Open RAN offers African Networks the best means to achieve their goals

By Willem Wentzel | Head of Wireless at NEC XON

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African networks and CSPs want to expand coverage and grow the subscriber base
Mobile networks and communication service providers (CSP) in Africa need a cost-effective way to add hundreds of millions more subscribers to their networks. They do not need to add complex new services that demand the nth degree in low latency, high network throughput, and blazing speeds to support use cases that, while they may capture imaginations, offer limited commercial feasibility in Africa. This is why Open RAN adoption is accelerating. It enables cost-effective ways to integrate legacy equipment, integrate existing equipment, and share infrastructure in architectures that enable scalability, development, and innovation.

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