US pushing O-RAN equipment to replace China-made ones; but influence in O-RAN from China remains strong, says Digitimes Research

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Open radio access network (O-RAN) technology was originally developed to provide telecom carriers flexibility and cost efficiency in network deployment, but it has become a weapon used by the US to push telecom carriers worldwide to replace their existing equipment sets made by Chinese vendors, according to Digitimes Research.

Currently the O-RAN Alliance retains the authority to set architectural standards for O-RAN technology. Approximately 40 of the alliance's over 300 members are based in China; the number of Chinese members is second only to the number of American members. Nevertheless, thus far, the US has been unable to limit the influence of Chinese vendors in the O-RAN business.