10:50 AM EDT, 10/29/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Viavi Solutions ( VIAV ) said Tuesday it has been picked to design, build and operate a laboratory to boost the adoption of Open Radio Access Network technology in the Philippines.

Based on the Viavi Automated Lab-as-a-Service blueprint, the laboratory aims to tackle the issues of making testing and evaluation of Open Radio Access Networks readily available and accessible through the automated hybrid testing Laboratory-as-a-Service model.

The lab, which will be in Quezon City, Metro Manila, is based on Viavi's Automated Lab-as-a-Service for Open RAN and is funded by the US Agency for International Development in collaboration with the University of the Philippines' Diliman Electronics and Electrical Engineering Institute and Asia Open RAN Academy, the company said.

Shares of Viavi Solutions ( VIAV ) were up nearly 2% in recent trading.

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