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Aug 26 2026

FD.io CSIT 26.06 Advances Open Networking Performance Testing

By LF Networking Blog, FD.io

The FD.io Continuous System Integration and Testing (CSIT) project has published its CSIT 26.06 Release Report, continuing the community’s work to provide transparent, repeatable performance testing for high-performance networking technologies.…

Aug 10 2026

Why Speak at ONE Summit 2026, and How to Build a Proposal That Reviewers Actually Want

By LF Networking Blog

By Gergely Csatári Senior Specialist, Open Source Program Office at Nokia | ONE Summit Programming Committee Member I have been involved with open source in telecom for close to two…

Aug 06 2026

Does Agentic AI Networking Need Its Own Playbook?

By Ranny Haiby Blog

By: Ranny Haiby Every few months, our industry gets a new "does networking really need its own X" debate. We've had it about cloud native, about GitOps, and now we're…

Aug 03 2026

The Future of Telecom AI is Here: Unlocking Value and Escaping the “Plumbing” Trap with Essedum

By LF Networking AI, Blog

Executive Summary The telecommunications industry's transition to AI is often stalled by the complexities of infrastructure plumbing. Essedum, a new open source candidate project under LF Networking, solves this by…

Jul 13 2026

Introducing StratoWeave: Building a More Declarative Approach to Network Automation

By LF Networking Blog, Uncategorized

Author: Ian Farrer, StratoWeave project lead For many of us working in network and service automation, one challenge has remained surprisingly persistent: how do we make operating complex networks simpler…

Jun 23 2026

Beyond the Closed Loop: Architecting the Era of Agentic AI in Production Networks

By Ranny Haiby AI, Blog

When we look back at the last decade of network transformation, the telecom industry has plenty to celebrate. We have made significant progress shifting from monolithic hardware appliances toward disaggregated,…

Jun 17 2026

Why Blockchain-Enabled Trust Matters for 6G Networks

By LF Networking Blog

As the industry looks toward 6G, future networks will need to do more than deliver higher speeds and lower latency. They will need to support highly distributed, AI-driven, multi-vendor environments…

Jun 15 2026

LF Networking Announces New Governing Board Leadership

By LF Networking Announcement, Blog

We are pleased to welcome new leadership to our Governing Board, reflecting the continued growth, collaboration, and strategic momentum of the open networking ecosystem. As networks evolve to support AI-native…

Jun 02 2026

Introducing free5GC as a Reference CNF for the CNTi Test Suite

By LF Networking Blog, CNTi

The telecom industry’s transition toward cloud native network functions (CNFs) continues to accelerate, but cloud nativeness is not achieved simply by packaging applications into containers. Real cloud native maturity requires…

May 28 2026

Why AI-Native Networks Need an Open Source Ecosystem, Not a Single Project

By Ranny Haiby Blog

When we talk about the future of networking, AI is no longer just an add-on feature. It’s becoming the foundation. We are moving rapidly toward autonomous, AI-native networks that can…