Open RAN (2): mobile network operators and their suppliers

Also, operator capex and just how many base stations are there in the US?

(updated with RAN market concentration data post-publication)

Friends - this post continues a sequence of posts on the topic of Open RAN, or Open Radio Access Networks, or a move to (a) unbundle the RAN and (b) facilitate greater hardware and software interoperability between RAN suppliers.

I’ll continue these posts up to and following publication of an…