Vodafone reportedly joins forces with Intel to develop its own OpenRAN chips

UK telco Vodafone has reportedly recruited Intel and other silicon manufacturers to help it design its own OpenRAN chip architecture at a new R&D centre in Spain.
The work will take place at its new lab in Malaga which opens Monday, according to an exclusive by Reuters. Apparently it will bring together 50 OpenRAN specialists, 650 software engineers, architects and technicians, and represents a 225 million euro investment over a five year period.
As well as Intel around 20 other vendors have