Operators are getting ready to deploy open RAN in commercial, live networks. Each operator is defining its strategy and flavor of open RAN, its pace, and its vendor ecosystem. Yet, they all need to ensure that the open RAN architecture and topology they choose work as expected. Are the equipment, the software, the platforms and the applications interoperable? How can they optimize the end-to-end network performance to meet subscribers’ needs and expectations? Open RAN requires a new approach to deploy and operate the RAN – from operators and vendors alike. In this conversation, Kalyan Sundhar, VP and GM of Edge to Core at Keysight, tells us what challenges operators face and how Keysight helps them address them and get open RAN up and running at scale. Kalyan shares the experience he gathered by driving open RAN solutions at Keysight and working with industry experts in the ecosystem since open RAN’s launch.