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The dream of an open RAN ecosystem is to broaden the vendor landscape so that service providers can mix and match best-of-breed suppliers with ease. That requires rigorous standardization and the only accepted authority to do that is the O-RAN Alliance. Some would suggest standardization is not required; however, such approaches inevitably imply complex pairwise contracts and interoperability efforts – resulting in a different form of lock-in and counter to the fundamental stated objectives. S...