Nokia has introduced its latest 5G portfolio, updating its Cloud-RAN architecture with support for the O-RAN Alliance’s open interfaces. This launch represents high stakes for the Finnish company, coming at a time when it is in a precarious position in terms of market confidence in its platforms, and reported to be vulnerable to hostile takeover. A new CEO, and a new 5G RAN platform, will be tasked with boosting Nokia’s flagging market valuation, strengthening its defences against unwelcome predators, and kickstarting new 5G sales – no mean feat in the current climate, where the whole industry is beset by uncertainties over the impact of the pandemic and the USA/China cold war. Nokia’s incoming CEO, Pekka Lundmark, will take up his…