TM Forum Tackles Satellite Integration

TM Forum joins the space race

The trade body is looking to expand its open digital architecture (ODA) framework ecosystem into the satellite network sector  It already has 16 partners on board for its new ‘ODA for Satellite’ project The aim is to standardise how terrestrial networks and NTNs interact

TM Forum tackles satellite integration

The TM Forum added satellite to an existing framework for digital networks in recognition of forecasts space-based connectivity is poised to become a significant earner over the next 10 years. Companies including Rakuten Group, Huawei and Netcracker Technology are joined by operators Telekom Deutschland and Vodacom Group among the initial members of the Open Digital Architecture (ODA) for Satellite initiative. The standards organisation stated t…

TM Forum launches satellite project to extend Open Digital Architecture

This is ahead of its flagship event, DTW Ignite 2026, in Copenhagen next week – Airbus, Terrestar and Vodacom are named out of the 16 participants in the project TM Forum has revealed scant details of its new Open Digital Architecture (ODA) for Satellite project. Developed by telcos for telcos, the ODA provides them with a blueprint for “shared architecture that can support automation, intelligence and governance at scale”. Apparently the ODA fo…