08:57 AM EDT, 07/09/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Viavi Solutions ( VIAV ) and Telecom Infra Project said Tuesday they have teamed up to expand the testing capabilities of the Viavi Automated Lab-as-a-Service for Open RAN or Valor.

Valor, funded by a $21.7 million grant from the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration, will be the first authorized test lab of TIP, streamlining the certification process, reducing duplication, and making the time-to-market for Open RAN solutions faster, according to the companies.

They said that they expect the expansion of Valor's testing capabilities for Open RAN to cut integration time and costs and enhance data reliability and performance, leading to the "collective progress" of open and disaggregated networks worldwide.