It plans more work on end-to-end network solution models
Its expansion needs funding – membership fees have been introduced
New board member Ihab Tarazi says open networks are no longer an ‘experiment’
Encouraged by the traction that open, disaggregated network elements and architectures are now gaining with network operators, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is set to ramp up its efforts in 2021, with an even greater focus on end-to-end network solution models as well as individual network elements.
And to help it achieve its aims, the organization has introduced membership fees to fund its activities. More on that later…
The industry organization, launched five years ago by Facebook and a key group of industry heavyweights such as Intel, Deutsche Telekom, SK Telecom and Nokia, has seen its ideas about open, disaggregated, multi-vendor networks gain traction in the past 18 months, with its efforts in the Open RAN movement attracting the most attention.