Telecom Italia deploys O-RAN network Telecom Italia (TIM) has deployed its first O-RAN network in Europe – establishing a 4G service in the city of Faenza near Bologna provided by JMA Wireless of the US. The radio node on the 4G network was built by combining JMA’s software baseband with the radio units provided by Microelectronics Technology (MTI) of Taiwan. “This initiative will see the group implement new solutions on its commercial network to benefit customers and businesses thereby speeding up the deployment of digital services,” says TIM, “the initiative is covered by the signing of a memorandum of understanding last February with the main European operators to promote open RAN technology with the aim of speeding up the implementation of new generation mobile networks, in particular 5G, cloud and edge computing.