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Open RAN: Status of Global Deployment and Policy Considerations

Through a 60-minute panel, we will hear from global industry, U.S. State Department, and other leaders on the status of global O-RAN deployment, policy considerations for O-RAN, and how industry is driving new engineering innovations to change how telecommunications infrastructure operates.

Date & Time

Thursday
Apr. 20, 2023
11:00am – 12:00pm ET

Location

Online Only

Overview

Open Radio Access Networks, or Open-RAN, have the potential to increase diversity of vendors in telecom ecosystems and resilient supply chains through greater network flexibility, quicker implementation of services and a pivot away from proprietary, vertically integrated end-to-end networks. With American adoption of O-RAN recently making headway, and with implementation underway globally, it may now be possible to assess whether O-RAN is delivering on these promised benefits, and glean important lessons for U.S. telecom infrastructure investment.

 

With major investments in Open RAN included in the Public Wireless Fund passed as part of the CHIPS and Science Act (PL 117-167) and the first NTIA NOFO published and State’s ITSI fund communicating its objectives, the Wilson Center’s Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) seeks to highlight the state of global O-RAN deployments, and the impacts on policy conversations with regard to national security, supply chains, funding and beyond. Through a 60-minute panel, we will hear from global industry, U.S. State Department, and other leaders on the status of global O-RAN deployment, policy considerations for O-RAN, and how industry is driving new engineering innovations to change how telecommunications infrastructure operates.

Panelists

Becky Fraser

Senior Director, Government Affairs, Qualcomm

Jennifer Bachus

Senior Bureau Official and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State

Clete Johnson

Senior Fellow, Strategic Technology Program, Center for Strategic & International Studies

David Jeppsen

Vice President, NTT DoCoMo USA 

Ganesh Balasubramanian

Global Vice President 5G, NEC Corporation

Stephen Hermanson

Global Senior Manager Security Regulation & Relations, Group External Relations, Vodafone

Hosted By

Science and Technology Innovation Program

The Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) serves as the bridge between technologists, policymakers, industry, and global stakeholders.  Read more

Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition

The Wahba Institute for Strategic Competition works to shape conversations and inspire meaningful action to strengthen technology, trade, infrastructure, and energy as part of American economic and global leadership that benefits the nation and the world.  Read more

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