OpenAirInterface is excited to announce its collaboration with Canonical to revolutionize the telecom industry through open-source innovation. This partnership focuses on advancing Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) technology, providing operators and enterprises with a secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure.

By integrating OAI’s expertise in Radio Access Network software with Canonical’s leadership in cloud-native automation, orchestration, and security, the collaboration will deliver fully containerized Open RAN solutions, facilitating more agile, interoperable, and future-proof telecom networks. This project emphasizes automation and ease of deployment to enable seamless management of distributed cloud-native infrastructure.

The collaboration is designed to reduce deployment costs and complexity while increasing flexibility for network operators, making it easier to adopt Open RAN architectures at scale. With open source at the heart of this initiative, the partnership will enable the rapid integration of 5G features, allowing businesses to optimize their network infrastructure and unlock new business models for the telecom space.

It also highlights a shared commitment to democratizing telecommunications, ensuring that Open RAN components remain accessible and freely available to the global developer and telecom community. It accelerates the transition to open, disaggregated, and flexible network systems supporting diverse workloads, from edge computing to 5G rollouts.

More information is available on Canonical’s official announcement.