Vodafone’s system integration model for accelerating Open RAN adoption

An interview with Francisco (Paco) Martรญn, Head of Open RAN for Vodafone Group focusing on Vodafone's system integration model for Open RAN adoption. What happens if traditional model is applied to OPEN RAN system integration? How system integration can be done in lab? What is the proposed lab model? What are the benefits? How to do remote system integration? How to manage network operations?

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