5G brings a new opportunity to the telecommunications industry that enables Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to innovate at a rapid pace and improve their business models. To take full advantage of this opportunity, CSPs will have to transform their Radio Access Networks (RAN).

Traditionally, CSPs investment in the RAN has been one of the highest cost areas in the network. It has also been closed and proprietary. Today, that is changing. Led by communications service providers (CSPs) around the world, the industry is rallying behind an open RAN architecture which seeks to disaggregate the RAN to improve vendor selection, reduce costs, and accelerate innovation.

VMware and Intel are on a mission to demystify the RAN. This eBook will provide an understanding of the RAN – past, present, and future – as well help provide options for the transformation at hand.

Inside, you’ll find:

• Understanding the Challenges of Legacy RAN
• Solving Legacy RAN Challenges with a Modern RAN
• Unifying the RAN with the Network
• Exploring Future Use Cases for a Modern RAN
• Mapping the Transformation Journey
• Ten Things to Look for in a RAN Partner