US dangles $1.5bn in front of Open RAN community

The Biden administration is ramping up its efforts to grow the US’ open RAN ecosystem.
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) this week officially launched its Wireless Innovation Fund, which has a budget of $1.5 billion and a mandate to spend it on stimulating the development of new and exciting telco tech.
On Wednesday, it announced its first notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), which invites interested parties to apply for some