The Live Q&A Show was broadcast at the end of day one of the Open RAN Summit. TelecomTV’s Guy Daniels and Ray Le Maistre were joined by industry guest panellists for this question and answer session. Among the questions raised by our audience were:‌

• How do we make Open RAN architecture more massively deployable beyond the plugfests and the testing?
• What are the advantages of deploying Open RAN at the network edge, and is it possible to deploy an end-to-end Open RAN portfolio encompassing robust test verification and assurance solutions from RAN to core that spans the entire Open RAN lifecycle?
• How close are we to standardised products that are integration ready?
• Who should carry the cost of systems integration of all the different vendor components in Open RAN?
• Are CSPs ready to accept third-party tested blueprints for Open RAN?
• Is there a way to bring multiple Open RAN test programmes together in a coordinated way?

Featuring:

• Eugina Jordan, Chief Marketing Officer, Telecom Infra Project
• Francis Haysom, Principal Analyst, Appledore Research
• Paul Challoner, Vice President of Network Products, Ericsson
• Randy Cox, Head of Product Management, Intelligent Cloud, Wind River

Speakers

Eugina Jordan

Chief Marketing Officer, Telecom Infra Project

Francis Haysom

Principal Analyst, Appledore Research

Paul Challoner

Vice President of Network Products, Ericsson

Randy Cox

Head of Product Management, Intelligent Cloud, Wind River