The Open Telco & Open RAN – Diversifying the Telecoms Supply Chain

By Diego R. Lopez Senior Technology Expert, Telefónica, Joe Butler Chief Technology Officer, Digital Catapult, Stefano Cantarelli EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Mavenir, Simon Saunders Director of Emerging & Online Technology, Ofcom, Farhat Raza Head of Telecoms Diversification, Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) – UK Government, Neil McRae Managing Director Architecture & Technology Strategy and Chief Architect, BT

– Driving interoperability and integration of ORAN
– SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre (SONIC)
– Telecom Infra Project – OpenRAN
– More work to do on Open RAN
– What other options are there alongside ORAN?
– Small cells
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