Inside look: Open RAN deployment in practice
By Guy Daniels
Dec 17, 2024
Sushil Rawat, Director, RAN Strategy, TELUS
Take an exclusive look inside Telus’s rapid Open RAN technology deployment, and the challenges and opportunities it has faced in integrating these new components into its technology architecture. As one of the industry’s first major telcos to deploy Open RAN throughout its network, Telus provides a valuable viewpoint on Open RAN’s current capabilities, its trajectory towards becoming a mainstream solution, and its transformative potential in shaping next-generation wireless networks.
Among the topics covered:
- What have been the benefits of adopting a multivendor ecosystem?
- How does Telus decide where to target Open RAN sites?
- How are service management orchestration (SMO) and RAN intelligent controller (RIC) contributing to the softer lifecycle approach of Open RAN architecture?
- Is there a difference in how you evaluate the performance of Open RAN compared to traditional RAN?
- How do customers benefit from Open RAN?
- What role has Open RAN played in accelerating the deployment of 5G and future network technologies?
Recorded December 2024
Speaker
Sushil Rawat
Director of RAN Strategy, TELUS