Nokia sent shockwaves through the Open RAN community last week when it said it had suspended its work with the O-RAN Alliance, to which it is a major contributor, because three Chinese Alliance members have been placed on the USA’s entity list. As Huawei well knows, this list is made up of companies that the US Department of Commerce (DoC) has been advised pose security threats. In the current geopolitical context, the list has grown long and heavily China-centric. US companies can only trade with entity list members if they secure a special licence, which have reportedly been very difficult to obtain in the past year. The O-RAN members that have been added to the list – Kindroid, Pythium, and…