{"id":74,"date":"2025-08-07T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/?p=74"},"modified":"2025-11-19T01:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T01:36:36","slug":"open-ran-laboratory-turned-over-to-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Open RAN Laboratory turned over to UP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Content originally from UP Website<\/a> |

Featured image:<\/em> (From left) DTI Assistant Director Karl Lyndon Pacolor, EEEI Director Lew Andrew Tria, UPD Engineering Dean Maria Antonia Tanchuling, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan II, UP President Angelo Jimenez, US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson, and US Embassy delegate Ryan Washburn lead the ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Open Radio Access Network Laboratory at the University of the Philippines, a project funded by the United States and supported by Japan, was formally turned over to the university through the signing of a deed of donation and acceptance and ribbon cutting ceremony on Aug. 1 at the UP Diliman Electrical and Electronics Engineering Institute.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the EEEI, the lab \u201cis envisioned to be a center for collaboration among mobile network operators, ICT vendors, industry organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, and other development partners, and aims to promote open and disaggregated network technologies, particularly open radio access networks, to foster a robust telecommunications environment.\u201d Among its functions are: serve as a training facility for students, specialists, and a wider network of stakeholders; promote local and global partnerships; and advance software and hardware development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson delivers her message of conveyance. She also signed the deed of donation and acceptance with UP President Angelo Jimenez, UPDChancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan II, and DICT Assistant Secretary Philip Varilla. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Better Access and Connectivity Project Chief of Party John Garrity introduces US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson, the guest of honor. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson said this state-of-the-art Open RAN Lab \u2014 the first in the Philippines \u2014 is a \u201cfruit of the trilateral partnership of US, Japan and the Philippines.\u201d  She said the lab lays \u201cthe foundation of telecommunications infrastructure that is open, secure and more inclusive, and will drive sustainable progress.\u201d Carlson added that the lab is expected to be \u201ca dynamic hub for groundbreaking research\u201d and \u201cpositions the Philippines as a global leader in the telecommunications industry and a catalyst for transformation across the region.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Garrity, chief of party of  the Better Access and Connectivity Project, said BEACON has supported over 60 related policies and laws and provided connectivity to households in remote communities from Batanes to Tawi-Tawi since its launch four years ago. He noted that this lab is a pioneering facility co-designed by partners from different sectors and that it \u201cunderscores the US government\u2019s support for digital transformation in the Philippines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Seated, from left) DICT Assistant Secretary Philip Varilla, UP President Angelo Jimenez, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan II, US Embassy delegate Ryan Washburn, and US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson show signed copies of the deed of donation and acceptance. Standing behind them as witnesses are, from left, BEACON Chief of Party John Garrity, EEEI Director Lew Andrew Tria, NTC Commissioner Ella Blanca Lopez, UPD College of Engineering Dean Maria Antonia Tanchuling, and DTI Assistant Director Karl Lyndon Pacolor. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Messages of support were also conveyed by the following: First Secretary Koji Isowa from the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines, National Telecommunications Commission Commissioner Ella Blanca Lopez, Department of Information and Communications Technology Assistant Secretary Philip Varilla, Department of Trade and Industry Assistant Director Karl Lyndon Pacolor, Department of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute Director Franz de Leon, DOST-Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development Director Enrico Paringit, Asia Open RAN Academy Chairperson Vincent Atienza, and by representatives of Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, Viavi Solutions, and Ark One Solutions. The soft launch for the project was held last <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First Secretary Koji Isowa from the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines delivers his message of support. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DOST-ASTI Director Franz de Leon expresses support for the Open Radio Access Network Laboratory. Photo by Jonathan Madrid, UP MPRO.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The project\u2019s soft launch<\/strong><\/a> was held last January 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Content originally from UP Website | August 7, 2025 | Written by Fred Dabu Featured image: (From left) DTI Assistant Director Karl Lyndon Pacolor, EEEI Director Lew Andrew Tria, UPD Engineering Dean Maria Antonia Tanchuling, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo Vistan II, UP President Angelo Jimenez, US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Loss Carlson, and US […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oran.eee.upd.edu.ph\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}