Telecom Infra Project
{{short description|Organization that shares telecom technologies and best practices}}
{{Infobox Organization
| name = Telecom Infra Project
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| formation = February 2016
| type = 501(c)(6) non-profit
| tax_id = 81-1395224
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| purpose = Collaborative telecom technologies community for design, build and implementation
| headquarters =
| location = Wakefield, Massachusetts
| board_of_directors = Intel, Facebook, Nokia, Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Telefonica, BT Group
| membership = T-Mobile, Broadcom, Bell Canada, SK Telecom, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, + 500 others
| website = {{URL |https://telecominfraproject.com/}}
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The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) was formed in 2016 as an engineering-focused, collaborative methodology for building and deploying global telecom network infrastructure, with the goal of enabling global access for all.{{Cite web|url= https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/21/how-facebook-and-500-other-companies-will-bring-3-8-billion-more-people-online/ |title= How Facebook and 500 other companies will bring 3.8 billion more people online|date=September 21, 2018|access-date= January 30, 2019 | work = Venture beat |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190131041307/https://venturebeat.com/2018/09/21/how-facebook-and-500-other-companies-will-bring-3-8-billion-more-people-online/ |archive-date= January 31, 2019 |url-status= live}}
TIP is jointly steered by its group of founding tech and telecom companies, which forms its board of directors, and is chaired by Vodafone's Head of Network Strategy and Architecture, Yago Tenorio. Member companies host technology incubator labs and accelerators, and TIP hosts an annual infrastructure conference, TIP Summit.{{Cite news | newspaper = Telecom infra project |url= https://telecominfraproject.com/events/tip-summit-2018/|title= Summit 2018 |access-date= 2019-01-30|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190131041123/https://telecominfraproject.com/events/tip-summit-2018/|archive-date=2019-01-31 |url-status=live}} Which was renamed to FYUZ and hosted in Madrid in October 2022.
The organization adopts transparency of process and collaboration in the development of new technologies,{{Cite web|url= https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170316005240/en/Telia-Carrier-Coriant-Facebook-Collaborate-Successful-Trial |title=Telia Carrier, Coriant and Facebook Collaborate on Successful Trial of Voyager on Stockholm to Hamburg Route|date=March 16, 2017|website = Business wire|access-date= January 30, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040606/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170316005240/en/Telia-Carrier-Coriant-Facebook-Collaborate-Successful-Trial |archive-date= January 31, 2019 |url-status= live}} by its more than 500 participating member organizations, including operators, suppliers, developers, integrators, startups and other entities,{{cite web |url= https://telecominfraproject.com/members/ |title= Members | publisher = Telecom infra project |access-date=2016-11-02|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161104001309/https://telecominfraproject.com/members/ |archive-date=2016-11-04|url-status= live}} that participate in various TIP project groups. Projects employ current case studies to evolve telecom equipment and software into more flexible, agile, and interoperable forms.{{Cite web|url=https://telecominfraproject.com/how-we-work/ | publisher = Telecom infra project |title=How We Work|access-date= 2019-01-30 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040953/https://telecominfraproject.com/how-we-work/ |archive-date=2019-01-31 |url-status= live}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/facebook-contributes-telecom-designs-plans-to-telecom-infra-project-adds-partners/ |title= Facebook contributes telecom designs, plans to Telecom Infra Project, adds partners|first=Larry|last=Dignan |website=ZDNet|access-date=2019-01-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501051556/http://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-contributes-telecom-designs-plans-to-telecom-infra-project-adds-partners/|archive-date=2017-05-01 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url= https://www.axios.com/facebook-bet-telecom-gear-growth-strategy-users-d2e60486-8ed7-456f-ad45-65ea41f0dec0.html|title=Facebook's big bet on telecom gear|first= Ina|last=Fried|website=Axios|date=16 October 2018 |access-date= 2019-01-30 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190131040851/https://www.axios.com/facebook-bet-telecom-gear-growth-strategy-users-d2e60486-8ed7-456f-ad45-65ea41f0dec0.html |archive-date= 2019-01-31 |url-status= live}}
Projects and project groups
With telecom technology disaggregated into Access, Backhaul, and Core & Management, each project group focused on one of these three specific network areas. Past and present projects include,{{Cite web |url= https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-facebooks-telecom-infrastructure-project-2017-5|title=Inside Facebook's plan to eat another $350 billion IT market |first= Julie|last=Bort|website= Business Insider |access-date= 2019-02-07|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181209082024/https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-facebooks-telecom-infrastructure-project-2017-5 |archive-date=2018-12-09 |url-status= live}} among others:
- OpenRAN — enabling open ecosystem of GPP-based RAN solutions, chaired by Andrew Dunkin (Vodafone) and Adnan Boustany (Intel).{{Cite web|url= https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/tip-summit-vodafone-telefonica-plow-forward-openran-pilots|title=TIP Summit: Vodafone, Telefónica plow forward with OpenRAN pilots|website=Fierce Telecom |access-date=2019-02-07|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180048/https://www.fiercetelecom.com/telecom/tip-summit-vodafone-telefonica-plow-forward-openran-pilots |archive-date= 2019-02-09 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2017-11-01|title=OpenRAN|url=https://cdn.brandfolder.io/D8DI15S7/as/q60sew-6zd7ls-gd8ahv/TIP_Project_Group_Charter-OpenRAN.pdf |access-date= 2020-06-21|publisher = Telecom Infra Project}}
- Millimeter Wave (mmWave) Networks — creating low-cost hardware and software tools, and best practices, to streamline municipal mmWave networks, chaired by Salil Sawhney (Facebook) and Andreas Gladisch (Deutsche Telekom).{{Cite web |date=2017-06-27|title=mmWAVE|url= https://cdn.brandfolder.io/D8DI15S7/as/q60sew-6zd7ls-6ie467/TIP_Project_Group_Charter-mmWave.pdf|access-date=2020-06-21| publisher = Telecom Infra Project}}
- Power and Connectivity — global connectivity through global electricity, chaired by Cesar Hernandex Perez and Jamie Yang.
- System Integration and Site Optimization — system integration and cost-analysis, chaired by Dr. Sanket Nesargi and Emre Tepedelenlioglu.
- Solutions Integration — development of an interoperable RAN architecture, chaired by Dr. G. Wan Choi.
- Open Optical & Packet Transport — designing interoperable solutions for packet and optical networks, chaired by Hans-Juergen Schmidtke (Facebook) and Victor Lopez (Telefónica).{{Cite web |date= 2016-10-19|title=Open Optical & Packet Transport|url= https://cdn.brandfolder.io/D8DI15S7/as/q60sew-6zd7ls-evhf1w/TIP_Project_Group_Charter-OOPT.pdf |access-date=2020-06-21| publisher = Telecom Infra Project}} The DWDM Voyager packet/optical transponder, developed and tested live by member companies Facebook and Vodafone, respectively, is the first white box transponder and routing device for open packet/optical networks.{{Cite web | publisher = Telecom infrastructure project |url= https://telecominfraproject.com/project-groups/|title= Project Groups|access-date= 2019-02-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124536/https://telecominfraproject.com/project-groups/|archive-date=2019-02-09|url-status= live}} The first router design developed by the group is the Disaggregated Cell Site Gateway. It was designed by Vodafone, Telefonica and TIM Brasil. Telefonica will deploy the first units in 2020.{{Cite web|url= https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/telefonica-deploys-white-box-cell-site-gateway-with-tip-infinera-edgecore/d/d-id/755537 |title=Telefonica Deploys White Box Cell Site Gateway With TIP, Infinera, Edgecore|website=Light Reading|access-date= 2020-02-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200216010438/https://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/telefonica-deploys-white-box-cell-site-gateway-with-tip-infinera-edgecore/d/d-id/755537 |archive-date=2020-02-16|url-status= live}}
- Open Converged Wireless project group, developing OpenWiFi, OpenOFDM.
Community Labs
Various TIP member companies provide dedicated space for its project groups as "TIP Community Labs," facilitating collaborative projects between member companies in the development of telecom infrastructure.{{Cite web|url= https://telecominfraproject.com/clabs/ |title= Community Labs|access-date= 2020-04-11 | publisher = Telecom Infra project |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200411014859/https://telecominfraproject.com/clabs/ |archive-date=2020-04-11|url-status=live}} As of 2020, TIP has 14 labs throughout 8 countries around the world including, Spain, Italy, USA, Indonesia, UK, Japan, Germany, and Brazil.
TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centers
TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centers (TEACs) are global technology innovation centers sponsored by one or more member organizations that connect startups to venture capitalists. TEACs are hosted in Seoul, Berlin, Paris and the UK.{{Cite web|url= https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/telecom-infra-project-ecosystem-acceleration-center|title=Telecom Infra Project Ecosystem Acceleration Center |website= CB Insights |access-date= 2019-02-07 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190209180042/https://www.cbinsights.com/investor/telecom-infra-project-ecosystem-acceleration-center|archive-date= 2019-02-09 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url= https://telecominfraproject.com/teac/ |title=TEAC – TIP Ecosystem Acceleration Centers |access-date=2019-02-07 | publisher = Telecom infra project |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124046/https://telecominfraproject.com/teac/ |archive-date= 2019-02-09|url-status= live}}