SK Telecom and Japan’s leading mobile operator NTT DOCOMO, INC. today announced the release of a white paper on the key enabling features for vRAN evolution and the path to AI-RAN (the white paper), as the latest outcome of their ongoing technical cooperation. The white paper reviews the prospects for further enhancement and advancement of vRAN and AI-RAN – which means intelligent RAN utilizing AI capability – for mobile operators, as well as the associated technical requirements and enabling technologies based on the two companies’ combined experience in mobile network construction and operation.