OPNFV Summit

Shades of openness: TIA favours strong interoperability to get the best of both worlds

By Guy Daniels

Dec 3, 2015

Franklin Flint, Chief Technology Officer, TIA

The TIA is poised to initiate a testing programme to assure interoperability between both open and closed network components and elements, Franklin tells Guy Daniels. He doesn’t think an open source base is the answer to everything - it’s also possible to get some really amazing things done in a closed environment, he says. He believes we need strong interface standards to ensure that both approaches can prosper.

Filmed at: OPNFV Summit, San Francisco, 11 November, 2015

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