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[[File:Forecasted revenue for Open Ran and Traditional Ran.png|thumb|372x372px|https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/pt/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/TEE/The-Open-Future-of-Radio-Access-Networks.pdf]] | [[File:Forecasted revenue for Open Ran and Traditional Ran.png|thumb|372x372px|https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/pt/Documents/technology-media-telecommunications/TEE/The-Open-Future-of-Radio-Access-Networks.pdf]] | ||
Open Ran is swiftly advancing towards Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) model. The highest level it has attained so far is the macro model<ref name=":4" />. Deloitte estimates that Open Ran will reach maturity in 3-5 years, with the revenue of public networks that deploy it coming at par with the revenue of traditional networks in 2028<ref name=":5" />. According to the forecast, Open Ran revenue will be around 12% of the total RAN revenue in 2022. Besides the desire by operators to reap the benefits of Open Ran, the current political environment favours it as it will help them to stay away from Chinese network vendors such as Huawei<ref name=":2" />. For instance, the US government has passed a bill to inject funding amounting to $750 million in the next ten years to support Open Ran deployments. Other governments, such as Japan, the UK, Germany, and India, have come up with similar support. | Open Ran is swiftly advancing towards Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) model. The highest level it has attained so far is the macro model<ref name=":4" />. Deloitte estimates that Open Ran will reach maturity in 3-5 years, with the revenue of public networks that deploy it coming at par with the revenue of traditional networks in 2028<ref name=":5" />. According to the forecast, Open Ran revenue will be around 12% of the total RAN revenue in 2022. Besides the desire by operators to reap the benefits of Open Ran, the current political environment favours it as it will help them to stay away from Chinese network vendors such as Huawei<ref name=":2" />. For instance, the US government has passed a bill to inject funding amounting to $750 million in the next ten years to support Open Ran deployments. Other governments, such as Japan, the UK, Germany, and India, have come up with similar support. | ||
=== Open Ran Deployments === | |||
Rakuten, Dish and NTT Docomo are the only operators that have started deploying Open Ran at scale. However, many other operators have either started deploying Open Ran in rural areas or testing it in labs. Example of these operators are Vodafone, AT&T, etisalat, MTN, and Telefonica. Below is a brief description of how far each network has gone. | |||
=== 1. Rakuten === | |||
Rakuten was the first greenfield operator to launch Open Ran at scale in its commercial network. It began building its network in 2018. However, it was not until 2020 that it started building its 4G network. Six months later, it launched 5G in its Network. It is currently constructing massive MIMOs for its Open Ran architecture. The interesting thing about Rakuten's network is that it's visualized, automated, and is based on cloud-native architecture<ref name=":4" />. This means that it stands to reap all the benefits associated with Open Ran once the network reached maturity phase. | |||
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