"The Radio to the RIC" - AT&T's Open RAN Deal with Ericsson (with Earl Lum)
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Welcome to the neXt Curve reThink series that focuses on the state of Open RAN and the future of open standards and technologies in mobile wireless infrastructure - The Radio to the RIC.
In this installment of the Radio to the RIC series, Leonard interrogates Earl on the news that he broke in his LinkedIn article that shook the telecoms world for a week - AT&T's deal with Ericsson as their sole-source Open RAN vendor.
The duo talk about:
* Earl Breaks the AT&T + Ericsson deal - the big news item of 2023? (00:44)
* Earl shares the backstory to the new break (01:51)
* Earl's take on the implications of the Ericsson win at AT&T (04:36)
* How big of a win is the Ericsson AT&T deal for Open RAN? (06:25)
* Maybe brownfield Open RAN doesn't start with "Open"... (09:58)
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