Amdocs Joins Open Networking Foundation to Accelerate
Intelligent Automation Technologies for Next Generation Mobile and Hybrid
Networks
Amdocs will be part of the creation of open, real-time
network control and management solutions, leveraging strengths of its AI/ML and
cloud-based automation technologies and next-generation OSS
Amdocs, a leading provider of software and
services to communications and media companies, today announced that it has
joined the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) as a new member. ONF is a
non-profit operator-led consortium driving transformation of network
infrastructure and carrier business models utilizing network disaggregation,
white box economics, open source software and software defined standards. By
joining ONF, Amdocs continues to build on its commitment to drive service
innovation and operations agility through advanced service and network
automation solutions based on open interfaces, industry standards, data-driven
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML) and cloud-native
technology.
Amdocs will engage with the ONF SD-RAN project, which is focused on enabling
modular and customizable Radio Access Network (RAN) solutions that help service
providers innovate more easily and add new functionality faster. The project is
creating open source components for the mobile RAN space that are compliant
with the architecture defined by the O-RAN Alliance.
Amdocs has already been active in open technology communities such as systems integration for TIP labs and edge deployed machine learning for open RAN
use-cases. Additionally, Amdocs continues to drive the evolution of
next-generation operations support systems (OSS) and automation technologies
for cross-domain hybrid networks, and has been recognized for new product innovation and
transformative OSS solutions.
“We are pleased to welcome Amdocs to the SD-RAN community,” stated Timon
Sloane, Vice President Marketing and Ecosystem, ONF. “A key goal of the SD-RAN
project is to enable multi-vendor RAN solutions allowing for a mix of open
source and vendor proprietary components, and to enable the emergence of a
marketplace of vendor xApps that can bring exciting new capabilities to RAN.
One such capability is intelligent automation leveraging AI/ML to enable more
efficient operation of RAN infrastructure, and it is exciting to have Amdocs
committing to help drive these capabilities in the context of the SD-RAN
project.”
“Amdocs helps service providers harness and monetize the power of new networks
through open, smart, cloud-based automation software and solutions such as
SmartRAN and Amdocs’ NEO next generation OSS platform,” said Anthony
Goonetilleke, group president of Media, Network and Technology, Amdocs.
“Support for ONF SD-RAN is a key aspect of Amdocs' approach for deploying AI
and ML for near real-time analytics, responsive network capacity and coverage,
proactive actions, as well as context-aware service experience optimization.”
Source: Amdocs media announcement