Collaboration will support open source alignment, technical exchanges, and joint activities to maximize RAN efficiency.
SAN FRANCISCO and WAKEFIELD, Mass., Aug. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — LF Networking (LFN), the de facto collaboration hub for open source networking projects under the Linux Foundation, and the AI-RAN Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to revolutionizing AI-RAN (Artificial Intelligence-Radio Access Networks), today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to collaborate on accelerating innovation in AI-native networks and advancing the evolution toward 6G.
The collaboration brings together LFN’s open development model and the AI-RAN Alliance’s mission to optimize AI-RAN, aiming to enhance network performance and flexibility through open innovation.
“AI is rapidly transforming the way radio networks are built and managed,” said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge and IoT at the Linux Foundation. “This collaboration with the AI-RAN Alliance enables us to bring open source principles and cloud native innovation into the AI-native RAN space, ensuring transparency, interoperability, and industry-wide impact as we evolve toward 6G.”
Under the MOU, LF Networking and the AI-RAN Alliance will work together to support shared goals and promote progress in AI-RAN.
“We’re excited to work more closely with LF Networking and its vibrant open source community,” said Alex Jinsung Choi, Chair of the AI-RAN Alliance and Principal Fellow at SoftBank Corp.’s Research Institute of Advanced Technology. “This agreement reinforces our commitment to building an open, inclusive platform for innovation in AI for RAN, AI and RAN, and AI on RAN. By aligning with LF Networking, we’re making it easier for developers, vendors, and operators to collaborate across boundaries and deliver AI-powered networks at scale.”
To learn more about the LF Networking ecosystem, visit lfnetworking.org.
About the AI-RAN Alliance
The AI-RAN Alliance is a global consortium accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence into Radio Access Networks. Established in 2024, the Alliance unites leading companies, researchers, and technologists to advance open, practical approaches for building AI-native wireless networks. The Alliance focuses on enabling experimentation, sharing knowledge, and real-world performance to support the next generation of mobile infrastructure. For more information, visit: https://ai-ran.org
About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the organization of choice for the world’s top developers and companies to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and industry adoption. Together with the worldwide open source community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by creating the largest shared technology investment in history. Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools, training and events to scale any open source project, which together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one company. More information can be found at www.linuxfoundation.org.
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