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Magma Installation on Ubuntu 20.04

Follow along this post to see how to install Magma in a virtual environment on Ubuntu 20.04 and set up a basic LTE connection. Note 1: The Magma gateway cannot be set upon Apple computers with the M…

By Milind Kumar Vaddiraju on 21/03/2022

Decentralizing Cellular Networks

Decentralization is unquestionably a hot topic in networking, with the much-hyped development of “Web3” promising a return to the internet’s decentralized roots. This is viewed as a necessary…

By Bruce Davie and Amar Padmanabhan on 07/03/2022

Applying Cloud Native Principles to Wireless Networks

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about adopting a “cloud native” approach to mobile and wireless networking, especially with the transition to 5G. The general idea is that cloud native…

By Bruce Davie and Amar Padmanabhan on 15/12/2021

Control Planes Are More Than Signaling

From the beginning of the Magma project, it was clear to those of us on the that to easily and efficiently connect new user communities, we needed to reduce the complexity of managing and operating a…

By Bruce Davie and Amar Padmanabhan on 07/09/2021

Magma Release 1.6

Magma v1.6 (Glacier Peak) has shipped! It's with great pleasure that we announce the latest version of Magma, Glacier Peak, has shipped. It has been a great team effort and congrats to everyone for…

By Phil Ritter on 06/07/2021

The Future of the Network Edge

An explosion of devices will drive a transformation bigger than 5G As the internet continues to scale and evolve to connect billions of people and tens of billions of devices, it’s impressive to…

By Bruce Davie and Amar Padmanabhan on 29/06/2021

Magma Release 1.5.2

We are pleased to announce the v1.5.2 release for Magma. This release contains fixes for issues reported for the v1.5.2 release. See the for more information.

By Phil Ritter on 25/06/2021

Magma Release 1.5.1

We are pleased to announce the v1.5.1 release for Magma. This release contains fixes for some known issues reported for the v1.5 release. See the for more information.

By Phil Ritter on 06/06/2021

Software is Eating the Edge

It is hard to believe that Marc Andreessen’s famous is not yet ten years old. (It’s also hard to imagine someone saying “Today’s stock market actually hates technology” as Andreessen did in that…

By Bruce Davie and Amar Padmanabhan on 14/05/2021

Magma v1.6 Release Outlook

Following a successful v1.5 release, the stage has been set for further work to continue to grow the platform, add to the feature set and expand support to new use-cases. The 1.5 release was…

By Ekow Taylor on 07/05/2021

Magma Release 1.5

We are pleased to announce the v1.5 release for Magma. This release contains support for new features and fixes for several known issues. See the for more information.

By Phil Ritter on 28/04/2021

Establishment of Magma Core Foundation and New Members Under Open Governance

Project embraces open governance model, creates new neutral, cross-community Technical Steering Committee open for collaboration Community welcomes 11 new member organizations fostering innovation for…

By The Linux Foundation on 21/04/2021

MagmaML: Towards Automated Management for Low-resource 5G Cellular Network Deployments

Troubleshooting of cellular networks is contributing billions of dollars to the operational expenditure (OPEX) of mobile network operators (MNOs) every year. This process involves monitoring KPIs…

By Rahman Doost-Mohammady and Ashutosh Sabharwal on 29/03/2021

Magma Release 1.4

We are pleased to announce the v1.4 release for Magma. This release contains support for new features and fixes for several known issues. See the for more information.

By Phil Ritter on 16/03/2021

Magma Developers Conference Videos

We had over 580 people join us from 58 countries around the world on February 3rd for the Mamga Developer's Conference. We are pleased to announce that videos of each session from the event are now…

By Phil Ritter on 11/02/2021

Open Infrastructure Foundation Magma Community Update 2021

is an open source software platform that delivers an open, flexible and extendable mobile network core solution. Magma’s mission is to connect the world to a faster network by enabling service…

By Kendall Waters on 29/01/2021

Magma Developers Conference 2020

Feb 3, 2020 8:30am-4:30pm PST Location: One week from today on February 3, the Magma community will be hosting the Magma Developers Conference. This virtual conference will be an opportunity to hear…

By Phil Ritter on 27/01/2021

Magma Release 1.3.3

We are pleased to announce the v1.3.3 hotfix release for Magma. This release contains contains fixes for some known issues affecting the stability and usability of the v1.3, v1.3.1 and 1.3.2 releases…

By Phil Ritter on 15/01/2021

Magma Release 1.3.2

We are pleased to announce the v1.3.2 hotfix release for Magma. This release contains contains fixes for some known issues affecting the stability and usability of the v1.3 and v1.3.1 releases. See…

By Phil Ritter on 04/12/2020

Magma Release 1.3.1

Please note: release 1.3.1 has been deprecated. We recommend all new installs start with release 1.3.2. All running instances of 1.3.1 are encouraged to upgrade to release 1.3.2. We are pleased to…

By Phil Ritter on 10/11/2020

Magma Release 1.3

Please note: release 1.3 has been deprecated. We recommend all new installs start with release 1.3.2. All running instances of 1.3 are encouraged to upgrade to release 1.3.2. This new major release…

By Phil Ritter on 15/10/2020