 2025, Mavenir announced a strategic pivot toward AI-native networks, proposing AI and agentic AI throughout the network stack. That same year, Mavenir and
e& (formerly Etisalat) announced a long-term technology partnership, which has subsequently seen the pair announce the intention to deploy AI-powered network security e&’s UAE network. In February 2026, Mavenir signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) to with Telefonica to create a joint AI Innovation Hub designed to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence into the evolution of Core Networks, and with TurkCell to accelerate the mobile network operator’s deployment of voice and messaging AI applications. ==References==