AT&T announced it is open sourcing its Disaggregated Network Operating System (dNOS) project, which will be hosted by The Linux Foundation.
The purpose of the project is to provide a software framework to accelerate the adoption and use of white boxes, which have been touted as a flexible, cost effective alternative to proprietary networking equipment. AT&T has been a champion of white box hardware for a while, describing it as a critical component of its network. Last year, the company completed a live field trial of a multi-supplier open source white box switch carrying customer traffic.
