Insight Research Publishes Whitepaper Cohere Technologies and the Deft Dance of the USM Delivery

Bengaluru, India - 27 August 2025

Insight Research Corporation today announced the publication of its latest whitepaper, “Cohere Technologies and the Deft Dance of the USM Delivery.” A strategic whitepaper on AI-native scheduling, Open RAN integration, and how vendor politics shape telco deployment choices. Spanning nearly 30 pages, the study provides an independent evaluation of Cohere Technologies’ Universal Spectrum Multiplier (USM) and examines how its delivery across different network environments will shape adoption strategies in the Radio Access Network (RAN) ecosystem.

The whitepaper explores three distinct delivery modes for USM—deployment as an xApp through the RAN Intelligent Controller, direct-to-base station integration, and joint scheduling embedded within the base station. Each mode presents its own balance of performance, scalability, and business feasibility, reflecting both the promise of technological innovation and the challenges of navigating entrenched vendor and operator dynamics.

Field results have shown that USM can deliver spectral efficiency improvements of up to 50%, as demonstrated in Vodafone’s Open RAN trials in Spain and Bell Canada’s recent deployments. These findings underscore USM’s potential to enhance capacity and efficiency without requiring costly infrastructure overhauls.

“USM has proven that spectrum efficiency gains on this scale are not theoretical—they are achievable today,” said Kaustubha Parkhi, Principal Analyst at Insight Research. “The question facing operators and vendors is no longer whether USM works, but which delivery model offers the right balance of technical performance, commercial acceptance, and deployment readiness.”

Alongside the whitepaper, Insight Research is also offering a complimentary executive summary and a free 30-minute RAN strategy consultation with its analyst team, providing operators and vendors with practical insights into spectrum efficiency and deployment strategies.

The whitepaper is available for download here: Unlocking Spectrum Efficiency with Cohere’s USM

For more information about Insight Research and its consulting services, visit: www.insight-corp.com

 

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Manash Gogoi
Analyst
mgogoi@insight-corp.com
Insight Research Corporation
Bengaluru, India

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