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Fierce Wireless: AT&T confident in ONAP’s ability to attract more operators

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AT&T is so confident in Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP), an operating system for automating virtual network functions, that it believes more players will jump on board to support it in the coming weeks.

“I think ONAP becomes basically the de facto standard for SDN for operators,” AT&T Labs President and CTO Andre Fuetsch told FierceWirelessTech. “I’m predicting that the majority of operators around the world will sign onto ONAP.”

Webinar: ONAP Poised to Transform Industry

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Earlier this year, the Linux Foundation announced that it was merging open source ECOMP with OPEN-O to create a powerful automation platform for telcos’ NFV and SDN networks. During this Telco Transformation radio show, AT&T’s Mazin Gilbert and the Linux Foundation’s Arpit Joshipura will discuss some of the key concepts of ONAP, including the recent formation of its technical steering committee as well as opening up the code and documentation to the industry.

Other highlights of this radio show include:

  • Industry involvement – ONAP’s members include the largest global services providers and technology leaders
  • Goals of ONAP – Becoming the network operating system for SDN automation
  • Accessing the code – Developers can now access the production-ready code, along with instructional materials and videos

Light Reading: AT&T Confidence Builds on ONAP Adoption

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AT&T’s announcement of its $200 million commitment to a venture capital fund backing tech startups grabbed some headlines last week, but on closer inspection, this is practically business as usual for the telecom giant.

What’s different this time around is that AT&T is expecting whatever solutions are developed to run on top of the Open Network Automation Platform ( ONAP) it helped launch earlier this year with the Linux Foundation — because AT&T is convinced this is going to be the operating system most telecom providers will be using.

Light Reading: Windstream Formally Embraces Open Source

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Windstream is dipping its toe into the open source waters, joining the Open Network Automation Project (ONAP), its first active engagement in open source. (See Windstream Joins ONAP.)

The announcement could be the sign of broader engagement by US service providers in the open source effort. At Light Reading’s Big Communications Event in May, a CenturyLink speaker said his company is also looking closely at ONAP. (See Beyond MANO: The Long Walk to Network Automation.)