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Open Ran has received a lot of interest from telcos due to its many expected benefits. Its ability to expand into other areas, such as automation and virtualization, makes industry players want to deploy it as soon as possible. Below are its main benefits. | Open Ran has received a lot of interest from telcos due to its many expected benefits. Its ability to expand into other areas, such as automation and virtualization, makes industry players want to deploy it as soon as possible. Below are its main benefits. | ||
1.It eliminates vendor lock- | 1.It eliminates vendor lock-in | ||
Vendor lock-in is when the network operator is restricted to only one vendor. For instance, in vendor lock-in, the player supplying the hardware should be the same one supplying the software. As illustrated by the Parallel Wireless chart below, Open Ran removes such vendor lock-ins<ref name=":0" />. With Open Ran, an operator can add software from vendor B to hardware from vendor A and vice versa being true. | Vendor lock-in is when the network operator is restricted to only one vendor. For instance, in vendor lock-in, the player supplying the hardware should be the same one supplying the software. As illustrated by the Parallel Wireless chart below, Open Ran removes such vendor lock-ins<ref name=":0" />. With Open Ran, an operator can add software from vendor B to hardware from vendor A and vice versa being true. | ||