Linux Foundation and ATIS Partner to Advance Development and Integration of Open Source, Open RAN Technologies

Organizations to align on implementation and standardization across U.S. operators.

WASHINGTON and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), a leading technology and solutions development organization for the information and communications technology industry, and the Linux Foundation, host of Linux Foundation Networking (LFN) and other open RAN software projects, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This strategic agreement formalizes the two organizations' intent to deepen cooperation and accelerate progress toward open, intelligent, and sustainable next-generation network architectures, including 5G and 6G.

The MOU outlines a non-binding framework for collaboration that leverages the complementary strengths of both communities – LFN's open source ecosystem and ATIS's standards development leadership. Together, ATIS and LFN will work to harmonize industry efforts, identify gaps and drive alignment on key priorities across the telecom landscape.

"ATIS creates forward-looking solutions that anticipate the ICT industry's evolving priorities," said Susan Miller, president and CEO of ATIS. "By aligning with LFN, we are combining the strengths of open standards and open source to accelerate deployment of secure, sustainable and intelligent next-generation networks."

"The Linux Foundation and its associated projects across LF Networking and beyond are committed to building a globally interoperable, open ecosystem that enables innovation across the entire networking stack – from RAN to Core to Edge," said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge and IoT at the Linux Foundation. "This collaboration with ATIS enables us to bring the best of open source and standards together to advance 5G/6G, promote secure development practices, and engage a broader ecosystem."

Key areas of collaboration include:

• Joint Education and Training on how open source and standards can work together to enable rapid innovation
• Information Sharing around technical specifications, best practices and secure development tools for open network components
• Co-hosted Workshops and Technical Sessions to foster community engagement and knowledge exchange
• Joint Marketing and Communications efforts to align messaging and reach a wider operator and vendor audience.

To learn more about ATIS, visit https://www.atis.org. 

For more information about LF Networking, visit https://lfnetworking.org. 

About ATIS
As a leading technology and solutions development organization, the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS) brings together the top global ICT companies to advance the industry's business priorities. Our Next G Alliance is building the foundation for North American leadership in 6G and beyond. ATIS's 165 member companies are also currently working to address 5G, illegal robocall mitigation, quantum computing, artificial intelligence-enabled networks, distributed ledger/blockchain technology, cybersecurity, IoT, emergency services, quality of service, billing support, operations and much more. These priorities follow a fast-track development lifecycle from design and innovation through standards, specifications, requirements, business use cases, software toolkits, open-source solutions and interoperability testing.

ATIS is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). ATIS is the North American Organizational Partner for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP, a member of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), as well as a member of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL). For more information, visit www.atis.org. Follow ATIS on LinkedIn.

About the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data. Linux Foundation projects are critical to the world's infrastructure including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, ONAP, OpenChain, OpenSSF, OpenStack, PyTorch, RISC-V, SPDX, Zephyr, and more. The Linux Foundation is focused on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users, and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.

For a list of trademarks of the Linux Foundation, please see its trademark usage page: www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

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ATIS
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The Linux Foundation
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SOURCE LF Networking