The IOS-MCN (Indian Open Source for Mobile Communication Networks) Consortium announces the release of Agartala 0.4.0, the fourth open-source release of the IOS-MCN platform.
Agartala 0.4.0 represents a significant step toward pilot-ready Private 5G deployments, delivering improved stability, performance, and feature completeness across RAN, Core, IMS, and management components. The release has been developed collaboratively by IISc Bengaluru, IIT Delhi, and CDAC, under the MeitY-funded IOS-5GN Project.
The release has been validated for high reliability, low latency, and high data throughput, making it suitable for controlled pilots and system integration activities.
Based on proposals received from ecosystem partners, Agartala 0.4.0 is being considered for pilot deployments starting in the second half of 2026, across a range of use cases, including:
These proposed pilots are intended to support industry-led validation of IOS-MCN in real-world environments.
The IOS-MCN Agartala v0.4.0 Release page provides a list of features, release packages, source code and documentation.
Release and Source Code
Documentation
We thank all the partners of IOS-MCN for contributing in various ways to realize this release. We also acknowledge open source projects and other foundations(like OpenAirInterface , SD-Core, ORAN-SC ) for their contributions.
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India Open Source (IOS) for Mobile Communication Network (MCN) is a software platform for 5G and beyond with a collaborative ecosystem that can reignite the Indian Telecom Ecosystem by supporting Indian vendors, companies and startups.
