This session will discuss the evolution of radio access network to open and virtualized cloud native RAN. It will focus on the RAN networks today for 5G, current ecosystem landscape, emerging trends in this space for 5G and beyond. It will also talk about the opportunities and challenges as well as how our network will become scalable specifically in the context of virtualization. The session with discussion some of evolving trends towards 6G and how cloud native technologies and ubiquitous computing will play a crucial role going forward. Why is this topic important: Analysts are getting more bullish on ORAN/vRAN – Dell ORO recently increased the ORAN/vRAN adoption from 10 to 14% by 2025. There are lot of innovations and investments being done in both hardware and software associated with ORAN/VRAN. Multiple partnerships/consortiums are being formed across the RAN ecosystem. The usage will also extend from Macro network to enterprise & IOT networks as well. What industry challenges are you addressing / solving? This will address dynamic scalability of a network and availability of multiple ecosystem options that will deliver TCO benefits for the end customer.