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Opening the RAN to multiple vendors, virtualized hardware, open fronthaul interfaces under a common open source approach as operators move to 5G is a compelling story. But will it happen? Or is it too good to be true?  We talked about this in a Sparring Partners with Sean Kinney, RCR Wireless, Chris Nicoll, Nicoll Associates, and Monica Paolini, Senza Fili

Topics covered:

• What does it mean to ‘open the RAN’?  How is O-RAN different from OpenRAN, virtual RAN, cloud RAN?
• What works and what doesn’t in an  open RAN deployment?
• Why should we open the RAN? Why should we not open the RAN? 
• Where will open RAN be most successful? Which parts of the wireless footprint, which countries, which operators? 
• When will we see widespread open RAN deployment? 
• Who will benefit the most from open RAN? Vendors, operators, subscribers, enterprises?