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(a) Foster close collaboration of member of the global telecommunications community to align on architecture and implementation requirements and specifications, integrate and build tests, tools, and components for NFV infrastructure, VNFs and CNFs which realize the stated outcomes. (HRK – May not need the last bit of this sentence – seems competitive to vendors and a-e restate more cleanly) (PG: IMHO, Scope statement relate to work but not the intent – "Foster close collaboration ..." is more like a Mission or Purpose)
(b) Develop an integrated, tested, and certified open software reference infrastructure (including interfaces to hardware), with tools of its own design and from upstream testing projects,
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