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Claydon says that the company will push ahead with those customers who can now engage in more confidence – including several who are based in Taiwan or, in the case of SOLiD Technologies and Contela, in South Korea. We’re seeing things in Split 7.2, and multi-user RUs – so you can have one RU connected to multiple DUs.” Other areas for growth could also include Non Terrestrial Networks, where Claydon thinks RANsemi silicon is applicable, as well as FR2 (higher band frequencies) – “if it ever happens”. It’s an interesting opportunity where people need something low power and small.” With enhanced O-RAN fronthaul specifications suporting adoption by operators such as AT&T, Open RAN too is becoming an accepted and much more standardised deployment model, in Claydon’s view. Claydon also points to a large private network deployment in Japan, trials in South Korea and the advances that partner company Antevia is making in the UK. But as political pressures meant the risks inherent in buying Chinese-owned technology have solidified, the supply chain has had to shift in adjustment, and O-RAN has come to be defined almost as a weapon against Chinese dominance, underpinning efforts to create national telecom infrastructure champions.