The Open Access Network Forum (OANF) brings together industry stakeholders to develop deployable, interoperable technical standards and a commercial playbook for open-access networks in North America.

OANF provides a collaborative forum to align technical, operational, and commercial practices; identify gaps; and produce implementation guidance that reduces integration friction, supports scalable deployment, and accelerates adoption across the North American market.

Enabling Scalable Open-Access Fiber Deployments in North America

OANF Holds its Inaugural Meeting

The Open Access Network Forum held its inaugural meeting on February 26.

View Meeting Slides

Join the Open Access Network Forum

OANF is designed to build on real-world deployments and help the market scale through common APIs and implementation guidance. Members will help shape a shared foundation that reduces integration friction, speeds onboarding, and improves interoperability across partners and vendors.

Benefits of joining include:

  • Influence practical implementation guidance that the North American market can adopt broadly
  • Reduce bespoke integrations through common APIs and workflow profiles
  • Align on role boundaries, demarcation points, and operational expectations to streamline delivery
  • Accelerate time-to-market through shared reference architectures and playbooks
    • Collaborate with peers across the ecosystem (OAPs, ISPs, integrators, and vendors)

 

Membership in the Open Access Network Forum is open to both ATIS members and non-members. 

Leadership

Chair

Scott Baker
Expert Solution Architect
AT&T Corporate ServiceNow Platform Architecture
AT&T Technology Services

Vice Chair

Sajan Parikh
Chief Technology Officer
COS Systems

ATIS Technical Leads

Carroll Gray-Preston
Vice President – Innovation

Roberto Yanez
Principal Technologist