Dish Network is aiming to be the second operator in the world to deploy a cloud-native, open and multivendor 5G network, following in the footsteps of Japan’s Rakuten Mobile. So far, it is not following the Rakuten playbook in terms of suppliers, and has selected some unexpected partners for the radio end of its network. The first radio provider it chose, earlier this year, was Fujitsu, which makes very advanced products for Japanese MNOs, but has little presence in macro networks abroad. Now Dish has added Taiwanese supplier MTI, which usually supplies larger network vendors rather than going direct to operators. That is a sign, in itself, of how open interfaces could shake up the supply chain and see MNOs…