NTIA Wants to Know How Best to Spend $1.5B in Grants for Secure, Open 5G  - Nextgov

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https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2022/12/ntia-wants-know-how-best-spend-15b-grants-secure-open-5g/380770/

Among other things, the money will go to promoting and deploying software, hardware and microprocessing technology that work together across different brands to securely provide a radio access network, or RAN.  

In comparison to traditional telecommunications networks, which utilize a single supplier’s proprietary equipment, open and interoperable, standards-based RAN prevents vendor lock-in by facilitating competition,” the notice reads, adding the fund will “unlock opportunities for U.S. companies, particularly small and medium enterprises, to compete in a market historically dominated by a few foreign suppliers, including high-risk suppliers that raise security concerns.”