UK government publishes its Open RAN wish list

The UK state is really into Open RAN, so much so that it apparently wants to have a say in defining the nascent standard.
Digital Infrastructure Minister Julia Lopez recently announced a set of principles for developing and deploying Open RAN equipment. Framing it this way seems like a hedging position by the UK government, in so much as it’s testing the boundary between state support and direct intervention. Essentially these principles function as pre-requisites for the receipt of public