This growth of demand report thoroughly examines the O-RAN market landscape; assessing market trends and factors shaping the evolution of this rapidly developing and growing market. The future market trends report delivers a comprehensive analysis of the strategic business opportunities for operators and O-RAN vendors.
The innovative ecosystem report addresses how stakeholders should maximise the impact of O-RAN through use cases such as RIS integration, MOCN, network slicing, traffic steering, and private networks. Analysis, market breakdown and strategic recommendations are provided for xApp and rApp development and deployment, network security innovation, such as zero trust architectures, brownfield O-RAN deployments, and multi-vendor operator deployments.
It also includes evaluation of specific operators’ cloudification strategies and the wider O-RAN market in key countries. This includes analysis of the progress in O-RAN deployments and development, the development of O-RAN standards by the O-RAN Alliance, and country-level O-RAN trends.
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- 1. Key Takeaways & Strategic Recommendations
- 1.1 Key Takeaways
- 1.2 Key Strategic Recommendations
- 2. Market Landscape
- 2.1 O-RAN Introduction
- Figure 2.1: Map of O-RAN Commercial Deployments
- 2.2 O-RAN Standard Developments
- 2.3 O-RAN Trials and Developments
- 2.4 Key Factors Driving O-RAN Development and Deployment
- 2.4.1 5G and 6G Networks Necessitate Expanded RAN Deployments
- Figure 2.2: Total Number of Base Stations, Split by Eight Key Regions, 2024-2029
- i. Base Station Site Availability Issues Promote RAN Sharing
- 2.4.2 Cellular Data Generation Growth Requires RAN Intelligence
- Figure 2.3: Total Cellular Data Consumed (PB), Split by Mobile Subscribers and Cellular IoT, 2024-2029
- i. Increasingly Volatility in Cellular Data Consumption
- 3. Future Strategies & Opportunities
- 3.1 Key Components of O-RAN
- Figure 3.1: O-RAN Architecture
- 3.1.1 O-RAN Units
- 3.1.2 RIC
- Figure 3.2:RIC Use Cases
- Figure 3.3: RIC Architecture
- i. xApp and rApp Strategies
- 3.1.3 SMO
- 3.1.4 O-Cloud
- 3.2 Key Strategic Considerations for Operators Implementing O-RAN
- 3.2.1 Multi-Vendor Transitions and System Integration
- 3.2.2 Greenfield and Brownfield O-RAN Deployments
- 3.2.3 Security in O-RAN Deployments
- Figure 3.4: 2024 O-RAN Security Specifications Roadmap
- i. Zero-Trust Architectures in O-RAN
- 3.3 Operator Opportunities in O-RAN
- 3.3.1 Intelligent Electromagnetic Environments With RIS
- Figure 3.5: RIS In Operation
- 3.3.2 MOCN (Multi-Operator Core Networks) Strategies in O-RAN
- 3.3.3 MIMO
- 3.3.4 Network Slicing Optimisation
- 3.3.5 Traffic Steering
- 3.3.6 Private Networks
- Figure 3.6: Key Market Verticals for Private Networks
- 4. Country Readiness Index
- 4.1 Introduction to Country Readiness Index
- Figure 4.1: O-RAN Country Readiness Index Regional Definitions
- Table 4.2: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Scoring Criteria: O-RAN
- Figure 4.3: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index: O-RAN
- Table 4.4: O-RAN Country Readiness Index: Market Segments
- 4.2 Focus Markets
- i. vRAN and Telecommunications Cloud Development Paves the Way for O-RAN Deployments
- ii. Huawei Ban Promotes O-RAN to Increase Competition
- 4.2.2 The US
- Figure 4.5: Total Operator Revenue from User Equipment in the US ($m), 2024-2029
- Figure 4.6: Cumulative Operator Investment in O-RAN in the US ($m), 2024-2029
- 4.3 Growth Markets
- i. China
- Figure 4.7:Total Operator Revenue From User Equipment in China ($m), 2024-2029
- Figure 4.8:Total Operator Investment in O-RAN in China ($m), 2024-2029
- 4.4 Developing Markets
- Table 4.9: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: North America
- Table 4.10: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Latin America
- Table 4.11: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: West Europe
- Table 4.12: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Central & East Europe
- Table 4.13: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Far East & China
- Table 4.14: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Indian Subcontinent
- Table 4.15: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Rest of Asia Pacific
- Table 4.16: Juniper Research’s Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Africa & Middle East
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