Open RAN will completely reshape the way cellular networks are planned, designed, deployed, and eventually upgraded. The shift towards a multi-vendor environment within a network has the capability to create a before and after in the telecommunications world. However, the challenges are plenty. Legacy networks have been deployed at a huge cost, and the limited vendor pool makes it difficult to open the ecosystem to new entrants, stifling innovation and the roll-out of new services to subscribers. Fierce Open RAN Summit will cover the A-to-Z of ORAN, from recent deployment news and trial results, to the efforts being carried out by policy makers and the industry itself to open up the vendor pool. Whilst analyst predictions for ORAN’s market size varies greatly from 3 to 25 billion, one thing is clear: you cannot miss out on this next big thing.
