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What goes where – deconstructing critical 5G edge/cloud workloads

Note, this article is taken from the RCR editorial report on Critical 5G Edge Workloads, published in September. The following is the first part of the foreword to the report. Go here to download the full report. The subject will be further explored in the upcoming...

Everynet offers public LoRaWAN via AWS in US and UK

Netherlands-based LoRaWAN operator Everynet is offering network access in the US and the UK via AWS’s managed LoRaWAN Network Server (LNS) on its AWS IoT Core service. The deal means IoT devices can be connected to its public LoRaWAN in the US and the...

DT, AWS, VMware demo global private 5G and edge compute platform

In a major show of industry collaboration, Deutsche Telekom has combined with AWS and VMware, plus Mavenir and Dell, to develop a global private 5G network and edge compute platform for enterprises. The new proof of concept is dubbed a “globally distributed enterprise network”,...

Postcards from the edge | Cloud-to-edge consistency is everything, says AWS

ACHTUNG! THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO JOIN THE WEBINAR ON CRITICAL 5G EDGE WORKLOADS ON SEPTEMBER 27 (TOMORROW). JOIN HERE – IT'S FREE, AND NOT-TO-BE-MISSED! You know the drill by now; you know the questions. Here is the response from AWS, with the latest...

Telefónica to bundle and build Snowflake multi-cloud services for Euro enterprises

Telefónica Tech, the digital services and enterprise transformation unit with Spain-based telecoms group Telefónica, has a new deal with enterprise data services provider Snowflake, to sell the US firm’s hybrid edge-cloud (“multi-cloud”) services to enterprises in Europe. Telefónica Tech is to bundle Snowflake services...

Amazon to invest $4 billion in AI startup Anthropic

The collaboration will position Amazon Web Services as Anthropic’s primary cloud provider for mission critical workloads Amazon said it will invest $4 billion in artificial intelligence (AI) startup Anthropic, taking a minority stake in the company, which has been an AWS customer since 2021. The collaboration...

The Role of Cloud and Generative AI in the Telco Industry with Ishwar Parulkar of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cultivating the workforce of tomorrow begins with embracing emerging technologies today. Join us in this eye-opening episode with special guest, Ishwar Parulkar, the Chief Technologist for Telecom and Edge Cloud at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Today, Ishwar takes us on a journey through the...

AWS intros edge management service for critical workloads in enterprise infrastructure

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced a new managed edge service under the banner AWS Dedicated Local Zones. The new services means enterprises can build their own compute infrastructure on their own privately-owned premises, either at a main operational site or a dedicated server...

Hitachi demos machine vision on edge-5G at US autoplant – with Ericsson, AWS

Japanese industrial conglomerate Hitachi has hooked up a private cellular network from Ericsson and an on-site edge engine from Amazon Web Services (AWS) to run computer vision checks on a production line at its electric motor vehicle manufacturing plant in Berea, Kentucky, in the...

The three phases of generative AI in telecom, according to AWS

In June, AWS announced a $100 million investment to develop a center to help enterprises use generative AI (GenAI), the technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot. The AI innovation center will offer generative AI testing and training services and will be staffed by data scientists, engineers and...

Vodafone and AWS extend European 5G-MEC into Spain

Vodafone has extended its multi-access edge (MEC) arrangement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) into Spain. The UK-headquartered operator said its tie-up with AWS in Spain, to embed the cloud firm’s Wavelength compute platform into its 4G-LTE and 5G network edge, makes it the only...

RCR Live: Telco Reinvention – Key Findings Report

As the telecoms industry undergoes rapid change and digitalization, 2023 marks the year of much-needed reinvention. Both carriers and other stakeholders are facing new challenges and opportunities as they adapt, monetize and expand to meet the demands of the transforming landscape. In the most recent...

Soracom intros trio of generative AI services for cellular IoT customers

Busy Japan-based IoT connectivity provider Soracom has introduced three services to help IoT users to take advantage of new generative AI capabilities. The KDDI-owned firm said the trio of new analytics services work together or separately to process and interpret IoT device data on...

On-prem vs cloud IoT data collection: The pros and cons (Reader Forum)

In today's data-driven world, a significant amount of data storage still happens on-premise. However, when organizations opt for cloud solutions, it is often through cloud subscriptions with hyperscalers like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. These cloud-based services offer tools for building applications, but...

How Industry 4.0 chilled out and got real (‘not with 5G’) – Software AG hails new dawn for IoT

A good – and overdue and delayed – catchup with Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software AG, at Hannover Messe some months back gave pause to reflect on broader developments with Industry 4.0, and with 5G as an adjunct to it, as well...

AWS invests $100 million in generative AI

The decision puts AWS in a better position against rivals Microsoft and Google Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a $100 million investment to develop a center to help enterprises use generative AI, the technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot. The decision puts the company in...

Hyperscalers, integrators, operators – the fight to be top dog in Industry 4.0

It is easy to be benevolent when you’re top-dog. Which is true in life, of course – and is not to say that goodness should be graded by the relative comfort of the do-gooder. But what goodness is there in a boardroom, really? Because...

Public cloud is key to 5G sustainability: AWS

By partnering with AWS on public cloud, operators can leverage renewable-powered data centers and silicon innovation to drive 5G sustainability strategies Against the backdrop of a shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism, the current and future impacts of climate change, and the simple moral imperative,...

From telco to tech-co—AWS on the art of the possible

AWS is working to help operators understand use cases, assemble an ecosystem and accelerate time-to-value Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars operators around the world have pumped into deploying 5G networks, service revenues have largely remained stagnant. While there’s industry consensus that there’s no...

OT-grade, IT-friendly, telco-made – Nokia eyes Industry 4.0 ‘sweet spot’

This article continues from another post, under the header: ‘They’re still figuring it out; we've moved beyond’ – Nokia expands Industry 4.0 view. Click here to read the previous instalment. The problem with Industry 4.0 in brownfield sites is that playground software is fighting for...

‘They’re still figuring it out; we’ve moved beyond’ – Nokia expands Industry 4.0 view

A couple of years back, Nokia talked up its private 5G cloud system like a Netflix-style content platform; almost three years later, it is looking to deliver on that concept by loading its MXIE edge-compute servers with Industry 4.0 applications. It is a telling...

“But I ordered a McCrispy…” – searching for 5G in the home of Industry 4.0

First impressions count – and the trains are late, the stairs are broken, and the food is wrong. This is not the fabled German efficiency we came here to discuss – and see projected into the digital age across 17 cavernous halls of the...

T-Mobile US talks MEC strategy

In designing and delivering MEC (and private network) solutions, T-Mobile US touts a “just-right” approach to meet customers where they are In addition to moving their own network and administrative workloads into private, public and hybrid cloud environments, operators are simultaneously partnering with hyperscalers to...

Deutsche Telekom works with AWS for 5G campus network offering

Deutsche Telekom currently operates more than thirty of these local mobile networks based on 5G or LTE across Germany and Austria German operator Deutsche Telekom announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) under a new program which connects AWS services with Deutsche Telekom’s private...