Reliance Jio has made a big play of its plans to develop its 5G architecture inhouse, and now its rival, Bharti Airtel, is taking a similar line. The company says it will work with domestic and international partners to develop technology for 5G, home broadband and IoT networks, and aims to have the equipment manufactured locally, which would conform with the government’s intensifying focus on its ‘Made in India’ initiative. The operator is reported to be working on commercial agreements with its 5G suppliers and several leading lights in the emerging open networks ecosystem are tipped to have a share in the deal, including Altiostar and NEC (both part of the Rakuten Mobile roll-out, which is providing something of a…