Linux Foundation Announces OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation to Accelerate Open Source AI-RAN Innovation

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• OCUDU represents an important step towards faster-moving, open and software-driven future mobile networks. By creating an open foundation on leading computer platforms, it enables innovation to move faster and reduce integration, interoperability and new technology insertion costs and delays.

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• OCUDU creates that foundation, allowing AI-RAN applications to be embedded directly into the software network stack and delivering resilient, high-performance connectivity independent of the underlying hardware, catalyzing 6G and new mobile network value.

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• By shifting the maintenance of these common components to a collaborative, open-source project, under neutral governance at the Linux Foundation, we enable our industry partners to focus their resources on the innovative and monetizable technologies that are most effective for the nation. We are building a foundation that enables shared success and accelerates progress for the entire ecosystem.

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• Joining OCUDU as a founding premier member reflects Ericsson's long-standing commitment to open innovation and secure, interoperable networks. Working within the Linux Foundation community, we will help shape a technology‑neutral RAN foundation that advances resilient, open RAN architectures where trusted, high‑performance connectivity enables and accelerates 5G and paves the way for AI-native 6G in the U.S. and globally.

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• By aligning global efforts under the Linux Foundation, we're building an open, trusted, and secure open source platform to power the next decade of wireless innovation. The OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation represents a key step forward in open source RAN, specifically for CU and DU.

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• With nearly 150 years of supporting government communications, we're proud to partner with the Department of War and Linux Foundation effort in advancing an open, multi-vendor ecosystem.

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• The key to driving innovation in wireless is to leverage a broad ecosystem of experts in networking, radio software, and emerging AI technologies. What started with a competitive proposal process to elicit the best technology solutions from among NSC's large and diverse membership is now expanding under the Linux Foundation.

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• AI-RAN will define the next era of wireless networks, and SoftBank is committed to leading that transformation. Accelerating AI-RAN requires innovation across the entire industry ecosystem, including vendors, operators, academia, and government agencies.

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• Open ecosystems and standards-based collaboration are essential to unlocking the next era of wireless innovation. This open source, consortium-driven model helps the industry drive innovation and accelerate the path from 5G to scalable 6G systems built on transparent, trusted technologies.

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• For over a decade, SRS has led the way in delivering trusted, open software for mobile wireless networks. OCUDU moves the industry closer to the 'Linux of RAN' — a carrier-grade, open-source software platform that will drive innovation and accelerate the deployment of next-generation wireless networks.

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• Through the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program and other wireless infrastructure efforts, NSF has spent years fostering an open-source environment and has played a crucial role in supporting the early development of infrastructure that enables open-source wireless research. OCUDU will build on these efforts with the support of partnering universities and scale them to create a global, production-ready research ecosystem.

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• As we look toward the future of wireless, 6G must be fully software-defined and built on AI-native, open, and trustworthy platforms.

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• We have strong expectations that OCUDU will play a key role in realizing AI-RAN.

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• Open collaboration is essential to accelerating the AI native transformation of the RAN. This initiative brings together the best of industry, academia, and government to build a robust foundation for 5G and early 6G innovation.

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