TMN Open RAN Report 2021: Towards Commercialisation

An independent report on the path to commercialisation of Open RAN technology. 

Based on in-depth interviews with mobile operator, vendor and ecosystem partners, this report will give those involved a focal point to showcase their contributions to Open RAN in 2021.

Content includes:

  • Update on latest Open RAN operator deployments and use cases
  • ROI analysis of the operation of open, software- based radio network functions on commercial hardware platforms
  • Technology ecosystem update: evaluating platform support for massive-MIMO; enabling automated Open RAN operations including the RIC and xApps; Radio Unit and DU-CU products; Chip and silicon advances.

Operator deployments. Tracking operator commitments and actual market deployments, commercial and pre-commercial, of networks using Open RAN technology. Exploring the use cases (rural, urban, brownfield) etc emerging

ROI Analysis: What are the capital and operational implications of adopting Open RAN platforms, strengths and weaknesses of the Open RAN case, industry learnings so far

Technical update. New product capabilities and features of Open RAN elements and functions: evaluating platform support for massive-MIMO; enabling automated Open RAN operations including the RIC and xApps; Radio Unit and DU-CU products; Chip and silicon advances

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