The After Show Live - Day 1: The Open Telco (On demand replay)

The After Show was broadcast live at the end of Day One of the DSP Leaders World Forum 2021. TelecomTV’s Guy Daniels and Ray Le Maistre were joined by panelists for this end-of-day question and answer session. Among the questions raised by our audience were:

• For open RAN, is it possible to provide reference architectures right now, given that specifications are still in development?
• Do DSPs need a completely new software stack to enable the automation they need in open networks?
• To what extent is a distributed telco edge architecture needed for the deployment of an effective open network?
• Do open, virtualized telco networks need a new breed of underlying IT hardware?
• How do we see the Open RAN and 3GPP communities converging or diverging in the coming years?
• How do you combat the vendor's natural tendency of protectionism?

Featuring:

• Azhar Sayeed, Global Chief Architect, Red Hat
• Obinna Egonu, Director, GSP Solutions Engineering, World Wide Technology
• Rick Hamilton, Senior Vice President, Ciena’s Blue Planet Software
• Richard Band, Head of Mobile Core and 5G, Communications and Media Solutions, HPE

Recorded LIVE March 2021 using TelecomTV’s Smart Studio service

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