Read Verizon's approach to Open RAN Part 1—vRAN to Open RAN
The Verizon Cloud Platform bringing “significant benefits” around network automation and orchestration
Network virtualization, including virtual radio access network (vRAN) deployments, has been a massive, long-term process for Verizon, and laid the foundation for...
Dell and Wind River are offering CSPs out-of-the-box Open RAN and VRAN deployments
Dell Technologies this week introduced Telecom Infrastructure Blocks, a new telco cloud infrastructure solution the company co-engineered with Wind River. The "blocks" offer Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with simplified telco cloud network deployment...
VMware’s telco cloud automation and service assurance offerings also get new features and enhancements
VMware on Thursday announced changes to its telco cloud portfolio that it says will help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with modernization efforts around 5G, Radio Access Network (RAN) and edge computing deployments. The...
The company’s security products will protect Telus’s 5G core, internet perimeter and IoT deployments
Palo Alto Networks announced Wednesday that Canadian telco Telus has selected the company to secure its 5G network. Telus will use Palo Alto’s hardware and software firewalls to protect network interfaces...
“AI and ML have been a core part of our offering for a decade plus,” said Fortinet’s VP of products
Cybersecurity software maker Fortinet announced Tuesday enhanced Artificial Intelligences Operations (AIOps) capabilities across its network software portfolio, including its Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN), wired and wireless...
The partnership yields "a very competitive joint offering" for private 4G and 5G, according to ng-voice's CEO
Telecom software maker ng-voice has announced a new partnership with telco infrastructure software maker Casa Systems which ng-voice says will yield fully cloud-native 4G and 5G solutions for...
When going to cloud-native 5G, forget what you know about telecoms: Dish exec Said Berrahil
U.S. operator Dish is in process of building out a cloud-native 5G network that adheres to Open RAN principles and specifications. Extending from this idea of a cloud-native network, the...
Now Platform Tokyo gets telco features “with service delivery, care, and assurance in mind”
Enterprise workflow management software maker ServiceNow has announced the release of Telecommunications Network Inventory (TNI), a workflow management solution to help telco network engineers design and build network resources and services. TNI is...
The investment is thought to be a response to an unprecedented revenue slowdown for Alibaba
In an effort to combat a historical slowdown, Alibaba has revealed a $1 billion investment to support its international cloud computing customers and partnerships. The investment, which will be injected...
AWS, Microsoft and Google combined generate about 81% of revenues in the U.K. public cloud infrastructure services market
British media regulator Ofcom has initiated an investigation into whether Amazon, Microsoft and Google’s cloud computing dominance is a threat to market competition.
In a statement that acknowledged...
The new SSE offering expands Orange’s growing telco cloud cybersecurity portfolio
Orange, through its Orange Business Services and Orange Cyberdefense groups, and cybersecurity firm Netskope announced Thursday they’ll embed Secure Service Edge (SSE) functionality in the Orange Telco Cloud platform. The two firms are calling the new solution “carrier-class...
Optiva counts an unnamed Canadian telco among its customers for the new service
OSS/BSS software developer Optiva has announced that its Optiva Charging Engine is now available through Google Cloud Marketplace. The company claims it to be the first 5G telecom charging solution to be made available...
SASE market grows 30% in the second quarter
Against the backdrop of an inflationary economy and warnings signs of a recession, the combination of networking, security and other services at the enterprise edge is surging, according to recent analysis. Dell'Oro Group tracked 30% growth in...
The evolution of SD-WAN and promise of 5G are moving operators and SASE vendors closer together
As operators evolve enterprise portfolios to include not just advancements in SD-WAN but also leverage massive investments in 5G to support enhanced workforce mobility, security has come into sharp...
Business growth often requires the adoption of the latest technologies. These innovations include artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing (CC). While these are two separate technologies, recent advancements have shown the possibility and benefits of their integration.
In its broadest definition, AI refers to machines...
Hear from executives at AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and other leading telcos on how they’re using AI to build a competitive advantage.
Today, as telecoms support hybrid work scenarios, IoT devices become key components of network infrastructure, and providers expand customer services, the volume of data...
VMware’s annual event, back in person, gets a name change and perspective shift
VMworld is no more; VMware has changed its long-running developer event into VMware Explore. The renamed and greatly expanded event returned to San Francisco last week after a two-year physical hiatus, gathering thousands...
Communication Service Providers (CSPs) face common evolutionary challenges on the path from LTE to 5G and long after, like how to implement widespread coverage while managing unpredictable demand, and how to monetize the considerable investment they’ve already made and will continue to make in...
The new collab leverages Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service
International telco Orange and data center operator Equinix this week announced a collaboration that sees Orange deploying its New Generation International Network - eNGINe - using Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service.
The new partnership promises on-demand...
Aria combines and expands VMware’s vRealize and CloudHealth products
SAN FRANCISCO - At its VMware Explore event in San Francisco this week, VMware introduced Aria, a new multi-cloud management portfolio to help enterprises manage cloud infrastructure and cloud-native applications. Aria, the new branding for a...
Zayo CEO sees edge as requiring data center capacity, networking and other service support
Multiple mega-trends impacting how telecommunications operators strategically evolve their own businesses while delivering solutions for the digital transformation of their customers depend on access to fiber optic infrastructure. Whether that’s network...
DPU acceleration is now supported using Nvidia’s Bluefield 2 chips and Dell PowerEdge servers
SAN FRANCISCO: At its VMware Explore event Tuesday, VMware made several announcements, including major updates to its vSphere cloud compute and vSAN cloud storage software, sweeping changes to its edge compute platform and...
In disaggregated 5G networks, “the attack surface area has increased dramatically,” Microsoft Azure for Operators CTO writes
In its purest form, 5G is described as “cloud-native,” meaning that network workloads traditionally performed in purpose-built boxes are now run as software instances in centralized and decentralized...
The new partnership will accelerate 5G core and 5G SA MEC adoption, said Casa’s CEO
Editor's note: Comments from Casa Systems CEO Jerry Guo were added after this article was posted.
5G network solutions provider Casa Systems said this week that it’s partnering with Google Cloud to develop...
