Through a variety of panel discussions, interviews and presentations, we will discuss:
- Direct feedback from Tier 1 carriers on Open RAN deployments and perceived hurdles
- Current industry challenges and opportunities carriers are facing
- Innovation and progress of the RIC
- Discussions on the energy efficiency of Open RAN
- Leveraging Open RAN to develop new revenue streams
- Open RAN applications in public, macro networks versus private networks, rural environments
- Development and evolution of the Open RAN vendor ecosystem
- Progress in large scale deployments of Open RAN
- Examination of parity of performance and interoperability
- Digging into the true costs of Open RAN