This article is intended for individual/individuals who predominantly work for mobile operators and mobile enterprise business who would like to leverage containerized network functions that can generate, emulate, and validate real-world traffic to test.
Introduction
In today’s cloud-native world, there are a number of advantages when...
The partnership makes the integration of policy and charging functions into a 5G network easier and faster
Dell and Amdocs have certified the Amdocs Policy and Charging Control (PCC) on Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks (DTIB) for Red Hat to help communications service providers (CSP) reduce...
In a more open and flexible network environment, the attack surface has been 'opened up'
Emerging technologies like cloud, edge and AI represent serious opportunities for telcos when it comes to network performance, efficiency and potential new revenue streams; however, they also present a host...
Mavenir has supported the cloud-native network deployments 1&1 and ENet—operators CEOs talk through innovation at the speed of cloud, and the role of strong vendor partnerships
At a panel during Mobile World Congress Barcelona, Mavenir CEO Pardeep Kohli explained that in order for service providers...
Reality or just a dream: how will AI, automation, and cloud technologies help communication service providers (CSPs) lower network energy costs 25% by 2025?
How can cloud-native operations and CI/CD simplify and accelerate sustainability efforts for CSPs, especially in optimizing energy usage in the RAN?
What...
The 5G network transition is now underway to what many true believers would consider “real 5G:” the implementation of Standalone 5G with the cloud-native mobile packet core. While the initial rollout of 5G was focused on introducing 5G spectrum to boost capacity, 5G Standalone...
EY sees operators as needing to reinvent to address enterprises’ needs and deliver the full sustainability benefits 5G can enable
Telcos sit in an interesting position as it relates to global sustainability efforts. Given the scale of many telecommunications networks, large operators are major energy...
Up against mounting cost pressures and stagnant revenues, operators need to undertake technological and business model transformations if they want a chance to drive growth and monetize 5G investments
AUSTIN—Operators have not effectively monetized 5G. From consumer-facing mobile bundles and home broadband delivered by fixed...
Cloud-native OSS/BSS should reduce opex and drive automation, but this requires technological and organizational change
Before getting into expert commentary on cloud-native OSS/BSS provided during the recent Telco Cloud & Edge Forum (available on demand here), it’s important to understand what operational support systems (OSS)...
The shift to cloud-native and disaggregated networks has enormous implications for testing, validating and verification. Operators wanted a software-centric environment for agility—now that they're getting it, what does that mean for service reliability and continuity? What testing is critical in disaggregation and edge computing...
The benefits of cloud-native RAN include efficient scaling, dynamic orchestration of microservices and enhanced security
Operators are steadily working to become cloud-native from the core to the radio access network (RAN) all the way out to edge computing nodes. The rationale is two-fold: a cloud-native...
Fujitsu highlights Open RAN security and service management and orchestration at Mobile World Congress 2023
Open RAN progress, both as an ideological movement and a specific set of interoperable, standards-based technologies, was on display this year at Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona. Evidenced by...
The three (not so) easy pieces of 5G service assurance—orchestration, the edge, and end-to-end visibility
Here’s a hypothetical: A manufacturing enterprise has looked at its options for gaining production efficiencies and opted to use various video analytics backed by private 5G. A partner is engaged,...
‘The easiest way to migrate from the traditional to a cloud-native RAN is to use the same proven silicon and software for both,’ says Marvell
With Mobile World Congress Barcelona less than a week away, RCR Wireless News caught up with Marvell’s Senior Director of...
The shift to 5G Standalone—and enterprise service delivery—requires cross-domain network resource management and an OSS/BSS re-alignment
The latest generation of cellular that’s available out in the world today largely follows a 5G Non-Standalone architecture meaning new radios and spectrum were added to existing core infrastructure....
The 4G/5G converged core has improved network speed and latency by more than 10%, says T-Mobile US
T-Mobile US and Cisco say they have launched the world’s “largest” highly scalable and distributed nationwide cloud-native converged core gateway. The carrier has already moved all its 5G...
The cloud-native solution will simplify and speed up the deployment of enterprise applications, say the companies
Hungarian telecommunications operator Magyar Telekom has selected Mavenir as its converged packet core provider for its 5G network. According to the companies, the cloud-native, containerized solution will simplify and...
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...
It is an open secret in the telco software business that software is often the smaller part of a software provider’s revenues. The rest is made up of long and expensive integrations, supplemented by a “long tail” of customization requests. But the end is...
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...
Rome wasn’t built in a day. The same can be said of cloud-native, AI-optimized 5G open radio access networks (O-RANs), which are fundamentally different from any previous mobile generation. They are not just evolutionary, but a step change in how radio networks are designed...
Standalone (SA) 5G gives operators new agility and scale, unlocking the full range of 5G services. Challenges abound ranging from technical to operational. But operators globally have been slow to deploy 5G SA networks - they remain very much the exception, not the rule.
Going...
NEC's Patrick Lopez, global vice president of product management, lays out the four elements of Open RAN
Editor’s note: This Q&A is adapted from an interview conducted at the Open RAN European Forum. It has been edited for length and clarity.
Q: Could we start with...
Jennifer Kyriakakis, the founder & CMO of Matrixx Software, defines the modern telco and lays out why 5G is a catalyst for the changes they are undergoing. She also explains why things like cloud-native and agnostic architecture should be at the heart of this...
