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Arm intros reference architecture to help automakers grasp ‘software-defined future’

UK-based chip design company Arm has announced new software architecture and hardware platforms for emerging software-defined automotive systems, including for driver assistance, infotainment, electrified powertrains, and ultimately for autonomous vehicles. The new releases are designed to enable the automotive industry to build powerful new...

‘Operators will change shape too’ – Radisys unpicks the private 5G riddle for telcos

Note, this article is taken from a longer editorial report on private 5G enterprise NOCs; to access the report, click here, or on the image below. For the attendant webinar on the same subject, including panellists from ABI Research, Vodafone, and Radisys, go here. US-based Radisys,...

NEC, AWS expand collaboration to include 5G, digital government

Japanese tech giant NEC Corporation has expanded its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in areas that include global 5G and digital government, in support of accelerating digital transformation for customers. In November 2020, NEC and AWS concluded a corporate-level strategic collaboration agreement, and have...

Boingo focused on neutrality, convergence as private cellular business grows

Digital Colony completed acquisition of Boingo Wireless in June Boingo Wireless CTO Derek Peterson has been articulating a message of technology convergence for the better part of a decade. In these (digital) pages, Peterson discussed convergence during CES in 2015 well before the 5G New...

Verizon and AWS add MEC to 5G for IoT developers in Chicago, Houston, Phoenix

Verizon has added compute and storage into its 5G network infrastructure in Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix. Its project to build-out its multi-access edge compute (MEC) infrastructure, in partnership with AWS, has now reached 13 cities in the US. The rest of the country’s “top-20”...

Verizon and AWS expand 5G MEC coverage to three more locations

Verizon 5G MEC is now available in Chicago, Houston and Phoenix Verizon has added 5G mobile edge computing (MEC) in three additional locations: Chicago, Houston and Phoenix. Verizon 5G Edge, a real-time cloud computing platform, with AWS Wavelength brings AWS compute and storage services to...

How to turn legacy equipment into cloud-connected IoT devices

IoT connectivity firm Grid Connect launches Smart Power Cord for AWS Investments in connectivity, cloud-based data processing, and the internet of things (IoT), is a key part of many industrial firms' digital transformation strategies. While 5G is seen as major driver of IoT implementations, there's...

Boom year for private 5G? Telcos restructure to take enterprise bull by network horns

A new report by analyst house ABI Research says the traditional telco community is restructuring its enterprise operations, including by establishing brand new business units, in order to deliver custom 5G networks for private industrial usage, and to make 2021 a “boon year” for...

SIs in trouble, hyperscalers indifferent – the case for carrier-led private 5G

Note, this article is continued from a previous post, entitled ‘Software AG, StarHub and the blueprint for carrier-led industrial private 5G’, available here. Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software AG, is presenting the case for telcos as the go-to agents for private 5G. He...

Intel ramps up private LTE with Federated Wireless, California school districts

Federated Wireless has signed with Intel to use its Smart Edge platform to pursue private network trials using CBRS spectrum in the education sector in the US. The move is part of Intel’s drive to push edge networking in sundry enterprise sectors. The firm...

Bell Canada furthers multi-cloud vision, partners with Google Cloud for 5G

Bell Canada partnered with AWS on 5G edge services in June Bell Canada will host some of its 5G network services on Google Cloud, beginning with its IT infrastructure, network functions and on-premise applications. In addition, the pair will develop cloud and edge services, and will...

The public cloud for telecom: Livin’ on a prayer or soon-to-be runaway success?

TelcoDR Founder and CEO on the vision for bringing public cloud to telecom BARCELONA--Cloud City in Hall 2 is by a wide margin the focal point of Mobile World Congress 2021. The lavish booth, conceived and built in a 101-day sprint, is the vision of...

Dish, Nokia put ‘innovation first’ with 5G SA core network deployment on the public cloud

Dish and Nokia will deploy a 5G SA core on AWS public cloud A 5G standalone (SA) deal between Nokia and Dish Network marks the first deployment of 5G on the public cloud. The vendor intends to deploy its 5G SA Core for Dish on Amazon Web Services...

AWS debuts on 5G-MEC in the UK with Vodafone; Germany to follow

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the general availability of its AWS Wavelength multi-access edge compute (MEC) service in the UK, on Vodafone’s 5G network. The setup embeds AWS compute and storage services in Wavelength ‘zones’ at the edge of Vodafone’s 5G network, to...

Intel, AWS to deploy private CBRS network in California school district

The private CBRS network will connect an elementary school and three housing locations in the school's district Intel and AWS have partnered with Megh Computing, a provider of a real-time, AI-based Video Analytics Solution (VAS), to deploy a Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) private network...

‘This is where the fun begins’: Verizon makes 5G, MEC deals with the NHL, NBA

Verizon 5G Ultra Wideband is available in parts of more than 70 U.S. cities and 60 stadiums and arenas This week, Verizon has made further headway in the sports world, partnering with the National Hockey League (NHL) and with more National Basketball Association (NBA) teams. Verizon...

Fujitsu, AWS partner with a focus on enterprise digital transformation

    Japanese ICT company Fujitsu announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), to accelerate the digital transformation of the mobility industry. The Japanese firm said that this collaboration will enable Fujitsu to expand its business for companies in the mobility industry including automobile...

Nokia CEO calls Q1 results ‘a clear improvement year-on-year’

Nokia reported growth in enterprise market and now tallies 290 private wireless customers Before 5G was even commercially available and certainly before "private networks" and "Industry 4.0" were broadly in the lexicon, Nokia was clear it would sell what would become private 5G in partnership...

DT casts itself as SI for private 5G, bundles AI and IoT, slashes NB-IoT promo costs

Deutsche Telekom has positioned itself as a system integrator (SI) in the emerging private 5G market for Industry 4.0, via a deal with AWS for managed edge infrastructure and services. It has also released a couple of all-in packages for factory and warehouse-based AI...

Verizon, AWS expand partnership, bring private MEC to enterprise customers

The dedicated MEC platform is fully integrated with AWS cloud services and Verizon's 5G private network Enterprise customers interested in a dedicated, on-premises edge compute infrastructure can now look to Verizon Business and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The companies are expanding their 5G collaboration in...

Three’s a cloud: Nokia allies with hyperscaler triumvirate to accelerate enterprise 5G

Nokia partnering with Google Cloud, AWS and Microsoft to bring open and cloud RAN to the edge with both operator and private enterprise networks In October last year, Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark, in addition to sharing Q3 financials and giving a first-look at an organizational...

Telefónica taps Mavenir and AWS to offer cloud-native IoT to enterprises everywhere

Telefónica is working with Mavenir and Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer managed IoT connectivity to industrial, manufacturing, public sector, and automotive customers anywhere in the world using the former’s cloud-based packet core solution over the latter’s cloud infrastructure. The Spain-based operator wants to “reinvent...

The trouble with co-creation in industrial IoT – why cities and telcos are dragging their heels on digital change

All this talk about a (industrial) revolution, and sometimes stuff gets left out. Scratching around for news last week, looking through half-written pieces from last year, this jumped out; about the Industry 4.0 market’s struggle to knock heads together in the name of ‘co-creation’,...

A closer look at Verizon’s 5G MEC strategy

Verizon has launched the AWS 5G MEC platform in 10 cities A few weeks ago, Verizon announced the extension of its 5G Edge with AWS Wavelength in Denver and Seattle, bringing the total number of locations that can access the mobile edge computing (MEC) platform...