It is not clear whether the change of government in the USA will prompt a different national stance on 5G. There is likely to be less tub-thumping about the USA seizing leadership of global technologies at the expense of China, but underlying policies – hostility to China over trade and cybersecurity; the push to build homegrown strength in mobile communications again; 5G’ role in economic and rural recovery programmes – may not change significantly. That will be a relief to US-based vendors, which have gained both market profile and practical support from the ‘America-first’ strategies, which are heavily focused on open RAN and on a shift from dedicated 5G chips towards merchant platforms from US giants like Intel, Marvell and…