Will Nephio become the standard for cloud-native automation in the network cloud?
02 December 2022 | Research
Strategy report | PPTX and PDF (6 slides) | Cloud and AI Infrastructure
Nephio is an open-source project launched by the Linux Foundation and Google Cloud. It aims to standardise cloud-native automation for the network cloud across multiple domains so that communication service providers (CSPs) can fully realise the benefits of cloud-native architecture.
Topics included in this report
- The potential benefits of Nephio’s Kubernetes-based approach to configuration compared to current approaches
- The impact on CSPs and vendors of standardising cloud-native automation across different network domains
- How CSPs and vendors can contribute to Nephio
Author

Joseph Attwood
Analyst
Ameer Gaili
Senior AnalystRelated items
Article
GenAI in the network: who is making real progress, and what is driving it?
Article
Operators are set to invest USD77 billion cumulatively in AI cloud infrastructure between 2025 and 2030
Tracker
5G network cloud deployment tracker 1Q 2025