Airspan Networks, a privately owned company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, US, was founded in 1992 and operates with approximately 800 employees. The company specializes in telecommunications, developing Radio Access Network technology, including products such as the Sprint 'Magic Box' and both small and macro cells designed for the Rakuten virtualized network.
Intel (NasdaqGS: INTC) is collaborating with COSMOS and Airspan Networks on open source 5G to NextG infrastructure, utilizing the OCUDU software stack. This follows news from August 25, 2026, when COSMOS—a National Science Foundation PAWR (Platform for Advanced Wireless Research) platform led by Rutgers University/WINLAB with Columbia University and New York University—officially embarked on a collaboration with Intel and Airspan Networks. Their joint initiative focuses on integrating, testing, and evaluating the OCUDU (open source CU/DU) software stack within end-to-end open source 5G deployments, aiming to pave the way for NextG. Earlier on August 24, 2026, Intel partnered with COSMOS and Airspan to test open-source 5G and O-RAN stacks on the city-scale COSMOS testbed in New York, seeking to validate NextG architectures for edge AI and IoT. Airspan and Intel are evaluating open source RAN software tailored for smoother operations in centralized and distributed baseband units (CUs/DUs) as part of this R&D program. The OCUDU software is maintained by the Linux Foundation.
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