Actually ORAN (there also were Open Ran and V-Ran) it's kinda break-through by itself. Traditionally vendors supplied vertically integrated solution that you co

Actually ORAN (there also were Open Ran and V-Ran) it's kinda break-through by itself. Traditionally vendors supplied vertically integrated solution that you couldn't swap and replace parts of it with third party offerings. ORAN opens up interfaces and allows telecoms to mandate it's supports in solutions procured from vendors. But the bottom line for telecoms is to drive prices down by trying to increase number of vendors on the playing field and maybe a bit to diversify the risks. For small vendors that manufacture telecom equipment it's not trivial to stay afloat (very long sales cycles, low margins, lots of conditions) so been bought out by conglomerates in many cases it's their exit strategy