Jeff Heynen, VP of broadband access and home networking at analyst firm Dell’Oro Group, explained in an email to Fierce this is primarily due to “the legislative influence of the big telco and cable operators.” He said major incumbents like Verizon and AT&T “were able to successfully lobby legislators that they should own their networks and equipment because they bear the heavy cost of the initial deployment.”

Dell’Oro Group predicts OpenRAN will account for more than 10 percent of the overall RAN market by 2025 and total $10 billion, but company vice president Stefan Pongratz acknowledges existing suppliers are well-positioned to do well with OpenRAN

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“I expect a slightly larger increase this year,” Jeff Heynen, VP of broadband access and home networking at Dell’Oro Group, said last week at Cable Next-Gen Technologies & Strategies, an online event hosted by Light Reading. “2022 is that year where a larger number of operators begin their DAA projects in earnest. I also think that 2022 is the year where we start to see these Flexible MAC and remote MACPHY deployments, which I think are going to grow in 2023 and beyond as part of that DOCSIS 4.0 upgrade cycle.”