Copenhagen, Denmark – June 24, 2025: 6D Technologies, a global leader in telecom digital transformation, has won the prestigious Moonshot Catalyst Award at DTW Ignite 2025, organized by TM Forum. This recognition celebrates the company’s pivotal role in the Catalyst project titled “AI-powered Legacy Modernization to ODA” in the “ODA in a Box” category.
Held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, DTW Ignite 2025 brought together the brightest minds in telecom and technology, showcasing real-world innovation through collaborative Catalyst projects. The event underscored the industry’s unified effort to advance toward open digital architectures, AI adoption, and cloud-native agility.
6D Technologies’ winning Catalyst project introduced a GenAI-powered “smart factory” model that automates the transformation of legacy BSS/OSS systems into Open Digital Architecture (ODA)–compliant, cloud-native components. It enables operators to eliminate technical debt, accelerate modernization, and deploy with precision and scalability.
“Winning this award validates our relentless pursuit of intelligent, future-aligned transformation,” said Dr. Nikhil Paul, Chief Technology and Information Officer (CTIO), 6D Technologies. “Our goal was not just to modernize legacy systems—but to redefine the entire transformation approach using GenAI, automation, and standards like ODA. What we’ve delivered is a blueprint for the industry to move faster, smarter, and with greater precision into the Techco era.”
The Moonshot Catalyst Award is the highest honor conferred by TM Forum, celebrating projects with breakthrough potential and the ability to disrupt and transform the telecom landscape.
Reflecting on the achievement, Manikanth Nalam, AVP – Solutions & Product Strategy, 6D Technologies, shared: “This is a proud moment for our entire team. At 6D Technologies, we are focused on building intelligent digital products and solutions that empower DSPs on their Telco to Techco transformation journeys. This Catalyst reflects our belief in purposeful innovation that solves real-world challenges while aligning with global telecom standards.”
About the Catalyst Project
The “AI-powered Legacy Modernization to ODA” project leverages GenAI to automate the analysis and transformation of legacy codebases. The solution extracts embedded business logic, maps to ODA Components, generates TM Forum Open APIs, and deploys fully ODA-CANVAS compliant microservices on cloud native environments—delivering an end-to-end modernization framework that reduces manual effort and accelerates time to value.
About 6D Technologies
Established in 2002, 6D Technologies is a globally trusted provider of telecom and digital transformation solutions. With customers in over 80 countries, 6D delivers AI- and cloud-native platforms across BSS, OSS, customer experience, IoT, and revenue management—empowering service providers to scale with innovation, agility, and intelligence.
To learn more about the Catalyst, visit: https://www.tmforum.org/catalysts/projects/M25.0.780
