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RAN automation becomes an operator opex imperative
Analysts have continued to signal a slowdown in RAN equipment spend as operators slow down their investment in 5G rollouts with the cutbacks impacting several market segments, the most recent being microwave backhaul/fronthaul. However, some of the …