ASPI - The Strategist | Building supply chain resilience in telecommunications: the Quad’s role in accelerating open RAN adoption

Open radio access network (RAN) technology has featured in key bilateral and multilateral partnerships in the past year. It has been mentioned in the critical technology partnership between the United States and India. Additionally, it has featured in a joint statement between the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and the US regarding telecommunications supplier diversity. Open RAN was discussed in the Quad leaders’ summit. It’s very unusual for an esoteric telecom industry term to be referenced in statements of national leaders, and it’s a sign of the increasing linkage between technology and national power. Read the full article here.