While bringing many benefits and opening possibilities for new service models, the Open RAN environment also creates a new set of challenges for service providers and equipment manufacturers. A new breed of testing is required to ensure interoperability of a complex, always changing, multi-vendor setup; meet strict carrier-grade performance requirements for field-readiness, and support the goals of more cost effective, price competitive business models. In this podcast, Doug Green speaks with James Kimery, VP of Product Management of Spirent Communications Lifecycle Service Assurance business, to discuss these challenges in detail and understand Spirent’s approach to help the ecosystem gain confidence when deploying new O-RAN technology.

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