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RAN – a new milestone in 100 years of telecoms
“ Over the last couple of years , basically , anybody who ' s been looking at Open RAN ends up working with NEC in one way , shape , or form ”
PATRICK LOPEZ GLOBAL VP PRODUCT MANAGEMENT , 5G , NEC CORPORATION
Alongside the introduction of the cloud came a wave of disruptive technologies , which completely changed the payment model of these services .
“ One of the first was Skype , through which people could essentially video call each other for free . So that broke down the idea that you had to pay for every minute . And then there was WhatsApp : people figured out they could send unlimited texts , for free . So that killed that model ,” Lopez explains .
“ What ' s remarkable is that all those innovations have come from outside of the telecom world , but they have had a deep impact on the telecom world . And I think we ' re back on the same swing of the pendulum .”
And , as we look towards the advent of 5G and 6G , such innovations are only set to accelerate .
326 January 2023