The document outlines the Government’s Open RAN principles, which set out the characteristics that open-interface solutions, such as Open RAN, should possess in order to deliver on the UK’s 5G Supply Chain Diversification Strategy’s goals for resilient and secure networks with competitive and innovative supply chains.

The Government says that increasing vendor diversity for telecommunications networks is an essential goal for the UK and other governments internationally, to safeguard security, resilience, innovation and competition in critical national infrastructure and beyond. This need is particularly acute in the mobile radio access network (RAN), as set out in the Government’s Diversification Strategy. The Strategy identifies the success of open-interface solutions, such as Open RAN, as an important element for achieving diversification. To ensure that Open RAN achieves these goals, the Government says that industry and like-minded public bodies should adopt these principles in the development and deployment of open-interface architectures.

The Government says that these principles will form the bedrock of future government investment in Open RAN, as set out in the Strategy, ensuring that R&D efforts are well targeted to give the taxpayer the best value for money. To read the Government’s press release, click here. To access the principles, click here.