# telecom-user-group

**Repository Path**: cncf/telecom-user-group

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: telecom-user-group
- **Description**: 📞📱☎️Public info for the CNCF Telecom User Group
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2022-07-25
- **Last Updated**: 2025-09-27

## Categories & Tags

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## README

# Telecom User Group
📞📱☎️Public info for the CNCF Telecom User Group

_Note:_ <Br />
Activities have moved to the [CNF Certification Program](https://github.com/cncf/cnf-certification/#cnf-certification---v11-beta), [CNF Working Group (WG)](https://github.com/cncf/cnf-wg#cloud-native-network-function-working-group-cnf-wg) and [CNF Test Suite](https://github.com/cncf/cnf-testsuite#cnf-test-suite).  The CNF WG is focused on documenting use cases, user stories, and best practices. The CNF Test Suite provides a framework and a suite of tests for validating best practices of workloads running on K8s.

## Meeting Time

Meetings are currently in hiatus.  Please see the [CNF WG](https://github.com/cncf/cnf-wg#cloud-native-network-function-working-group-cnf-wg) and [CNF Test Suite](https://github.com/cncf/cnf-testsuite#cnf-test-suite) for active CNCF telecom meetings.

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## Meeting Minutes
Upcoming and past meeting agenda/notes are [available](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yhtI7aiwpdAiRBKyUX6mOJDHAbjOog2mI4Ur2k27D7s/edit#)

## Recordings
TUG meeting recordings are available on [CNCF's YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2MHITsQll62n8gj8mtxXbTq)

## Mailing list
[Request to join](https://lists.cncf.io/g/telecom-user-group/join) - note that work email addresses are required.

## Slack
[https://slack.cncf.io/](https://slack.cncf.io/) - #tug

## Upcoming Events: 
- TBA


## Past Events:
### [TUG + CNFs At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2021 Virtual/Los Angeles](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)

[Intro & Deep Dive to the CNF WG](https://kccncna2021.sched.com/event/lV9e)
*  Friday, October 15 • 5:25pm - 6:00pm PDT


### [TUG + CNFs At Open Networking and Edge Summit NA 2021 Virtual](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-networking-edge-summit-north-america/program/schedule/)

[CNF WG BoF: Bring Your Networking Challenge, We’ll Find a Cloud Native Best Practice](https://sched.co/og1s)
*  Tuesday, October 12 • 12:00pm - 12:30pm PDT


### [TUG + CNFs At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2021 Virtual](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe/)

[CNF WG: K8s Best Practices for Telco Apps](https://sched.co/iE74) 
- Thursday, May 6 at 11:30 - 12:05 UTC
- [Recording](https://youtu.be/ZF5UJD7YJIw)


### [TUG + CNFs At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2020](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/)

[Intro to CNCF’s Telecom Initiatives](https://sched.co/ekG9)
- Wednesday, November 18 at 4:55pm - 5:30pm EST 
- [Recording](https://youtu.be/IEmzRqqNWCs)


### [TUG + CNFs At Open Networking & Edge Summit NA 2020](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-networking-edge-summit-north-america/)

Monday, September 28 • 18:00 - 21:00 UTC - [Tutorial: Cloud Native for Edge and Service Providers - Sponsored by Cloud Native Computing Foundation (Pre-registration Required)](https://sched.co/bWhI)

Wednesday, September 30 • 17:45 - 18:15 UTC - [Birds of a Feather: CNCF Telecom User Group](https://sched.co/bWQV)

Wednesday, September 30 • 17:45 - 18:15 UTC - [Panel Discussion: Cloud Native Thinking for Telecommunications Chapter 1](https://sched.co/bWQh)

### [TUG + CNFs At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2020](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2020/)

Wednesday, August 19 • 14:55 - 15:30 UTC - [Birds of a Feather: Telecom User Group](https://sched.co/Zevr)

### [TUG + CNFs At Cloud Native + Open Source Virtual Summit China 2020](https://cncf.lfasiallc.cn/)

Saturday, August 1 • 12:10 - 12:40 UTC - [Intro: Birds of a Feather: Telecom User Group](https://sched.co/cpAM)

### [CNTT April 2020 Virtual Technical Event](https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/2020+April+Virtual+Technical+Event)

LFN Technical Meetings Spring 2020, April 21-23 

### TUG + CNFs At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2019

Monday, November 18 • 4:30pm - 6:30pm - [CNCF TUG & CNTT: Part 1](https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/CNTT+-+CNCF+TUG+F2F+workshop+in+KubeCon+NA+2019#CNTT-CNCFTUGF2FworkshopinKubeConNA2019-Brainstormingagendaitems) 
  - Location: Meeting room 17B, Mezzanine level, San Diego Convention Center
  - Details: AV in the room, set theater, capacity 100
  - [Agenda](https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/CNTT+-+CNCF+TUG+F2F+workshop+in+KubeCon+NA+2019#CNTT-CNCFTUGF2FworkshopinKubeConNA2019-Brainstormingagendaitems)
  - [RSVP, space is limited](https://forms.gle/VahVc9WVPNGMdk9p9)

Wednesday, November 20 • 3:20pm - 3:55pm - [Birds of a Feather: Telecom User Group - Cheryl Hung, Dan Kohn, Cloud Native Computing Foundation; & Taylor Carpenter, Vulk Coop](https://sched.co/Uakt)

Wednesday, November 20 • 4pm - 6pm - [CNCF TUG & CNTT: Part 2](https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/CNTT+-+CNCF+TUG+F2F+workshop+in+KubeCon+NA+2019#CNTT-CNCFTUGF2FworkshopinKubeConNA2019-Brainstormingagendaitems)
  - Location: Meeting room 2, Upper level, SDCC
  - Details: AV in the room, set round tables, capacity 160
  - [Agenda](https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/CNTT+-+CNCF+TUG+F2F+workshop+in+KubeCon+NA+2019#CNTT-CNCFTUGF2FworkshopinKubeConNA2019-Brainstormingagendaitems)
  - [RSVP, space is limited](https://forms.gle/VahVc9WVPNGMdk9p9)

Thursday, November 21 • 4:25pm - 5:55pm - [Intro + Deep Dive: Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) Testbed](https://sched.co/UakA)

### TUG + CNFs At Open Networking Summit EU 2019

Monday, September 23 • 08:45 - 10:15 - [Tutorial: Take a Test Drive with the Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) Testbed - Sponsored by Cloud Native Computing Foundation (Pre-registration required)](https://sched.co/ScCA)

Monday, September 23 • 10:45 - 12:15 - [CNCF Telecom User Group Meeting](https://sched.co/Saoc)

Wednesday, September 25 • 16:15 - 16:45 - [Panel Discussion: Embracing Cloud Native on the Path to 5G - Heather Kirksey, The Linux Foundation; Rabi Abdel, Vodafone; Lincoln Lavoie, UNH Interoperability Lab; Frederick Kautz, doc.ai; Taylor Carpenter, Vulk Coop](https://sched.co/SYwo)

### CNFs At KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2019

Tuesday, June 25 • 11:20 - 11:55am - [Intro + Deep Dive BoF: Telecom User Group and Cloud Native Network Functions (CNF) Testbed - Cheryl Hung, Dan Kohn, CNCF & Taylor Carpenter, Vulk Coop](https://sched.co/OBhN)

**Kickoff meeting at KubeCon EU on Thursday, May 23 • 11:05am - 12:30pm** - [Intro + Deep Dive BoF: Telecom User Group and Cloud Native Network Functions (CNF) Testbed - Cheryl Hung, Dan Kohn, CNCF & Taylor Carpenter, Vulk Coop](https://sched.co/MSzj)
- [Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEIr1mq-81E)
- [Slides](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1iAgzRp5eFv7LWmpR2u1Wy0LdhvB85SkKJBxXFSNH8XE/)

## Adjacent communities

CNCF TUG works together with lots of other communities. [This](adjacent-communities.md) page lists these communities and ways how to reach them. 


## License

The content in this repository including documentation is available under the Apache License, Version 2.0. The documentation is alternatively available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.