At the Telecom Infra Project’s (TIP’s) recent landmark event in Dublin, FYUZ, the tone was that of change. The newly appointed Chairperson, AT&T’s Rob Soni, and Ericsson’s Sibel Tombaz took the stage for one of the opening presentations, which set the tone for a primary role from these two firms. Ericsson is finding its place in the group, where it has joined as a member of the Telco AI project, and will focus its efforts on enabling operators “to utilize AI faster and at scale.” In short, the Swedish vendor aims to be present in the Open RAN community without ceding its role as a dominant vendor of its own flavor of proprietary equipment. TIP’s founding principle, to facilitate affordable, universal connectivity, seems less and less relevant…