AI-Native Open RAN: Accelerating Innovation, Scale, and Sovereignty

Open RAN is redefining the pace of innovation in telecom, unlocking faster iteration, experimentation, and deployment across the RAN through its open, modular foundation. With AI, ML, and automation—including closed-loop orchestration via RIC, SMO, and rApps—this new architecture is accelerating the shift from static infrastructure to agile, intelligent networks. As NOFO 3 targets the leap from pilots to scaled commercialization, operators like AT&T are helping to translate policy-driven momentum into tangible deployments. This panel explores how innovation speed, policy enablement, GenAI, and U.S.-based supply chain diversification are converging to reshape telco models—while navigating the balance between sovereignty and global interoperability.

SPEAKERS:

  • ROB SONI - Vice President-RAN, AT&T

  • AMANDA TOMAN - Director, Public Wireless Innovation Fund, NTIA

  • ANAND CHANDRASEKHER - Founder and CEO, Aira Technologies

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