The World is Digital: Predictions for 2022
As we enter 2022 and our third year of the pandemic, it is easy to recognize that how we live, work, learn, and play has changed forever. Our world has become increasingly digitalized and broadband connectivity is critical to ensuring access to education, healthcare, and participation in the global economy - no matter where you live. Service providers and enterprises must continue to accelerate their transformation in a digital post-COVID world.
Open and disaggregated radio access networks (RAN) and broadband access networks are both required to meet this demand; and globally, we are seeing an accelerated rise in the deployment of 5G and fiber-to-the-premise (FTTx) networks for high-bandwidth applications. We predict that the solutions powering these deployments will increasingly transition to open components as open standards and the multi-vendor ecosystem matures.