LF Broadband is pleased to announce the results of the 2025 VOLTHA Technical Steering Team (TST) election. In a strong show of community confidence and continuity, all three current representatives – Abhilash Satish Laxmeshwar (Radisys), Burak Gurdag (Netsia), and Serkant Uluderya (Netsia) – have been re-elected to serve another two-year term on the TST. The other members of the TST are Mahir Gunyel of Netsia and Praneeth Nalmas of Radisys.
Their re-election is a testament to the steady leadership and deep technical expertise they have brought to the project. As VOLTHA continues to evolve and expand its footprint in production networks around the globe, the continuity provided by this seasoned team will help ensure the project stays on track to meet operator needs and embrace emerging challenges in broadband access.
About the VOLTHA Project
VOLTHA is an open source broadband access project designed to bring multi-vendor, disaggregated “any broadband as a service” to the Central Office. It supports Passive Optical Network (PON) deployments and is already in production at major operators including Deutsche Telekom and Türk Telekom, as well as in labs and trials across a growing global ecosystem. Feedback from real-world deployments, collaborative development with vendors, and active engagement from the community ensure that VOLTHA continues to deliver high-quality, feature-rich software for operators worldwide.
Meet the Returning TST Members
Abhilash Satish Laxmeshwar – Architect, Radisys
With over 20 years of experience in telecom and software, Abhilash has been a driving force within the VOLTHA community for more than five years. His work on components such as the openolt-adapter, rw-core, and openonu-adapter has helped shape VOLTHA’s stability and feature roadmap. He continues to focus on new functionality and platform reliability.
Burak Gurdag – Software Development Director, Netsia
Since joining the VOLTHA effort in 2019, Burak has played a key role in developing and maintaining the openolt agent. His current contributions include features such as Dynamic LAG Support, Combo OLT Support, Separation of IGMP channels, and Multi-NNI Support – all critical enhancements that improve deployment flexibility and service delivery.
Serkant Uluderya – Engineering Manager, Netsia
Serkant brings more than 15 years of experience in SDN, VoIP, DPI, and mobile core networks to his work on VOLTHA. Since early 2019, he has focused on high availability, scalability, and performance improvements. Most recently, he has worked on upstreaming new components for IGMP message handling to better support IPTV services, while also engaging with LF Broadband and BBF to align specifications and standards.
Weekly TST Meetings – Open to All
The VOLTHA TST meets every other Tuesday at 8:00 AM Pacific Time. These meetings are open to the public and provide a valuable opportunity for community members to stay informed, ask questions, and contribute to VOLTHA’s roadmap.
We look forward to continued progress under the leadership of Abhilash, Burak, and Serkant as VOLTHA pushes forward into the next phase of innovation and deployment.
