A lot of the buzz around open network initiatives is focused on developed economies, particularly when a dose of politics is thrown in, as in the USA. However, many of the areas where the impact of open, affordable, software-based networks will highest are in emerging economies, as highlighted by a new Telecom Infra Project (TIP) project in Indonesia. TIP – which defines operator requirements and specifications to support deployment of open platforms such as O-RAN – already has initiatives running in parts of Latin America, Africa and Asia, directly or under the auspices of powerful members such as Vodafone or Facebook. Now it is joining forces with the Indonesian Government, the GSMA and local MNOs in a joint program to…