This chapter describes various issues for an operator to consider when deploying the cellular network. With the understanding that the choices operators are facing are bigger than just Radio Access Network (RAN), it focuses on RAN-related decisions. The chapter illustrates how operators’ goals can be fulfilled using various technologies described in the book, the practical constraints that operators may face, and how these affect the choice of NG-RAN deployment options and architectures described in the book. NG-RAN deployments aim to offer Network-as-a-Service not only for use cases involving human-operated devices but also for use cases involving Internet of Things (IoT) devices with each use case having its own service criteria. Machine-type communications are characterized by sometimes unusual locations of devices generating traffic, and additional requirements unique to IoT, such as latency, lead to new challenges.