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Learn about Brazil's largest research, development, and innovation initiative promoting open and disaggregated mobile networks in this 18-minute conference talk. Discover the main objectives and progress of the OpenRAN@Brasil Program, focusing on testbed infrastructure expansion and nationwide participant engagement. Explore how the program evolved from initial implementations in Campinas and Rio de Janeiro during Phases 1 and 2, integrating multiple components from various hardware and software manufacturers, to the current third phase extending across all Brazilian regions including North, Northeast, Midwest, and South deployments. Understand the open call initiatives encouraging research groups, startups, and companies to develop innovative 5G Open RAN applications for strategic verticals including smart cities, agriculture, digital health, and immersive education. Examine the comprehensive support system providing funding, mentorship, and national testbed access for selected projects to validate solutions in realistic operational environments. Gain insights into the testbed architecture, deployment processes, and collaboration mechanisms while learning about lessons learned, challenges faced, and scalability strategies adopted to ensure program sustainability and contribution to global open, interoperable, and inclusive mobile network ecosystem development.
