Ericsson talks dual-mode cloud core; Oracle on move from VNF to CNF
With one notable exception, commercial 5G networks use a non-standalone architecture wherein
new 5G NR radio infrastructure is connected to an Evolved Packet Core that also supports LTE
data transmissions. Virtualization of EPC functionality is...
5G Telco Cloud Platform follows VMware/Intel partnership on RAN virtualization
Operators have for years invested in virtualization of network functions, starting with the evolved packet core and now moving out to the radio access network. Most current 5G deployments are non-standalone meaning a 5G component...
The cloud gaming platform eliminates the need to download a game or purchase expensive hardware
Deutsche Telekom has launched officially launched its cloud gaming platform, called MagentaGaming, challenging Microsoft’s xCloud and Google’s Stadia.
When playing on the cloud gaming platform, gamers are accessing powerful servers, which...
Affirmed will enable the delivery of private LTE enterprise networks for 4G, 5G and IoT services
Affirmed Networks, acquired by Microsoft earlier this year, will partner with Netmore Group, an IoT systems and services provider headquartered in Sweden, to deliver Private LTE enterprise networks and...
HPE 5G Lab meant to facilitate multi-vendor integration, interoperability
In previous generations of cellular, HPE has largely focused its telco core network efforts on subscriber data management. But with 5G designed as a cloud-native network from core to edge, the company sees a much bigger...
Goal is "to simplify the steps and reduce the integration effort" associated with open and virtualized RAN
Virtualization of the radio access network is and will continue to happen in the interest of making highest and best use of the 5G New Radio feature set....
VMware joins Altiostar, Fujitsu and Mavenir as Dish 5G network partners
Following multiple tests and onboarding procedures, Dish Network has officially selected VMware’s Telco Cloud platform to run as an underlying cloud platform and infrastructure layer to power the carrier’s open radio access network-based 5G...
New report says there will be 3.5 billion gamers globally by 2024
ABI Research released a report concluding that nearly half of the global expected population in 2024 will be gamers, a result that only furthers the case for telecommunications companies, ISPs and OEMs to...
Initial focus on MEC experience management and deployment
Theres a line of thinking that 5G service revenues are inextricably linked to mobile edge computing (MEC); to take advantage of the latency benefits baked in to 5G, compute has to be decentralized and located closer to...
A closer look at some more recent advances in blockchain adoption made by CSPs
Blockchain, a technology that establishes a shared, immutable record of transactions within a network, has been on the radar of communication service providers (CSPs) for some time now, and according to...
Hong Kong reclaimed the title of strongest APAC cloud nation from Singapore
Hong Kong has reclaimed the lead over Singapore when it comes to cloud readiness in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), according to the Asia Cloud Computing Association (ACCA). In the ACCA’s 2020 cloud...
An Aryaka report indicated that improved cloud capabilities across the WAN is critical
Aryaka has teamed up with integrated cloud communications platform 8x8, Inc. to extend the platform’s performance across Aryaka’s managed SD-WAN service, enabling enhanced cloud communications performance across the WAN for improved employee productivity and...
A new initiative aimed at bringing cloud-based edge computing capabilities to far-flung rural locations is gaining steam, having gathered more than three dozen network providers and application partners in support of an edge ecosystem to serve rural industrial and smart agriculture use cases.
The Rural...
Baidu says it has “trained more than 1 million AI talents” and “cooperated with more than 200 universities”
On Friday, Chinese tech company Baidu laid out the details of its plan to increase its investment in artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, data centers and chips...
Right now 5G is primarily focused on providing an enhanced mobile broadband experience primarily to consumers with compatible handsets. As people upgrade their devices and carriers invest in scaling networks, adoption is growing and will continue to do so. As this happens, 5G will...
5G is many things, chief among them an exercise in managing complexity. The network is becoming more complex, the way the network is being used is becoming more complex and MEC is another line item on the list of complexities, albeit one with a...
Last month Microsoft acquired vEPC specialist Affirmed Networks
Microsoft this week announced it has signed a definite agreement to acquire Metaswitch Networks, a cloud-native virtual network functions provider that works with fixed and mobile operators. This follows Microsoft's acquisition of virtualized Evolved Packet Core vendor...
Edge computing is a broad term that, at a high-level simply means moving computing out of data centers and closer to where applications are running, but has specific qualities that pin what specific edge being referenced to the requirements of an application.
To understand where...
Dell Technologies, IBM and Microsoft are developing cloud, edge, 5G strategies
Operators have, across the board, acknowledged the importance of edge computing in delivering a differentiated, revenue-generating 5G service. There have also been a number of trials in key mobile markets. But, given the trajectory...
The trials are related to IBM's recent 5G edge computing offerings
IBM is working with Singaporean local mobile carrier M1 and South Korean vendor Samsung to trial 5G use cases for the manufacturing sector. The trials will explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Nvidia CEO says company is doubling down on data center development
Not too long after announcing its “home run” and long overdue acquisition of computing networking company Mellanox Technologies, Nvidia has revealed plans to add an additional asset to its lineup: networking software company Cumulus...
Nvidia CEO: 'This is a home run deal'
Nvidia’s $7 billion acquisition of computing networking company Mellanox Technologies has been finalized following delayed regulatory approval, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang couldn’t be happier.
“This is a home run deal,” Huang told CNBC. "Man, I've been dreaming...
Alibaba operates 10 data centers in China and 11 more internationally
In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has heightened demand for cloud computing services and technology, Chinese company Alibaba revealed that it will invest 200 billion yuan ($28.26 billion) in its cloud computing...
A single cloud-based software installation can monitor a 100-bed, multi-site ICU
GE Healthcare is collaborating with Microsoft to launch a cloud-based COVID-19 patient monitoring software for health systems, and hospitals will only need to pay the installation costs for the software until January 2021.
Pre-COVID-19, GE Healthcare’s Mural Virtual...
