We are thrilled to announce that the Cloud Native Telco Initiative (CNTi) has become an official project under LF Networking. CNTi is a ground-breaking open source community project accelerating the adoption of Cloud Native technology suitable for telecom networking. The initiative meets the needs of both vendors and service providers through the creation of a conformance program unifying cloud native goals and collaborating with other telco communities to foster common guidelines. The evolution of CNTi from an initiative to a project within LF Networking not only solidifies CNTi’s mission but also amplifies our collective efforts towards building a future-proof, cloud-native ecosystem for the telco industry. Benefits of being an official project include increased visibility, more collaboration, and additional resources and infrastructure.
The Journey of CNTi
CNTi was conceived with a clear vision: to accelerate the adoption of cloud native technologies within the telecommunications sector. As telcos worldwide face increasing demands for scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency, the transition to cloud-native architectures has become imperative. Born from existing cloud native telco efforts from both LF Networking and CNCF, CNTi became a unified initiative at the end of 2023 and has continued to grow in developing needed guidelines and tools for the Cloud Native Network transformation.
Currently, the community is focusing on building out three key areas:
- Documents cloud native and Kubernetes-native best practices for networking.
- Recommends vendor-neutral, foundational best practices.
- Collaborates with LF Networking projects.
- Develops functional, non-functional, and end-to-end tests based on best practices.
- Creates a robust testing framework and infrastructure.
- Provides remediation on failed tests to help application developers.
Certification (in BETA)
- Built on the foundation of CNCF’s CNF Certification program.
- Extended to address the needs of modern Cloud Native Network Functions.
- Self-executable and community-reviewed.
Join Us
We invite all stakeholders in the telecommunications industry to join us on this exciting journey. Whether you are a telecom operator, a technology vendor, a developer, or an enthusiast, your contribution is invaluable. Please consider engaging in one or more of our focus areas to help us build needed tools for the telco ecosystem to leverage in the cloud native adoption journey.
See details at: LF Networking Wiki | Cloud Native Telecom Initiative (CNTI).
