With 5G networks operating at scale, communications service providers (CSPs) stand ready to embark on the next evolution of cellular. The move toward running network workloads in public/private hybrid cloud environments across distributed infrastructure represents a paradigm shift for technology strategy, business model and organizational workflow. This move to cloud-native comes in tandem with the disaggregation of radio access network (RAN) hardware and software in an effort to enable architectural flexibility, increasingly automated network optimizations and new monetization opportunities. Sitting at the intersection of these mega trends is Cloud RAN.
