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May 61 min read

Where the Digital World Meets the Real World: Telcos and Operational AI

The most interesting AI conversations right now center on where data gets processed, how fast, and who owns the infrastructure underneath. That's the thread Vishal Mathur, TIP's Chief Commercial Officer, pulled on with Jagadish Garimella, who leads Centific's public sector and smart cities business unit, in our latest TIP Podcast episode.

May 14 min read

OpenLAN

The OpenLAN Community's Journey to PKI 2.0

What started as a response to DigiCert certificates approaching end-of-life became a community-wide transformation — spanning requirements gathering, protocol selection, vendor evaluation, tooling development, infrastructure buildout, and live migration of thousands of devices worldwide.

Apr 282 min read

FutureNet

TIP at FutureNet World 2026: Inside the Journey to Autonomous Networks

TIP Executive Director Kristian Toivo moderated a panel on the path toward programmable and autonomous networks, bringing together a knowledgeable group of senior technologists from three of Europe's most advanced operators.

Apr 285 min read

OOPT

Defining the Disaggregated Aggregation Router (DAR): A New Blueprint for IP Transport

The Telecom Infra Project's Open Optical & Packet Transport (OOPT) community has published the technical requirements for the Disaggregated Aggregation Router (DAR) — a milestone that marks a significant step toward open, flexible, and future-proof transport networks.

Apr 243 min read

OpenLAN

Proof in Production: Inside the 2026 OpenLAN Global Summit

The second annual OpenLAN Global Summit capped three days of Wi-Fi World Congress USA 2026 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. The message from speakers, operators, and contributors was consistent throughout the day: OpenLAN has moved past the question of whether open and disaggregated networking can work at scale. It already is.