O-RAN Analyst report: Why the Future is Open

2020 saw a unique combination of events that will have a lasting impact on the telecom industry – and not all negatively. Industry initiatives to establish a more open radio access network (O-RAN) gathered considerable momentum.

Francis Haysom, the principal analyst at Appledore Research, argues that 2021 will be a critical year in which open RAN really begins to change the shape of the telecoms market.

What’s inside this exclusive report?

• What is OpenRAN and who’s leading the way?
• Open RAN vs conventional RAN
• What are the key components and interfaces of Open RAN?
• O-RAN market impact, opportunities and growth projections
• How systems integration will take on a new and wider role
• Open RAN ecosystems: How new entrants, CSPs and vendors will need to work together to ensure O-RAN is a success
• Interview: VMware advisor and O-RAN technical committee co-chair, Sachin Katti explains how data centre economics plus cloud agility are powering CSP transformation

 

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