The Open Network Edge Services Software (OpenNESS) is an open source reference toolkit that makes it easy to move applications from the cloud to the network and on premise edge. It provides a single environment for hosting applications running in locations such as customer premises equipment and small cells (on-premise edge); or the Next Generation Central Office (NGCO), base station, or wireless access aggregation point (network edge).

By creating an edge platform based on OpenNESS, CoSPs can make it easier for software developers to bring their experience and creativity to the network. OpenNESS enables developers to write apps that will run on any edge environment, without needing specific coding for data ingestion, making the network edge a much more attractive target platform for them.

The microservices architecture enables CoSPs to accelerate their adoption of cloud native solutions at the edge, and helps them to more easily connect to multi-cloud environments. CoSPs can orchestrate services at scale and benefit from a cloud-native and microservices-based architecture.