Open RAN progress, both as an ideological movement and a specific set of interoperable, standards-based technologies, was on display this year at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona. Evidenced by ongoing advancements from an ever-growing pool of vendors working collaboratively, and by operator announcements for both greenfield and brownfield deployment, the hype is quickly turning into a commercial reality. But as with any new technology, opportunities also come with challenges.
