Sophia Antipolis, France, 31 January 2025

ETSI announces the second Release of the open-source software platform developed by the Software Development Group OpenSlice. This Release continues to drive the evolution of Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions, offering service providers and consumers a powerful framework for orchestrating and managing end-to-end (E2E) network services across private and public clouds.

Additionally, OpenSlice 2024Q4 builds on its comprehensive, service-based Operations Support System (OSS) capabilities to meet the evolving demands of the telecom industry. It extends developments beyond NaaS to embrace Telco Cloud scenarios, incorporating support for CAMARA and TMF Operate APIs. These enhancements enable the capability exposure essential for a contemporary Operator Platform.

Key Highlights of ETSI SDG OpenSlice 2024Q4 Release:

  • OpenSlice Addons: The continuously updated Addons repository leverages Custom Resource (CR) orchestration support to enable modern telco features and use cases, such as:
    • LF Sylva: Provides a Kubernetes operator to manage Sylva workload clusters;
    • CAMARA QoD extension: Allows the exposure and usage of the Quality on Demand (QoD) API.
  • Kubernetes support extension: The enhanced CR orchestration logic, boosts stability, expands Kubernetes resource exposure, and introduces intuitive resource mapping and lifecycle management.
  • TM Forum APIs extensions: Incorporating Resource Activation and extending the Product Layer TM Forum APIs, which further supports the capabilities exposure of a modern Operator Platform.
  • Robustness and Performance enhancements: Bringing significant enhancements to concurrent, multi-tenant usage while optimizing key components to minimize their footprint for sustainable long-term deployments.
  • End-to-end testing pipelines: Enabling seamless, repeatable validations of deployment and orchestration examples with every codebase update.
  • METRICO: A new (experimental) inbuilt mechanism to integrate monitoring solutions within the service lifecycle, facilitating efficient closed-loop management.

To learn more about OpenSlice version 2024Q4: Check the Release Notes and User Documentation and follow the detailed Deployment Guide to explore OpenSlice 2024Q4 in your own environment.

OpenSlice 2024Q4 will be demonstrated during an ETSI Webinar on 3 April, 2025. Register now!

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