Rinaldo: Consensus grows among telecom, tech stakeholders around potential of open RAN

A new policy association advocating expanded deployment of open Radio Access Networks has grown rapidly over the past few months, according to executive director Diane Rinaldo, as stakeholders seek a secure alternative to traditional architectures in designing 5G networks.

Since launching in May, the Open RAN Policy Coalition’s membership has nearly doubled to 54 companies across the telecom and tech sectors who are educating lawmakers and agencies involved in supply chain activities on the adoption of open and interoperable...