Written by Ray Le Maistre
- Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telia, Telstra and UK altnet CityFibre are the latest to go all in on the TM Forum’s open digital architecture (ODA)
- They take the number of operators ‘running on ODA’ to nine
- The cloud-native software architecture blueprint enables the deployment of reusable software modules
- Major hyperscalers support the framework and more operators are adopting ODA
The TM Forum has kicked off its latest annual gathering of the digital support system fraternity with an announcement that suggests increasing adoption of cloud-native processes and methodologies, as five more major network operators are now running their IT systems based on the organisation’s open digital architecture (ODA).
The five are Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telia, Telstra and UK altnet CityFibre, all of which have now achieved ‘Running on ODA’ status: To attain that badge, the operators have to pass a rigorous set of tests related to the deployment and running of a cloud-native, ODA-compliant architecture.
It brings the total number of operators that have achieved ‘Running on ODA’ status to nine – the other four being Axiata, Reliance Jio, Vodafone and Telus. And as Hesham Fahmy, CIO of Telus, was keen to point out to TelecomTV earlier this year, the operator underwent years of back-office transformation before it was awarded the status – see Telus gains a new lease of telecom software life.
