041: OpenRAN 2022: Can It Live Up To The HYPE? w/ Nokia's Terry McCabe

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are a regular listener to the TechBurst Asia podcast, you’ll know I love talking about OpenRAN, which is kind of strange. I have spent much of the past 20 years looking at the solutions that can leverage the latest and greatest networks, but I am far from an expert when it comes to what it takes to build those networks - and even less of an expert on the technology they run on. So why does OpenRAN fascinate me?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Well, it isn’t the technology behind it, it’s the disruptive business, operating and financial models that it creates. And I like to see how the industry will respond to this disruption. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And let’s face it, OpenRAN has been riding pretty high on the hype curve, so I want to understand what it will take for it to live up to that hype. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today’s guest is uniquely suited to help me understand this. He has spent the past couple years working on the groundbreaking Rakuten OpenRAN deployment in Japan, so he’s seen first hand the benefits OpenRAN can deliver - and the challenges faced when deploying it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition to that, he works for a company that, on the surface, looks like it would be one of the main companies disrupted by this new model, so I want to understand why they are embracing it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">He is Terry McCabe, Nokia’s Chief Technology Officer for Asia Pacific & Japan, where he spearheads Nokia’s 5G technology strategy. And yes, we’ll talk a bit about 5G - and 6G - as well. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Show Notes:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">01:30</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">How does Nokia define OpenRAN?</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">04:10</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">OpenRAN has the potential to disrupt how mobile operator