Open RAN Outreach Act
Passed first chamber: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Passed first chamber
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Jul 15, 2025
What it does
Open RAN Outreach Act This bill requires the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to small communications network providers regarding the benefits, uses, and challenges of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) standards and other open network architectures. (Open RAN is a nonproprietary, standardized network deployment approach that promotes open networks with interoperable equipment and virtualized network operations.) The NTIA must also conduct outreach and provide assistance to small providers regarding participation in the Public Wireless Supply Chain Innovation Fund, a competitive grant program that funds…
Official summary · Introduced in House · Mar 11, 2025
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Done)
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