UPSC Prelims Marathon Quiz

Statement 1 is incorrect. Open-RAN is not a technology, but rather an ongoing shift in mobile network architecture that allows networks to be built using subcomponents from a variety of vendors. O-RAN has an open, multi-vendor architecture for deploying mobile networks, as opposed to the single-vendor proprietary architecture. O-RAN uses software to make hardware manufactured by different companies work together.

Statement 2 is correct. In a traditional RAN system, the radio, hardware and software are proprietary. This means that nearly all of the equipment comes from one supplier and that operators are unable to, for example, deploy a network using radios from one vendor with hardware and software from another vendor.

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https://www.business-standard.com/podcast/technology/what-is-open-radio-access-network-open-ran-122051100101_1.html