This article was published in Inside Telecom on April 22, 2020. You can read the full article here
...also teaming up are a foursome of operators and software vendors in Germany who are aiming to become more efficient at developing, buying and running network management systems for next-generation carrier networks. The open source Leitstand initiative currently comprises Deutsche Telekom, EWE TEL, Reply and RtBrick, and its "toolset" will be freely available to any operator, equipment vendor or systems integrator.