The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has been championing a new approach to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure since 2016. TIP is a global community of companies -including Cisco -and organizations working together to accelerate the development and deployment of open, disaggregated, and standards-based technology solutions that deliver the high-quality connectivity that the world needs now -and in the decades to come.

We are proud to apply our domain expertise and industry acumen to accelerate the pace of innovation in the telecom industry. In particular, we are working with TIP to accelerate the innovation of IP and optical networks for open hardware platforms as well as OS software across TIP's strategic network areas -Access, Transport, and Core & Services.

We are demonstrating our commitment as part of the Open Optical & Packet Transport (OOPT) group to develop disaggregated transport technologies that are more flexible, efficient, and open. The OOPT is a project group within TIP that works on the definition of open technologies, architectures, and interfaces in Optical and IP Networking. The project concentrates on different parts of the transport network architecture, including optical transponders, line systems, IP access devices, open APIs, and network simulation and planning tools.

Since the formation of the OOPT, some of the world's leading service providers, technology leaders, and technologists have collaborated to build more open and disaggregated network infrastructure. This has resulted in more flexibility and a wider range of technological choices for operators to build and operate telecom networks.

Most recently, we have committed to work with TIP Phoenix project, which is led by key service providers such as DT, MTN, NTT Communications, Telef