#open-standards

#open-standards

Airbus and Keysight will develop and test open, standards-based 5G non-terrestrial network technologies including regenerative LEO payloads to enable broadband and direct-to-handheld services.

Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) establishes an AI-native, standardized protocol layer for agentic commerce, enabling AI agents to transact across retailers and payments.

AI agents will enable brands to sell directly inside chat interfaces via open standards like Shopify's UCP, enabling integrated checkout, loyalty, discounts, and platform-agnostic commerce.

European governments are adopting Matrix, an open standard for end-to-end encrypted messaging, to reduce dependence on US Big Tech and increase digital sovereignty.

Microsoft previewed an open-source Agent Framework for .NET and Python that unifies Semantic Kernel and AutoGen features and supports MCP, A2A, and OpenAPI.

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that connects AI agents, tools, and data through a Host–Client–Server architecture to enable interoperable, modular tool integration.

Arista Networks anticipates that the AI datacenter industry will increasingly adopt open standards like Ethernet and UALink.