Open Lab: A collaborative multi-vendor platform for experimentation and validation of next-generation networking technologies#

Flavio Luciani

• Why: A community-run, multi-vendor validation lab is infrastructure other operators can actually use — pre-production validation is a persistent gap, and shared labs are one of the few real answers.
• What: A collaborative platform for experimenting with and validating next-generation networking technologies across vendors. (title only)
• How: Multi-vendor lab environment; the access/participation model is presumably described in the deck.
• Where applicable: Broadly adoptable by operators; community-run, so watch for Italy/EU scoping.