Vodafone was not the only Open RAN newsmaker of the past week. As usual, there has been plenty of activity in the space, which we sum up in this round-up. T-Mobile USA has been notably more cautious than its fellow US operators about Open RAN which is in line with the company’s broader attitude, and that of its CTO Neville Ray. In general, the company has been less prepared than AT&T, Verizon and (pre-merger) Sprint to adopt new architectures at an early stage, and has instead seized market share with clever marketing and pricing strategies under its ‘Uncarrier’ banner’. Given the question marks over the commercial success of Open RAN trailblazers Rakuten and Dish (see separate item), it can be…