India, Feb. 28 -- VIAVI Solutions today announced a strategic partnership between VIAVI Automated Lab-as-a-Service for Open RAN (VALOR) and the Acceleration of Compatibility and Commercialisation for Open RAN Deployments (ACCoRD) project, led by AT&T and Verizon. As co-grantees of the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, VALOR and ACCoRD will collaborate on Open RAN testing initiatives to further the adoption of open and interoperable network components, strengthen global supply chain resilience, and lower barriers to entry for new Open RAN players.

VIAVI will initially supply ACCoRD labs at Iowa State University and Rutgers University with the NITRO Wireless...