It is rare for a month to go by without a collection of new developments related to Open RAN, and April has been no exception. European operators continued to put weight behind an open platform, with Orange joining fellow heavyweights Vodafone and Telefónica in a pledge to deploy only Open RAN-compatible equipment from 2025. The UK government also offered support for Open RAN, following a study of 5G security and supply chain diversity issues, but missed some of the point by recommending buying quotas for the country’s four MNOs. Nokia expanded on its proposition to seize a good share of this market, but its challengers are on the move too, with Mavenir announcing new funding. And the USA’s Dish Network…