Earlier this month the Open RAN Policy Coalition launched with a number of open RAN vendors, naturally, and operator members, including AT&T, DISH, NTT, Telefonica, Verizon and Vodafone. None of the big three RAN vendors–Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia, were among the membership at launch. That changed today as Nokia announced it will join the new policy group.
This is notable in that Nokia sells integrated RAN technology whereas the thesis of the open RAN movement is breaking that model to reshape network economics, foster innovation and drive competition in a relatively consolidated market.
