Picocom, the Open RAN semiconductor and software specialist, is in an interesting position in the Open RAN chip game. The firm is funded by venture capital from China, and has offices in Bristol, Hangzhou and Beijing, and uses a foundry in Taiwan. It may be a small outfit, but with a footprint across the globe, it is well placed to give a reading on the market. Picocom’s VP of Product Management, Vicky Messer sat down with Wireless Watch this week, to talk about the slow uptake of O-RAN based architectures and the fertile ground for expansion in India. This month, Picocom announced its second chip to market, the PC805, which the company describes as the first system-on-chip (SoC) for 5G small cell Open…