Open Networking & Edge Summit 2020

It has certainly been a wild ride, from the first meeting at ONS San Jose; not only has the CNTT struck a chord with the LF Networking community, but it shipped the Botrange release in September, Snezka in January, and Baldy in June. Telecoms are deploying Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) to support critical business services.

However, the telecom community has struggled with too many custom solutions – just the opposite of the NFV promise. To address this gap, CNTT was created by a coalition of global companies to create models, architectures, and deployments to share with the larger community, with the goal of increasing interoperability, and simplifying infrastructure testing. After an introduction to the CNTT framework, we will discuss how the task force built so much in so little time. Starting from the organizational structure, the joint GSMA/OPNFV sponsorship, and details of the effort to build a common reference language and architecture.