Vodafone continues Open RAN push into Italy

Vodafone is pushing harder on Open RAN, announcing a pilot project in Italy alongside Nokia, a move it claims will be beneficial for Europe as a whole.
Vodafone is in the vanguard of Open RAN rollout in Europe, focusing in particular on its home market, the UK. The deal with Nokia will see it bring the technology to Italy for the first time.
Just to be clear, Vodafone notes that it and Nokia plan to run a commercial 5G Open RAN pilot in Italy for the first time, but there have been other Open RA