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Network Infrastructure to APIs - How Open Source Enables Speed of Innovation and Monetization#

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

Abstract Recording

Nathan Rader & Sebastian Zechlin, Deutsche Telekom

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  • Why: The CAMARA-style network-API movement is where telco network capability is being productized; understanding DT's open-source-based approach is useful context for anyone weighing API exposure as the interface layer between infrastructure and applications.
  • What: DT's vision and journey of a fully open network spanning infrastructure through APIs (including CAMARA), framed around innovation speed, lower cost, and asset monetization, plus a roadmap for community contribution (from abstract only).
  • How: Layered open source adoption across infrastructure, OSS, and the CAMARA API framework.
  • Where applicable: Large-operator context; the CAMARA framework itself is multi-operator. Expect strategy and journey narrative rather than technical depth.