Facebook has been a significant force behind the mobile industry’s move towards open, cloud-based networks, especially since it founded the Telecom Infra Project (TIP), and now it is digging even more deeply into the 5G value chain, with reported plans to take a stake of at least 10% in India’s disruptive MNO, Reliance Jio. The deal has been delayed by the pandemic crisis, but insiders indicate the social media giant is still keen to push it forward later in the year. It would be a logical extension of Facebook’s existing activities in promoting open networks and a new, broader ecosystem that would enable lower cost networks. The heart of those activities has been TIP. This was initially a telco network…