The latest survey of opinion about Open RAN intentions underlines the continuing divisions in the market, despite signs of accumulating momentum. This reflects not just contrasting vested interests but also genuine concerns over some aspects of the technology and the organization behind it. And it comes against a backdrop of varying fortunes among high profile Open RAN players, with Parallel Wireless, a member of many early trial and deployment teams, announcing significant staff reductions – which other start-ups will hope is not a signal that this fledgling market will end up being dominated by major players such as NEC and Nokia, rather than making space for a far wider ecosystem. The latest survey was conducted for US manufacturing…