Innovation Hub

What is the Innovation Hub?
The Innovation Hub is a collaborative R&D space that unites global telecom companies, tech giants, and solution providers. Here, these industry leaders provide longer-term dedicated resources to industrialize concepts and use entrepreneurial thinking to co-create cutting-edge solutions, frameworks, and AI-native architectures.
The Concept
Our vision
The Innovation Hub is a global space where ideas evolve into solutions with lasting impact. Our goal is a connected world that is open, inclusive, and driven by technology innovation.
Moving forward, moving faster
The Innovation Hub accelerates breakthrough ideas using real-world data, open standards, and interoperable systems—powering initiatives like GenAI, autonomous networks, and digital twins.
Teams from TM Forum Members collaborate physically and virtually, contributing expertise, technology, space, and services to drive innovation at speed.
A new way to collaborate
Building on TM Forum’s proven Catalyst program, the Innovation Hub provides a new way for the telecoms industry to collaborate at speed. Unlike short-term projects, the Hub dedicates longer-term resources to industrialize ideas and deliver real-world, working solutions with immediate business impact.
Each project is hands-on, tested with real workloads, and designed to scale across the global ecosystem. Members can move from concept to showcase in months, backed by TM Forum’s reach and an agile, collaborative approach focused on shared goals and outcomes.
Live updates and roadmap
The story so far
- Pilot launch: In 2023, we held the grand opening of the Innovation Hub at Jio’s Navi , Mumbai campus with the founding Members, Jio, Accenture, Deutsche Telekom, Google Cloud, Orange, Telenor, Microsoft, and Vodafone.
- Watch the opening of the first TM Forum Innovation Hub in Navi Mumbai, proudly hosted by Jio.
- Pilot outcomes: Delivered the ODA Canvas GA, and TM Forum AIVA.
- Innovation Hub is now open to all Members with expanded membership.
What’s next?
Here is the upcoming roadmap for the Innovation Hub:
- Now open! Call for early testers for the GenAI Agent Marketplace Beta.
- Fortnightly: Live Member demo spotlights featuring AI copilots, eSIM workflows, and digital twin modelling
- September 2025: Elevate Workshop
- September 2025: Launch of “ODA Canvas 2.0”– Enhanced for Gen AI integration, secure APIs, and edge-native capabilities.
- October 2025: Global Multi-Hub collaboration pilot
- November 2025: Security Sandbox opening
- 25-27 November: ODA-in-a-Box global showcase – live at Innovate Asia 2025, Bangkok. Witness plug-and-play ODA solutions in action.
- ODA Bootcamp for Innovators – New learning tracks for engineers and product designers







projects
The Innovation Hub projects are delivering breakthrough thinking and rapid business impact. Outputs include hands-on implementation guidance, working code, and important feedback to improve industry standards. All Hub projects aim to impact the entire industry positively.

innovators
Industry demand for impactful collaboration is greater than ever. Convened around the Innovation Hub, multi-company teams are able to move at the speed our industry’s transformation requires. Working together on the foremost challenges, these teams co-create innovative and potentially disruptive solutions for the greater good of our industry.
location
Located in the heart of Navi Mumbai, India, Jio is proud to host the TM Forum Innovation Hub. Nestled in the heart of a city famous for education and business, Jio is India’s fastest growing Telco, and are champions of innovation. Watch the Grand Opening ceremony.