Cohere follows Nokia with open RAN app support

Cohere Technologies expanded its open RAN capabilities by integrating the E3 interface into its platforms, enabling distributed applications for sub-10 millisecond tasks including AI inference. The move follows Nokia's launch of an AI-RAN platform and aligns with O-RAN Alliance frameworks, supporting 6G fundamentals like integrated sensing and communications. Cohere recently won a $28 million DoD contract to build ISAC capability for invisible surveillance.

Cohere Technologies expanded its open radio access network RAN capabilities with support for a 5G/6G-centric app communication protocol. The vendor now supports the E3 interface via integration into its Universal Spectrum Multiplier USM , ECHO Enhanced Channel Insight with Holographic Observability , and Pulsone waveone platform. With the embedded capability, Cohere deploys distributed applications dApps , which manage network functions across a wide area instead of a single server. The open software connects directly with base stations to process sub-10 millisecond MS tasks including AI inference, sensing, and dynamic resource management. Cohere’s product development echoes Nokia’s launch this week of a commercial AI radio access network AI-RAN platform https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/nokia-hopes-operators-are-ready-to-embrace-the-ai-ran-hype-cycle/ . The suite also supports the E3 interface https://the-mobile-network.com/2026/07/when-it-comes-to-nokias-new-ai-ran-keep-your-eye-on-the-dapps/ for dApp deployment, which comes developed courtesy of the O-RAN Alliance’s next Generation Research Group nGRG . In its product announcement, Cohere touted full compatibility with more O-RAN frameworks, enabling coordination with xApps and rApps, and enhanced support for satellite direct-to-device D2D communication and massive multiple-input multiple-output MIMO kit. Cohere also pointed to 6G fundamentals such as integrated sensing and communications ISAC . The firm was recently awarded a $28 million contract https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/cohere-technologies-to-develop-invisible-surveillance-using-5g-and-6g/ by the Department of Defense DoD to build a sovereign and mission-critical ISAC capability which would effectively provide ‘invisible’ surveillance. With the E3 integration, Cohere also promised easier leverage of Delay-Doppler domain insights and its particular orthogonal time-frequency and space OTFS modulation, a mathematic-based waveform tech which packs data into radio waves across a two-dimensional grid. “The establishment of the E3 interface marks a significant advancement for open RAN ecosystems,” said Ray Dolan, CEO and chairman of Cohere Technologies. “This commitment is an important step toward realizing truly open and AI-driven wireless networks.” Previous steps from Cohere have included the formation of its Pulsone Technology unit https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/cohere-reveals-mother-of-waveforms-to-power-next-gen-networks/ . Centered around its Zak-OTFS offering, Cohere partnered with Duke University and Virginia Tech to demonstrate a real-time neural receiver running on Nvidia's Jetson platform https://www.cohere-tech.com/isac/ , which reportedly offers ISAC without a trade-off on capacity.