Exploring Open RAN And Its Potential To Reshape The Telecom Sector
SiliconANGLE , Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
The fast-paced world of mobile communications has always brought forth several cutting-edge innovations, each offering improvements in one area or another.
The newest of those is open radio access network infrastructure. From cost savings to end-user value creation, what possibilities does the Open RAN standard hold for telecom operators?
'If you look at the technology landscape, especially in the telco space, we're 'at' an important tipping point,' said Anand Swamy (pictured, left), executive vice president and global head of ecosystems at HCL Technologies Ltd. 'The technology has not changed as much over the last two, three decades as it has done. The whole disaggregation of the stack between the antennas, the RUs, BBUs and the CU - and the disaggregation of the software and hardware piece of it - is completely changing the dynamics. It's creating some greater opportunities for telcos and some challenges as well.'