Ah, OpenRAN. Germany's up-and-coming new fourth provider 1&1 is exclusively aiming for OpenRAN [1], with the antennas (at the moment, supplied by Japanese Rakut

Ah, OpenRAN. Germany's up-and-coming new fourth provider 1&1 is exclusively aiming for OpenRAN [1], with the antennas (at the moment, supplied by Japanese Rakuten) being just antennas (i.e. modems + amplifiers) and everything else be done in larger area controller data centers linked via fibre and everything being done in software [2]. It will certainly be worth the popcorn to watch that one from the side, personally I hope for a success of OpenRAN simply due to my dislike for vendor lock-in. [1] https://unternehmen.1und1.de/corporate-news/2023/erstes-europaeisches-mobilfunknetz-auf-basis-der-innovativen-openran-technologie-erfolgreich-gestartet/ https://unternehmen.1und1.de/corporate-news/2023/erstes-euro...