‘The Quad’ is a grouping of four nations – Australia, India, Japan and the USA – that are putting significant efforts behind Open RAN. In their first in-person meeting, the members pledged to promote a “diverse, resilient, and secure telecoms ecosystem” and claimed Open RAN was a key vehicle to achieve that goal. “In partnership with industry, we are advancing the deployment of secure, open and transparent 5G and beyond-5G networks, and working with a range of partners to foster innovation and promote trustworthy vendors and approaches such as Open RAN,” the leaders wrote in a joint statement. The group specifically said governments must play a role in creating a wider set of choices in 5G infrastructure and committed to “facilitate…