A diversified supply of radio units is critical to the development and maturity of open RAN. In 2021, Omdia expects that more O-RAN compliant RUs will be introduced to the market, by both leading RAN vendors and challengers, but challenges remain.
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Analyst Opinion / 22 Oct 2020 / Daryl Schoolar
Qualcomm announced at its 5G Summit on October 20, 2020, the addition of three all-new system-on-a-chip (SoC) designed for 5G macro and micro base stations. These three SoCs include one for the radio unit (RU), distributed unit (DU), and a combined RU/DU.
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Rémy Pascal
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Rémy leads the Mobile Infrastructure team and research at Omdia. As a Principal Analyst he produces quantitative and qualitative analysis with a primary focus on 5G and LTE radio access networks (RAN), including open RAN and vRAN.
Rémy has more than 10 years of experience in the telecoms industry. Before joining Omdia in October 2020, Rémy was a Senior Analyst at Analysys Mason in Singapore where he helped telecom vendors and operators understanding technology trends and developing business strategies. Before that, Rémy worked in market and competitive intelligence roles at Samsung Electronics in South Korea and Orange in France.
Rémy has a bachelor’s degree and a master's degree in management, both from Rouen Business School in France. He is based in South Korea.
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