Assessment of Open Ran: Difference between revisions

Rakuten was the first greenfield operator to launch Open Ran at scale in its commercial network in Japan. 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.