SONIC Labs – 2023/24 Annual Report
The SONIC Labs Annual Report 2023/24 highlights the significant progress made since the programme’s inception in October 2020. It demonstrates…
SONIC Labs (SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre) is a world-leading innovation programme and R&D facility based in central London.
It is driven by our vision to transform the UK’s telecommunications industry by leading global technology developments to create a more open, competitive and diverse supply market in the UK. Part of the UK’s national 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy, SONIC Labs is funded by the UK Government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), and co-delivered by Digital Catapult and Ofcom.
Based in the heart of central London, our SONIC Labs indoor and outdoor testing sites provide a commercially neutral, collaborative environment for testing and integration for vendors from across the globe.
Visit our SONIC Labs facilities pageWe bring together the leading players of Open RAN innovators, industry, academia and government to inform our work and drive long term industry adoption of open network technologies.
Find out more about the organisations we work with, including our network of programme participants, advisory board and industry groups.
Digital Catapult is proud to be an international lab host for the O-RAN Global PlugFest – Fall 2024. Throughout the Autumn we will be working with world leading vendors to help accelerate the disaggregation, diversification and interoperability of networks through the adoption of Open RAN technologies.
Through our blogs, publications and reports, Digital Catapult shares crucial insights into the latest industry developments and how SONIC Labs is elevating the digital future of Open RAN technologies.
Digital Catapult is building on its focus in advancing UK development and use of data driven and open future networks…
Meet us in Barcelona from 3 to 6 March for MWC, the largest and most influential event for the connectivity…
Discover more about how Digital Catapult is collaborating globally to advance open networks.
In the lead up to MWC, join Digital Catapult, UKTIN and the other organisations on this year’s UK Innovation Pavilion…
Open RAN is a disaggregated system that allows the interoperability of components from different vendors in telecommunications.