Telecom Infra Project

OpenWiFi made a promise: separate the access point from the cloud that manages it, over an open, standard interface. No lock-in, any hardware, a shared foundation the whole ecosystem can build on. Nearhop built Aura to show what that promise looks like when a team actually builds on it, a white-label, multi-tenant cloud that runs its analytics on the access point itself, on any OpenWiFi hardware, from a team inside the community.

TIP’s OpenRAN RAN Intelligence & Automation (RIA) Subgroup has released a new white paper exploring how Agentic AI could advance O-RAN SMO. It examines today’s automation gaps, governed AI agents, energy optimization, cross-domain fault resolution, and a vision for an AI-native, intent-driven SMO for 6G, including TIP’s role in turning emerging architectures into deployable solutions.

AI agents will need more than powerful models. They will need trusted identities, reliable infrastructure, and a way to operate close to the people and devices they serve. Personal AI founder Suman Kanuganti explains why telecom operators could play a central role in distributed inference, personal AI, and the emerging market for token-based services.