Software & Standards for Smart Networks & Services 2026

We are proud to announce our presence in the 2026 edition of SNS4SNS, Software & Standards for Smart Networks & Services, which will take place in Sophia-Antipolis, FR from 2-5 February 2026.

Overview

SNS4SNS is an event that brings together open source communities, industry standardisation, and cutting edge research initiatives for the future development of next generation networks and services. The event consisted of conferences, panel discussions, demos, tutorials and hackfests, where participants delved into the world of open source software communities.

The meeting was held in English, and in-person only. Tutorials/hackfests have been recorded.

Retrospective & Resources

Tutorial

We held a very sucessful tutorial on Monday, showcasing OpenOP’s components and elements of architecture!

The slides are available here and the video recording of this session will soon be made available on our YouTube channel.

Conference, Hackaton, Demos

We had a very busy week! Here are some highlights:

• 1️⃣ Kostas Ramantas (Iquadrat) held a presentation about “The new ETSI SDG for an open-source operator platform” and Răzvan MIHAI/Cristian Patachia - Sultanoiu (Orange Romania) another one about “Network APIs challenge: framework, APIs, best practices, use cases and business opportunities” in a session about “Developer friendly APIs for telco” very fittingly chaired… by our own Chair: Vasileios Theodorou, PhD (Intracom Telecom).
• 2️⃣ Cesar Cornelio Cajas Parra (i2CAT Research Centre) presented two demos on “Demonstrating inter-platform federation for multi-operator edge application management” and “Demonstrating Open Operator Platform (OpenOP) standardised testbed capability exposure in federated 5G/6G environments”.
• 3️⃣ Vasiliki Parousidou (Intracom Telecom) presented a demo on “API-aware meta-orchestration of AI assets for secure and sovereign inter-operator AI plane federation – The OpenOP AI service exposure layer”.
• 4️⃣ Dimitris Gogos (Intracom Telecom) represented on stage OpenOP on our cross-SDGs efforts with the launch of a long term infrastructure/lab for cross-collaboration between SDGs and friends!
• 5️⃣ Claudia Carballo Gonzalez (i2CAT Research Centre) presented a poster on “Federation enablement for multi-operator platforms: orchestrating services with the OpenOP”.

All the material from the conference and the on-stage demos is available here.

Stay Informed

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Venue

This meeting was hosted by ETSI, in its headquarters, at the following address:

ETSI Headquarters

650 Route des Lucioles
06921 - Sophia Antipolis
France

Should you require a personal invitation letter for your visa application, please online form.

Registration

Participation to the SNS4SNS: Conference & Hackfests is open to everyone, including ETSI members and non-members, for free, upon registration.

Contact

Questions about ETSI, joining ETSI, this and future events can be sent to: info@etsi.org