DriveNets Launches Commercial Deployment of TIP-Compliant Cluster-Based DDBR Core Router in KDDI Backbone

Tokyo, June 2026 – DriveNets Ltd. (headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel; CEO: Ido Susan) announced today that its world-standard Telecom Infra Project (TIP) compliant, cluster-based Disaggregated Distributed Backbone Router (DDBR), powered by DriveNets NOS software, has begun commercial operation as a core router across multiple locations of KDDI's national backbone network.

This milestone is a tangible result of the strategic partnership signed between KDDI and DriveNets in May 2025 and represents a backbone network case study where a TIP-compliant DDBR core architecture is commercially operating in the core network of a Tier-1 telecommunications operator.

Key Highlights of This Announcement

・Commercial Operation of World-Leading DDBR Core: A cluster-based DDBR powered by DriveNets Network Cloud™ has commenced commercial operation as a core router at multiple major locations of KDDI's national backbone. ・Architecture Addressing Traffic Growth in the AI Era: Driven by the rapid expansion of AI usage, network traffic is projected to increase up to ninefold by 2033. The TIP DDBR-compliant DriveNets Network Cloud cluster architecture enables more rapid capacity expansion in smaller steps compared to traditional chassis routers, achieving bit cost optimization. ・Roadmap for 800G Support and Multi-Domain Deployment: This core architecture supports 800G interfaces to handle future traffic. Plans are in place for deployment to all core sites, with future goals to expand to the edge, aggregation, and cell site gateways (CSG). ・Proof of Open Ecosystem: Through collaboration with TIP and Broadcom, a Tier-1 commercial reference case for an open disaggregation stack has been established.

Evolution of the DriveNets-KDDI Collaboration

Collaboration began in June 2023 with the commercialization of DriveNets software in KDDI’s Internet gateway peering routers. In February 2025, technical verification for core routers was completed, followed by the signing of a strategic partnership agreement in May 2025. On June 5, 2026, as announced, commercial operations of the DDBR core commenced at major national backbone locations.