STOCKHOLM, March 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Ericsson today announced it has joined the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation as a founding premier member, underscoring its commitment to open innovation in radio access network (RAN) software. Ericsson will hold a seat on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. OCUDU, an open-source initiative under the Linux Foundation, aims to accelerate U.S. leadership in wireless innovation through a portable, open-source CU/DU software stack supporting next-generation RAN capabilities. Full Article

Nvidia has detailed plans to support the build out of 6G on an open source platform, as the tech giant announced the “commitment” along with several top telecoms companies. Along with Booz Allen, BT Group, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, MITRE, Nokia, OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation, ODC, SK Telecom, SoftBank Corp. and T-Mobile, Nvidia said it aims to “build the world’s next generation of wireless networks on AI-native, open, secure, and trustworthy platforms.” Full Article

The Linux Foundation creates the OCUDU Foundation to establish 6G Open Source RAN standardization. The Linux Foundation introduced the Open Centralized Unit Distributed Unit (OCUDU) Ecosystem Foundation at the Mobile World Congress 2026 event in Barcelona. This project establishes a center where people work together to create and maintain open source software for Radio Access Network (RAN) networks. The project establishes a basic reference platform that supports both 5G networks and upcoming 6G networks by using AI native algorithms which enable different systems to work together. Full Article

DeepSig, a pioneer in AI-native wireless communications, announces its role as a founding member of the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation, a new collaboration initiative launched under the Linux Foundation to propel open CU and DU (OCUDU) software development to accelerate 5G and early 6G networks. Full Article

Ericsson announced it has joined the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation as a founding premier member, underscoring its commitment to open innovation in radio access network (RAN) software. Ericsson will hold a seat on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. OCUDU, an open-source initiative under the Linux Foundation, aims to accelerate U.S. leadership in wireless innovation through a portable, open-source CU/DU software stack supporting next-generation RAN capabilities. Full Article

BARCELONA, Spain, March 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mobile World Congress 2026 — The Linux Foundation (LF), the world’s leading home for open collaboration on open source software, hardware, standards, and data, today announced the formation of the Open Centralized Unit Distributed Unit (OCUDU) Ecosystem Foundation, an open collaboration hub dedicated to building, scaling, and sustaining the OCUDU technical project assets and leveraging them to establish a foundational reference platform for RAN including AI based algorithms and solutions. The OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation provides a critical mechanism for industry vendors to optimally guide OCUDU development to support 5G and early AI Native 6G services. Full Article

BARCELONA, Spain, March 02, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DeepSig, a pioneer in AI-native wireless communications, announces its role as a founding member of the OCUDU Ecosystem Foundation, a new collaboration initiative launched under the Linux Foundation to propel open CU and DU (OCUDU) software development to accelerate 5G and early 6G networks. Full Article

The Pentagon’s FutureG office plans to publish the first version of the Open Centralized Unit Distributed Unit (OCUDU) radio access network project to GitHub in April to foster innovation in current 5G and emerging 6G networks. Full Article