Whitepaper Nº02·RAN·June 2026
Open RAN in Practice: What the 2026 Deployments Actually Tell Us
Auditing 2026's flagship open RAN deployments against the primary-source record.
Abstract
Open RAN entered 2026 with cumulative revenues approaching $10 billion, yet the top five RAN vendors took 96% of the market in the first three quarters of 2025. This paper audits the flagship deployments — AT&T, VodafoneThree, Rakuten, EchoStar — against primary sources.
Headline finding
Top-5 RAN vendors held 96% of the market in 1Q–3Q 2025, up from 95% (Dell'Oro)
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