OpenAirInterface https://openairinterface.org Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:38:29 +0000 fr-FR hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Jimmy Ahlberg (Ericsson) presents the OAI Public License at the Summer 2025 OAI Workshop https://openairinterface.org/2025/06/24/jimmy-ahlberg-ericsson-presents-the-oai-public-license-at-the-summer-2025-oai-workshop/ https://openairinterface.org/2025/06/24/jimmy-ahlberg-ericsson-presents-the-oai-public-license-at-the-summer-2025-oai-workshop/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2025 08:02:16 +0000 https://staging.openairinterface.org/?p=1

Summer 2025 Workshop – The OAI Path to AI-Driven 6G
Speaker: Jimmy Ahlberg, Director of Open Source Policy – Ericsson
Talk: “The OAI Public License, a Business-Friendly License Designed for 6G and Beyond”

At our recent OpenAirInterface Workshop, we had the pleasure of listening to Jimmy Ahlberg, OAI board member and Director of Open Source at Ericsson, speak on a topic of great importance to open source communities in wireless cellular networks: OAI Public License and why it is a business-friendly license in this industry

Unlike conventional open source licenses, the OAI Public License is purpose-built for the telecom and standardization-driven environment. It aims to enable companies to collaborate on non-differentiating software while maintaining compatibility with standards and protecting their commercial assets

In this talk, Jimmy lays out:

✔ Why traditional licenses like GPL or Apache may fall short in telecom
✔ How the OAI license promotes predictability and adoption
✔ The unique modification and contribution model tailored for interoperability
✔ Why a business-friendly license is essential for innovation in 5G, 6G, and beyond

This license plays a crucial role in facilitating trusted collaboration between academia and industry, and in establishing a robust legal framework for next-generation RAN software.

We recommend that all open source stakeholders and interested parties listen to this presentation to learn about the issues at play.

Download the slides here.

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OpenAirInterface will participate in the first edition of the OSCAR (Open-Source Core, Applications and RAN) Workshop, organized by 5G-MAG on June 12, 2025.

The event brings together representatives from various open-source mobile network projects to present current work and explore synergies across core networks, RAN, applications, orchestration, and testing tools.

Several OAI contributors will take part in the program:
OpenAirInterface will participate in the first edition of the OSCAR (Open-Source Core, Applications and RAN) Workshop, organized by 5G-MAG on June 12, 2025.

The event brings together representatives from various open-source mobile network projects to present current work and explore synergies across core networks, RAN, applications, orchestration, and testing tools.

Several OAI contributors will take part in the program:

– Robert Schmidt will participate in the introductory session and present OpenAirInterface.
– Tien-Thinh Nguyen will speak in the session about 5G Core alongside representatives from Open5GS and free5GC.
– Jaroslava Fiedlerova will present in the session focused on RAN with other contributors from the srsRAN project.
– Teodora Vladić will contribute to the session on OAM (Operations and Maintenance).

The OSCAR workshop is an initiative led by 5G-MAG to strengthen collaboration across open-source projects contributing to mobile network development.

For more details about the event and the full agenda, please visit the 5G-MAG website.

]]> OAI and Canonical join Forces to Advance Open RAN Innovation https://openairinterface.org/2024/09/24/oai-and-canonical-join-forces-to-advance-open-ran-innovation/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:46:00 +0000 https://staging.openairinterface.org/?p=1027

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.

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