{"id":7040483,"date":"2026-08-17T07:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/5g-technology\/tuesday-telco-diary-about-open-ran-c-o-delloro\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T07:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T07:58:08","slug":"tuesday-telco-diary-about-open-ran-c-o-delloro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7040483","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday (telco diary) | About open RAN, c\/o Dell\u2019Oro\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\">\n<p>\t\t\t<i class=\"penci-post-countview-number-check\" style=\"display:none\">93<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>From the newsletter (<a href=\"https:\/\/content.rcrwireless.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>sign-up<\/strong><\/a> if you want it sooner):<\/em> <em>Open RAN is evolving from a promise of supplier diversity toward a more pragmatic focus on interface standardization, as operators weigh interoperability against integration costs, complexity and performance.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll know lots of this already, but it is interesting to see it written down. Open RAN is becoming more about \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delloro.com\/news\/open-ran-cloud-ran-and-multi-vendor-ran-set-to-follow-diverging-paths\/?utm_campaign=RCR%20Newsletter&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8jgwxOQy8AVKuxbJjIWmFAFFOyMqDcVTi71vg4zCPUQbMUVKH0QY_3K1YDog61eR6B0sTY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interface standardization rather than supplier diversification<\/a><\/strong>\u201d \u2013 writes Dell\u2019Oro Group. That was not really the original pitch. Break up the RAN, standardise the interfaces, and let operators mix and match components \u2013 for cost and performance, to loosen lock-in; to let the light in so smaller vendors can innovate, legacy carriers can flex, and the whole industry wins. Work by the O-RAN Alliance on \u2018open fronthaul\u2019 has provided that flex between the radio unit (RU) and distributed unit (DU). But opening interfaces does not automatically make networks easier or cheaper to run. A multi-vendor array across 20,000 sites, say, creates integration work \u2013 which tilts complexity, certainly, and cost, possibly, the other way. And so operators have been less inclined to change suppliers \u2013 lock, stock, and barrel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which is one reason the big RAN vendors have retained so much of their positions. Operators may want an open architecture; but they definitely do not want to be the systems integrator for such rangey estates. Dell\u2019Oro Group says open fronthaul adoption \u201ccontinues to gain momentum\u201d, albeit \u201cmore gradually than anticipated\u201d, and will be the \u201cpreferred interface\u201d for \u201cnext-gen RAN platforms\u201d among non-Chinese RAN suppliers. But \u201cmost deployments will continue to use radios and basebands from the same vendor\u201d, it says. Cloud RAN, about where the RAN runs, is another matter, it says. RAN is not an ordinary IT workload, and purpose-built hardware is good with all the performance, latency, and synchronization. Move that onto general-purpose CPU\/GPUs and you might also pay in power and compute overheads. Hence Dell\u2019Oro\u2019s downward revision to its cloud RAN forecast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not whether the RAN can be virtualized, but whether it can be virtualized economically. Of course, AI-RAN might change the calculation \u2013 if operators are going to deploy accelerated compute for network optimization\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em>edge inference services, then utilization looks better. But 6G does not necessarily change it. Operators have sprawling estates, always in flux, besides any new-fangled RAN: spectrum, fiber transport, operational back-ends, power systems. Choices about the open RAN mix must be taken in-the-round. And open RAN has had a high bar, anyway. Ericsson, Huawei, and Nokia kit is generally good; operators know how to run it. If it costs more to integrate, consumes more power, or introduces other headaches, then the business case gets difficult. Which doesn\u2019t mean open RAN has failed, of course; it has just been most successful as an interfaces-and-standards exercise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>93 From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Open RAN is evolving from a promise of supplier diversity toward a more pragmatic focus on interface standardization, as operators weigh interoperability against integration costs, complexity and performance. You\u2019ll know lots of this already, but it is interesting to see it written down. 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