In its most recent analysis of the state of the RAN market, research firm Dell’Oro Group pointed to “stronger-than-expected O-RAN progress in North America”, which had boosted the company’s overall outlook for the technology. It now predicts that Open RAN will account for 15% to 20% of global RAN by 2027.” The big question is how far AT&T and Verizon, in particular, will assemble their own Open RAN platforms and ecosystems, with their own intellectual property, rather than adopting vanilla specifications. This would create a US-centric platform that would either distinguish US networks from others, or could be shared more broadly – commercially like Rakuten Symphony is doing, or via open alliances. Of course, new mobile entrant Dish Network is,…