Did (Or Will) Open Ran Deliver On Its Original Promises?
RCRWirelessNews, Tuesday, November 19th, 2024
Did Open RAN deliver on the technological and market-based promises it was meant to bring to? Tough question. And what were those initial promises again?
We went back through the O-RAN Alliance archives to a white paper published in October 2018. At that time, the group established to lead the way forward focused on a two-pronged vision-openness and intelligence.
The openness piece was about 'building a more cost-effective, agile RAN;' open interfaces would 'enable smaller vendors and operators to quickly introduce their own services.'and' customize the network to suit their own unique needs.' This multi-vendor kit would enable 'a more competitive and vibrant supplier ecosystem' capable of delivering 'more democratic and permission-less innovation.'