One of the interesting aspects of the rising influence of open source groups in telco networks, even down in the RAN, is how they will intersect (or compete with) the Telecom Infra Project (TIP). For instance, Vodafone’s Luke Ibbetson said the operator was not part of the new ORAN Alliance (see below) because it was putting all its efforts behind the OpenRAN effort within TIP. Kicked off by Facebook as a telco follow-up to its Open Compute Project, TIP has gained significant momentum in the past year, with operators such as BT, Orange, Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom setting up TIP incubators to support start-ups which look to introduce new architectures and economics – based around commoditized base stations and…