Virtualized RAN: 4G/5G Strategies, Opportunities and Pitfalls

Date: 22nd January
Time: 4pm UK Time

Are operators virtualizing their RAN? When, and with what goals in mind? Heavy Reading surveyed over 80 global operators to gain their perspective on deploying virtualized RAN solutions. In this webinar we share the results of that survey, sponsored by Red Hat. We focus on vRAN deployment opportunities and challenges; how existing 4G RAN infrastructure and planned 5G implementations influence deployment, and how emerging container and cloud native technologies impact vRAN plans. We also examine how the operators’ desire to avoid vendor lock-in may require evolving platform solutions to simplify managing and integrating multi-vendor VNFs in an NFV environment.

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Speakers:
Azhar Sayeed, Chief Architect, Service Provider – Red Hat
Jennifer Clark, Principal Analyst – Cloud Infrastructure and Edge Computing, Heavy Reading