Open radio access networks are a hot topic in telecom right now with major, multinational operators looking to break out of the big, end-to-end vendor ecosystem potentially in favor of smaller companies working together to foster hardware and software interoperability. This gives operators the ability to select best-in-breed solutions and remove cost from the RAN, the largest line item on any capex sheet; lowering network costs, so the story goes, will foster innovation and accelerate deployments which would, in turn, accelerate time-to-revenue.
