Once again, the only mention in the news regards the Deutsche Telekom - Huawei situation.

Open RAN [...] looks behind schedule at Deutsche Telekom [1]

Until this week, Deutsche Telekom's stated goal was to have 3,000 open RAN (radio access network) sites in operation by the end of 2026. [...] This week, it was changed to an "ambition" for "2027e," where the "e" means estimate. [1]

Fun fact: it's no longer certain that Nokia and Fujitsu will be the newly selected RAN vendors. Deutsche Telekom now seems to intend to make Huawei products interoperable with its management system. This means that the networks will be open, but only up to a certain point. Moving the goalpost.

Yet Deutsche Telekom has never been very eager to replace Huawei. This raises the possibility that open RAN, as first envisaged, was just a back-up plan in the event of government restrictions.

Huawei's products, moreover, are still competitive despite US sanctions, according to reliable sources. In the absence of a government order, replacing them before they have naturally grown old or expired would be a very strange move. [1]

It seems O-RAN is developing much slower than anticipated. Huawei will continue leveraging its dominant positions. It would make no sense to step in to cooperate with the O-RAN Alliance at this point.

One final, important, point: the biggest risk for Huawei is to be outright banned as a vendor. In such a case, it might be irrelevant for them to be O-RAN compliant or not.

[1] Deutsche Telekom's 'open RAN' plan slips after Huawei reprieve

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