Speaker Bio
Kei Ando is a Manager at the RAN Access Network Technology Promotion Office at NTT DOCOMO. With over a decade of experience, he has contributed to the standardization, development, and implementation of 4G LTE and 5G NR technologies. Through his work with the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), he has driven key technologies such as carrier aggregation, 4x4 MIMO, and 256QAM, enhancing the throughput of LTE-Advanced. He has also promoted global frequency harmonization for 5G NR.
Currently, he serves as the co-chair of the O-RAN ALLIANCE’s working group on open fronthaul interfaces, focusing on enhancing the openness, interoperability, and flexibility of RAN components. This initiative contributes to building the critical foundations for future 5G and 6G networks.