News of Note—Verizon: We're down with O-RAN, Dell may be publicly traded, Mode teams up with Ericsson on SD-WAN

Here are the other stories we're following today:

> Despite not being a member of the O-RAN Alliance, Verizon is laying claim to being at the forefront of Open RAN efforts. FierceWireless article

> Dell is aligning its assets in order to become a publicly traded company again. Reuters article

> San Francisco-based Mode has teamed up with Ericsson to offer businesses a new approach to SD-WAN. SDxCentral article