The following statement outlines MANTRA’s current interest in the upcoming IETF IVY Hackathon, the standardization gap it sees for IP domain inventory, and its continued alignment with TAPI as the target model for optical network inventory within the TIP MUST subgroup.

TIP Executive Director Kristian Toivo moderated a panel on the path toward programmable and autonomous networks, bringing together a knowledgeable group of senior technologists from three of Europe's most advanced operators.

The Telecom Infra Project's Open Optical & Packet Transport (OOPT) community has published the technical requirements for the Disaggregated Aggregation Router (DAR) — a milestone that marks a significant step toward open, flexible, and future-proof transport networks.

TIP had a strong presence at Mobile World Congress 2026, convening industry leaders to advance open, disaggregated, and AI-ready networks. From the launch of the Data & AI Foundations Project Group to momentum around Open RAN, AI infrastructure, and Video QoE collaboration, the week highlighted growing industry engagement across the TIP ecosystem—setting the stage for continued progress leading into FYUZ 2026 in Seattle.

The Telecom Infra Project announces today the official launch of its latest Project Group, Data & AI Foundations, with founding Co-Chairs from AT&T, AWS, Orange, Telefónica and with expectations of other community members following swiftly after.

During FYUZ 2025 we heard from multiple speakers and presentation strategies of using AI for networks, as well as how to build networks for AI with monetization in mind. On Monday, FYUZ Day 1, Thierry Nagellen, VP of Research at Orange, highlighted some of the work that TIP’s TelcoAI Project Group have been working on at the opening mainstage panel session. Agentic AI was a key topic, and remained a consistent topic across multiple talks throughout the course of the event. T