#RadioAccessNetwork or RAN is a key part of a mobile network system that uses cellular radio connections to link individual devices to other parts of a network. Open Radio Access Network or #ORAN is based on interoperability and standardization of RAN elements, including a unified interconnection standard for white-box hardware and open-source software elements from different vendors.

By integrating a modular base station software stack on off-the-shelf hardware, ORAN architecture allows baseband and radio unit components from different suppliers to operate seamlessly. The ORAN standards are being established to transform the siloed nature of the RAN market, where a few RAN vendors offer proprietary equipment and software, thereby reducing flexibility and interoperability.

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It’s critical to make network infrastructure commercially available as quickly as possible. With Open RAN, telecom players would have the flexibility to use in-house solutions or solutions from multiple vendors for RAN services.

Open RAN has now been deployed in 35 countries around the world on a pilot or commercial basis, including in Australia, India, Japan and the United States. Operators and vendors are devoting significant resources to developing, standardizing, and validating open interfaces to ensure timely deployments. This is the culmination of years of global private sector activity in organizations such as 3GPP, the ORAN Alliance, the T.