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re:Invent 2022 highlights Amazon’s MEC and RAN efforts

Vodafone, Intel and others showcased new solutions leveraging AWS technology Amazon Web Services (AWS) held its annual re:Invent event in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. The week-long fête spanned the depth and breadth of the myriad services AWS offers, but there were a few interesting tidbits for...

The two types of emerging edges

One of the most basic questions about edge computing has been one of definition: Where is the network edge? Is it in a regional data center, in an enterprise premise, or possibly at an individual cell site? The answer coming out of early edge...

Verizon, Wipro partner for Network as a Service

The new offering will provide businesses with pre-configured service chains and on-demand infrastructure Verizon Business has announced a partnership with Wipro Limited to offer Network as a Service (NaaS) to its customers. The new multi-year, global partnership is aimed at businesses undergoing network modernization and cloudification, Verizon...

Vodafone opens MEC lab in UK

The telco hopes to spur local MEC innovation in partnership with Kyndryl and Amazon  Vodafone this week announced the opening of its Edge Innovation Lab in Salford, England. The company is collaborating with Kyndryl and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to operate the new lab, which will...

Fortinet offers next-gen firewall protection via AWS

FortiGate CNF reduces security operations workload with a simplified interface and no security infrastructure to manage, claims Fortinet Fortinet on Monday announced the release of its FortiGate Cloud-Native Firewall (CNF) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The new cybersecurity solution, available as a software as a service (SaaS),...

AWS opens second India region

Hyderabad joins Mumbai as AWS expands its Asia Pacific presence Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Monday the general availability of its second region in India. The new Hyderabad region, located in the state of Telangana, is called ap-south-2 and has launched with three Availability Zones. Regions...

Rakuten plans Open RAN lab in UK

Funded by the Japanese government, Rakuten’s new lab should be open in March 2023 Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Symphony UK announced Monday plans to open what they’re calling an Open RAN Customer Experience Center in the U.K. It’s coming to Rakuten Symphony’s offices by March 2023, and...

AWS launches first Spain region

With three Availability Zones, AWS’s eighth European region opens in Aragón Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Wednesday that its first region in Spain is now operational. The eu-south-2 region is located in the city of Aragón. It’s the 29th region AWS has opened globally, and...

Project Sylva promises open-source telco cloud framework

Linux Foundation Europe’s project draws the support of Ericsson, Nokia and five European telcos Linux Foundation Europe announced Tuesday the formation of Project Sylva. The inaugural project from Linux Foundation Europe (LF Europe), Project Sylva’s goal is to create a new, open source and production-grade telco...

IBM Cloud for VMware as a Service debuts

The new managed service is aimed at enterprises with hybrid cloud deployments IBM has announced the rollout of IBM Cloud for VMware as a Service. The new solution combines IBM’s hybrid cloud deployment efforts with VMware capabilities, in an effort to help IBM’s customers modernize workloads,...

VMware Cloud comes to Equinix Metal

The service combines VMware-managed cloud services with Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service Equinix and VMware announced this week VMware Cloud on Equinix Metal, a new cloud service that sees VMware-managed cloud-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) available on Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service offering. The companies predict...

Rakuten Symphony adds Juniper RIC to Symworld offering

The RIC will be offered for free to Rakuten Symphony customers who buy Symworld applications As the focus of Open RAN discussion expands beyond capex and opex savings to also include an emphasis on disaggregated, cloud-based RAN as a vector for innovation, there’s a new...

VMware updates cloud portfolio with data sovereignty in mind

With 25 local partners now on board, VMware updates Tanzu and other products with data sovereignty compliance and monitoring features  VMware on Tuesday announced new solutions and cloud partners that it says will help guide customers through data sovereignty issues. The announcements include information about global...

Deutsche Telekom invests $25M in cloud start-up

Teridion Technologies provides multi-cloud WAN systems to connect business premises to cloud centers Deutsche Telekom has invested $25 million in Teridion Technologies, a cloud connectivity software start-up that the operator has been working with since early 2022, to strengthen its connectivity offering to enterprises. Per...

Rakuten Webinar: Cloud-native Service Assurance

Unlocking the path to autonomous networks Rakuten Symphony offers a new yet proven approach to automated, end-to-end service assurance. It gives operators a way to reduce today’s operational costs, and also a future-proof solution able to support the journey from today’s 2G/3G/4G mobile and fixed...

Broadcom boss talks VMware acquisition

Hock Tan addresses Broadcom’s multi-cloud strategy, cloud-native apps and VMware pricing in a new blog post Broadcom announced plans to acquire VMware in May, in a cash and stock transaction valued at $61 billion. Ever since then, questions have abounded in tech circles about Broadcom’s intentions. To...

Alphabet earnings miss the mark, again

Google’s parent company fell short of Wall Street expectations, though Google Cloud bucked the trend Google parent company Alphabet reported earnings and revenue weaker than Wall Street analysts expected, driving the stock price down in after-hours trading on Tuesday. Alphabet reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.06;...

How a holistic Wi-Fi software strategy helps FWA succeed

Fixed Wireless Access broadband to the home presents a real, substantial new revenue stream for Communications Service Providers. But delivering a reliable and high-performance FWA link to the home is only half the challenge: Ultimately, it is the in-home Wi-Fi experience that will make...

BICS launches Communications Platform as a Service

Enterprises can integrate the new CPaaS using APIs and plug-ins, no coding required, the company says Belgian international telco services company BICS has announced the launch of its Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) platform. The new solution is aimed at enterprises looking for an...

Oracle introduces Alloy private label cloud service 

Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Alloy helps Oracle partners build their own tailored cloud Oracle has revealed Alloy, a new cloud service infrastructure platform pitched to telcos, service providers, system integrators and independent software vendors with a desire to run their own branded cloud services. Alloy...

Oracle powers AI efforts with Nvidia hardware

Nvidia AI Enterprise is coming to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with other changes on the way Oracle and Nvidia announced Tuesday a new partnership that promises to drive accelerated computing and Artificial Intelligence (AI) functionality for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle is bringing more Nvidia hardware to OCI...

Vodafone starts SAP migration to Google Cloud

The migration, now in its pilot phase, will take two to three years and involves 100 apps and processes Vodafone has partnered with Google Cloud to modernize its SAP workloads to Google Cloud, the companies announced. The core initiative at Vodafone, called EVO2CLOUD, is expected to...

Nokia to deploy 5G mmWave FWA technology in Australia

Nokia said that nbn’s existing FWA network currently covers almost 650,000 premises across Australia Nokia announced it has been selected by Australian broadband operator nbn to supply 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) mmWave customer premises equipment (CPE) for the latter’s fixed wireless network upgrade. In a...

Google plans five new cloud regions, touts “open data cloud” ecosystem

South Africa will be Google’s first region; the company also announced two new Nordic regions, Austria and Greece Google Cloud is expanding services throughout Europe with new regions planned for Austria, Greece, Norway and Sweden. What’s more, it’s bringing its services locally to the African...