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ONF Releases SEBA™ Reference Design v2.0

Adds Disaggregated BNG Functionality, Scaling Principles and Management Interfaces for Broadband Access Networks MENLO PARK, Calif. – March 23, 2021 – Today the Open Networking Foundation announced the release of version 2 of the SEBA (SDN-Enabled Broadband Access) Reference Design (RD) specification. This RD was authored and is backed by multiple tier 1 operators, including […]

ONF Commits to Supporting O-RAN ALLIANCE

ONF Board Identifies Three Specific Near-Term Deliverables Where SD-RAN Project Can Help Further and Accelerate O-RAN Agenda Open RAN is an important and fast moving space that has been gaining tremendous momentum over the last two years.  ONF recently announced our SD-RAN project to help advance open RAN, backed by the founding members: AT&T, China […]

ONF Spotlight – Broadband Wrap-Up

  The ONF Spotlight – Broadband virtual event took place on July 7th and 8th with presentations and discussions focused on how broadband infrastructures are evolving by leveraging open source solutions to meet increasing demand. It was highlighted by lively operator keynote presentations on each of these days by executives from Deutsche Telekom and Turk […]

ONF Spotlight Series on Telecom Open Source Debuts in July 

First ONF Spotlight to Focus on Broadband with Live Virtual Keynotes MENLO PARK, Calif. – June 30, 2020  – The ONF is launching an exciting series, the ONF Spotlight Series, that combines live virtual keynotes and on-demand plenary panel sessions, presentations and demonstrations. The first ONF Spotlight in the series is focused on open source […]

Jochen Appel

Jochen Appel is the Vice President, Tribe Leader Fixed and Mobile Data Platforms at Deutsche Telekom Technik in Germany. In this role he is leading the development of Deutsche Telekom’s software-defined Gigabit access network. In a dual role, Jochen is also responsible as Vice President at Deutsche Telekom’s International Technology organization for driving technology optimization […]

SDN Today for Tomorrow’s Network

Dan Pitt discusses the impact SDN has on the networks for today, tomorrow, and beyond.  These are not the networks I started my career with. Networks have changed a lot in the last two decades, and we can only expect the evolution to continue as our world becomes more connected. And SDN is no longer […]

Five Service Provider Benefits.

Dan Pitt discusses the top benefits of SDN for service providers.  My most recent contributed article for Global Telecoms Business examines the top five benefits that service providers can experience by adopting SDN. Below is an excerpt from that piece, and the full article can be found here.

SDN & Wi-Fi Unite.

Dan Pitt discusses how SDN plays a role in carrier Wi-Fi networks. My most recent contributed article for Light Reading addresses the role that SDN plays in carrier Wi-Fi, especially as the Internet of Things gains more steam. Below is an excerpt from that piece, and the full article can be found here.

SDN for theInternetOf Things.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming. SDN is destined to cross paths with IoT and can prepare networks for the onslaught of traffic.   In my recent contributed article for Light Reading, I discuss SDN’s role in the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) category – the full article can be accessed here.

Transmode

Company URL http://www.transmode.com Company Description Transmode is a global provider of packet-optical networking solutions that enable operators to cost effectively address the capacity needs created by the rapid growth in video and data traffic, supporting services such as broadband backhaul, mobile data backhaul, video delivery services and cloud computing. Transmode’s solutions are designed to increase […]

Tekelec

Company URL http://www.tekelec.com Company Description Tekelec’s intelligent mobile broadband solutions enable service providers to manage and monetize mobile data and evolve to LTE and IMS. We are the architects of the New Diameter Network, a portfolio of session, policy and subscriber data management products which lay the foundation to evolve to software-defined ThinkingNetworks™. More than […]

ONF’s Aether Project Moving to LF

ONF’s portfolio of projects is merging into the Linux Foundation, and as a result a new LF-hosted Aether project has been formed to bring together various component projects under the leadership of a new Aether Governing Board paired with the existing Aether Technical Steering Team (TST). This new LF Aether Project now encompasses all the […]