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=== 1.Vodafone === | === 1.Vodafone === | ||
Although Vodafone is one of the pioneers of Open RAN, it only recently started deploying it in commercial areas. Vodafone has been testing Open Ran for over five years<ref>https://www.parallelwireless.com/wp-content/uploads/Parallel-Wireless-e-Book-Everything-You-Need-to-Know-about-Open-RAN.pdf<nowiki/>page.56</ref>. In 2019, it became the first operator to move Open Ran from the lab to the rural areas of South Africa and Turkey. That, too, became a success, and at the end of 2019, its CEO Nick Read said, “We are pleased with trials of OpenRAN and are ready to fast track it into Europe as we seek to actively expand our vendor ecosystem. OpenRAN improves the network economics enabling us to reach more people in rural communities and that supports our goal to build digital societies in which no-one is left behind.” In the same year also, Vodafone initiated Open Ran trials in the UK<ref>https://www.vodafone.com/news/technology-news/vodafone-pioneers-innovative-network-tech-to-increase-suppliers-and-extend-rural-internet-access</ref>. In January 2022, the company was able to switch to live deployment in Bath, Somerset, one of the 2,500 sites where Vodafone plans to deploy Open Ran at scale<ref>https://www.vodafone.com/news/technology/5g-open-ran-first-uk-site</ref>. It now plans to have 30% of its European base stations running on Open RAN by 2030<ref>https://www.vodafone.com/news/technology/vodafone-nokia-partner-advance-open-ran-ecosystem-europe</ref>. | |||
== Final Assessment == | == Final Assessment == | ||