Sweden, July 29 -- Ericsson and AT&T reveal that, for the first time, a third-party RAN automation application, an rApp, has successfully performed optimization activity on a Communication Service Provider's (CSP) live production network.Powered by the Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform (EIAP), the rApp was deployed to optimize AT&T's live network in July after extensive testing.This accomplishment marks a decisive moment in the industry's move from closed, single-vendor Self-Organizing Networks (SON) toward an open, future-proof architecture based on the standards and frameworks set out by the Open RAN Alliance. The shift empowers the industry to use standardized interfaces like R1 - through which rApps interact with a Service Manage...