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InstantX: Vodafone's Edge Innovation for the Future of Telco#

Open Networking & Edge Summit 2025 digest Program Wildcard pick 31 March 2025

Abstract Recording

Sampada Basarkar, Vodafone

Play the recording: InstantX: Vodafone's Edge Innovation for the Future of Telco

  • Why: Outside the PM's core, but notable as a signal: a major operator insourcing a production edge platform (V2X/A2X communication) into the open source community. When telcos start donating runtime platforms rather than just joining foundations, it says something about where edge infrastructure economics are heading.
  • What: A keynote on Vodafone's InstantX edge platform — powering scalable V2X and A2X communication — and Vodafone's decision to insource the technology into open source, including the challenges overcome (from abstract only).
  • How: Platform details are not given in the abstract; the mechanism of interest is the open-sourcing process itself (moving a proprietary telco platform into a community).
  • Where applicable: Vodafone-specific production history; generalizable mainly as a precedent for operator platform contributions.