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From the newsletter (sign-up if you want it sooner): Vodafone finds itself centre stage again as telco consolidation gathers pace, while industry efforts to open up RAN software and scale …

Linux Foundation pushes Open RAN beyond interfaces with OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation In sum, what to know: -The OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation is working toward a framework for fully open-source RAN, and …

The Open Centralized Unit Distributed Unit (OCUDU) Ecosystem Foundation challenges AI-RAN gatekeeping that has been stalling the open RAN movement Opinions on open RAN (radio access network) are mixed. On …

Energy efficiency has become one of the most pressing operational and sustainability challenges facing mobile network operators. Sarat Puthenpura at the Open Networking Foundation, discusses the findings for open RAN …

The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) has signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Linux Foundation, that formally outlines the two groups’ intent to work together on …

Vodafone is also an active member of LF Edge’s parent body the Linux Foundation LF Edge, an umbrella organization within the Linux Foundation, announced that Vodafone has joined the project …

AT&T, Verizon, Vonage all pushing network APIs and software developer outreach ahead of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona While talk of network APIs and the value these open interfaces could …

A rural Indiana community is getting both high-speed internet service and a new, connected testbed focused on agricultural technology, built as a collaborative effort between network services provider Hawk Networks …

The National Spectrum Consortium and Linux Foundation have announced a formal collaboration focused on Open RAN software prototypes, demonstrations and development, including an open-source reference stack. The NSC is a …

LF Connectivity will address connectivity challenges within high-bandwidth fixed and mobile connectivity, says the Linux Foundation The Linux Foundation launched LF Connectivity, an open-source project that includes Meta’s fixed wireless …

The Open Metaverse Foundation is organized into eight Foundational Interest Groups (FIGs) The Linux Foundation has formed the Open Metaverse Foundation (OMF), a group designed to support the development of open-source software …

Linux Foundation Europe’s project draws the support of Ericsson, Nokia and five European telcos Linux Foundation Europe announced Tuesday the formation of Project Sylva. The inaugural project from Linux Foundation Europe …

Nephio, the Kubernetes project for carrier-grade multi-cloud network automation, continues to build momentum with dozens of new participants.

Kubernetes-based open-source effort spearheaded by Linux Foundation, Google Cloud The Linux Foundation and Google Cloud announced this week the formation of Project Nephio. The new open-source effort aims to deliver carrier-grade …

Microsoft, The Linux Foundation and others are calling for reliable and consistent measurement of greenhouse gas emissions.

Up to $800 billion will be spent on new and replacement server equipment and edge computing facilities in the period to 2028, driven by the deployment of 5G in industry, …

Network virtualization, automation key pieces of transition from LTE to 5G AT&T and Dell Technologies are combining their respective expertise in open source software to develop solutions to enable the …

The Linux Foundation has started a new umbrella organisation, LF Edge, to establish an open, interoperable framework for edge computing that is independent of hardware, silicon, cloud, or operating system. …

Open source DNOS part of network virtualization efforts Since the days of Domain 2.0, AT&T has set ambitious goals for its network virtualization efforts. The operator finished 2017 with 55% …

The Linux Foundation announces Tungsten Fabric Juniper Networks’ open-source network virtualization platform OpenContrail has finished migrating to the Linux Foundation and rebranded itself as Tungsten Fabric. Juniper originally open sourced …

Linux Foundation launches DANOS project The Linux Foundation recently introduced the Disaggregated Network Operating System (DANOS) project, with a code release slated for the second half of this year. DANOS …

Intel provides Wind River components and NFV SDK to Akraino Edge Stack Intel announced it is contributing Wind River Titanium Cloud components along with its Network Edge Virtualization Software Development Kit …

Baudi deploys new Blockchain-as-a-Service platform China’s search engine giant Baidu recently deployed a Blockchain as-a-Service (BaaS) called Baidu Trust. Blockchain refers to a technology that enables users to make transactions …

Juniper releases OpenContrail codebase to Linux Foundation Juniper Networks is upping competition with Cisco, VMware and other enterprises taking up space in the cloud market with the introduction of Contrail …