Market Leader Programs
5G Transport - A 2023 Heavy Reading Survey
2023 Open RAN Operator Survey
Coherent Optics at 100G, 400G, and Beyond
Open RAN Platforms and Architectures Operator Survey
Cloud Native 5G Core Operator Survey
Bridging the Digital Divide
5G Network Slicing Operator Survey
Open, Automated & Programmable Transport
The Journey to Cloud Native
Ultimately, do what works for you, yes? What is the real, inherent problem of "vendor lock-in" unless you sign an unfavorable contract?
(FWIW, I have never met a marketing or sales person who gone on and on about how bad vendor lock-in is who has been able to tell me WHY it's bad.)