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

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Attend the February 26 Inaugural Meeting

The Open Access Network Forum will hold its inaugural meeting on February 26 at 11:00 AM ET.

This meeting is open to all interested industry participants. To participate, please Register here.

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. 

Apply to be a Member

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