Operators are likely to react in different ways when it comes to reassessing their supply chains in light of economic crisis. Some will cling to tried and trusted vendors, even on a ‘devil you know’ basis, because they are familiar and, as far as any business can be now, stable. That could see such operators sticking to conventional supplier relationships, even if they are migrating to new architectures such as virtualized, disaggregated RAN and core in the 5G era. Others will feel greater urgency than before to rewrite the rules when it comes to cost-effectiveness and openness in their networks. With less cash to play with, but sometimes with accelerated capacity upgrades required, they may overcome nerves about new suppliers…