Tag: Open Networks
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Discovery by Design: ONDC and the Future of Being Found
What does discovery mean in an open network? This blog unpacks how ONDC enables buyers and sellers to find each other—across apps, without relying on central platforms. It explores how registries, gateways, and decentralized buyer and seller apps (nodes) work together to make discovery interoperable, inclusive, and infrastructure-led.
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Open Networks: Europe’s Path to Digital Sovereignty
In an increasingly connected yet fragmented world, Europe is at a crossroads. As global digital platforms consolidate control over data, services, and markets, questions of autonomy, resilience, and inclusion are coming to the fore. To address these challenges, Europe must move beyond reactive regulation or isolated investments. It needs a fresh approach to digital infrastructure—one…
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Open Networks: Designing for Openness
We often treat “open” as a virtue and “closed” as a flaw. But in digital systems, openness is rarely all or nothing. It’s a spectrum—a set of design choices shaped by context, not ideology. Terms like “open-source”, “open access”, or “open networks” are often used for systems that are collaborative, inclusive, and innovative. But a…
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Green Shoots of Open Networks
Seeding a More Inclusive Digital Future A quiet revolution is underway. Across continents and sectors, a new model for digital infrastructure is beginning to take root. It’s not driven by mega platforms or proprietary ecosystems, but by open networks — decentralized, interoperable systems built on the principles of inclusion, transparency, and participation. These early efforts…
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Why Open Networks Are Strategic Infrastructure in a Fractured World
We often speak of open networks as the future of digital transformation. But that framing may no longer be enough. Today, they must be understood as something more urgent: infrastructure for survival, resilience, and sovereignty in a world that is anything but stable. We are in a moment defined not by disruption, but by dislocation…
SANDEEP MAHAJAN 