Global supply chain disruption is wipingbns of dollars off the revenues and valuations of many major telecoms vendors, with few predicting any let-up until well into 2022. This has some influence, indirect at least, on the fortunes of Open RAN. On one hand, an architecture that makes it easier for operators to introduce new suppliers and swap out old ones may seem like an additional nightmare for large vendors. On the other, they may also see the benefits of adopting an architecture that relies on relatively commoditized, common elements, which can be obtained from a variety of partners. An open RAN may not be up to the demands of a fully-fledged 5G macro RAN for many years to come, but…