Telco Data Space

The Telco Data Space enables trusted, policy-enforced data exchange between operators, vendors, and research ecosystems. Built on the principle of data sovereignty, it supports AI-driven automation, interoperability, and new service models in open and disaggregated networks. It ensures that data access always respects data ownership, confidentiality and compliance, while enabling collaborative innovation.

Shared telco data sets are the cornerstone of sovereign European 6G innovation. However confidentiality, regulatory, and business concerns challenge cross-stakeholder data exchange.

• Cross-testbed data exchange for network-AI empowerment
• Cross-operator service provisioning and SLA monitoring
• Cross-vendor optimization in O-RAN
• Operator-to-vendor data sharing for predictive maintenance
• Monitoring and cross-domain QoT assurance across transport networks

The Telco Data Space is powered by the Data Space Connector (DSC) which introduces a governance layer enabling:

• Ownership-aware data exchange
• Policy enforcement for data access and usage
• A federated catalog for data asset discovery
• Exposure of real-time performance data for intelligent control applications (e.g. xApps/rApps)

The Telco Data Space isaligned with Gaia-X and International Data Spaces Association (IDSA) principles.

• Network operators: Drive OPEX reduction and obtain more value from data
• Vendors: Accelerate software and hardware validation and maintenance
• Research institutes & testbed owners: Validate models under real operational conditions
• Regulatory bodies: Enable transparency and auditability

Fill out the Telco Data Space Survey and share your organization’s views on:

• Willingness to share and consume telco datasets
• Interest in cross-stakeholder data exchange
• Barriers to adoption (legal, technical, and organizational)
• Priority use cases
• Readiness to participate in pilot activities

Network data sharing: a governance framework for ensuring data sovereignty and privacy compliance
Angela Mitrovska, Behnam Shariati, Aydin Jafari, Pooyan Safari, Johannes Karl Fischer, and Ronald Freund

International Testbed Data Sharing Framework with Data Sovereign Features for Network AI/ML Empowerment
Yusuke Hirota, Sugang Xu, Angela Mitrovska, Yuki Yoshida, Pooyan Safari, Behnam Shariati, Johannes K. Fischer, Ronald Freund, Hideaki Furukawa, Kouichi Akahane, Yoshinari Awaji

Demonstration of End-to-End Cross-Border Service Provisioning and Monitoring Using TeraFlowSDN and Eclipse Dataspace Components Connectors
Angela Mitrovska, Aydin Jafari, Behnam Shariati, Pooyan Safari, Vignesh Karunakaran, Achim Autenrieth, Johannes Karl Fischer, Ronald Freund