The transition of telecom core functions from purpose-built hardware to commercially available servers has introduced a number of challenges, including compute density, power efficiency, and performance optimization in a cloud environment. Since this large-scale migration kicked off about ten years ago, we’ve seen a...
I have been in the Telecom industry since 2004 when I started in network engineering at Verizon, this year marks 20 years in the industry! I ‘grew up’ Telecom and have worked in wireline, wireless and places where they converge, I have seen lots...
The sustainability North Star— “zero traffic, zero watt”
The radio access network (RAN) is the biggest energy draw in a mobile network. Because of this, network infrastructure vendors and operators are primarily focused on reducing power consumption in the radio domain. Doing this successfully has...
Dell SVP of AI Strategy talks through LLM curation, optimization for telco AI use cases
Earlier this year at Dell Tech World, company CEO, Chairman and Founder Michael Dell identified generative AI as among the five big challenges enterprises are facing. The others were the...
The Dell PowerEdge XE9680 GPU-enabled AI server is the “fastest ramping” new solution in the company’s history, COO Jeff Clarke said
After laying out a robust artificial intelligence (AI) strategy covering infrastructure and services across its businesses during Dell Technologies World in April, company COO...
Latest Intel processor integrates Layer 1 processing into SoC; available on Dell edge servers
Building on a strong pre-existing relationship, Dell Technologies and Intel continue to partner in an effort to accelerate commercial deployment of virtualized and open radio access networks. The latest from the...
Dell is a few years into a long-term strategy to become a force to be reckoned with in the telecoms world.
The idea is to build up an ecosystem, with itself at the centre, that supports the investments operators are making in virtualizing and putting...
Ooredoo said it will explore the Dell APEX offerings to simplify its cloud experiences
Middle East operator Ooredoo Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Dell Technologies with the aim of strengthening an existing collaboration, simplifying digital transformation initiatives and exploring new growth opportunities...
Michael Dell: “If you aren’t already thinking about AI and how it will change every part of your business, then you are already behind”
AI was a major theme at the recent Dell Tech World event in Las Vegas, with company CEO, Chairman and Founder...
Through products and partnerships, Dell Technologies is pushing open network architectures as a key enabler of 5G monetization
Dell Technologies sees significant growth potential as telecom networks transition to cloud environments, hardware and software is disaggregated, and compute is distributed throughout the network to operator's,...
The NativeEdge software platform debuted at the recent Dell Tech World event
While Dell Technologies is rapidly growing its Telecom Systems Business with a focus on disaggregated and distributed networking, the company has a very large, long-term business at the enterprise edge. In fact, more...
Future of work, multicloud, edge, AI and security are the key themes out of Dell Tech World
LAS VEGAS—Most major enterprises have, to degrees, settled on a multicloud strategy as the way forward. The next piece of this ongoing evolution is making workloads running in...
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...
This report, a companion to the Women in Telco event, aggregates and contextualized the discussions from expert speakers about the importance of diversity and inclusion in the telecom industry. It also provides readers with practical information to enhance their professional growth and break the...
Ericsson adding Dell infrastructure to its Cloud RAN product
Dell Technologies, by way of its Telecom Systems Business, continues to develop its telco-facing solutions portfolio—largely by way of partnerships. In a duo of recent announcements, Dell is bringing its infrastructure to Ericsson’s Cloud RAN product,...
Rogers Communications said that interested startups need to submit their 5G proof-of-concept ideas by April 4
Canadian operator Rogers Communications announced the launch of a challenge to develop 5G applications for the mining industry.
In a release, Rogers said that the ‘Mining Technology Innovation Challenge’ is...
To propel Open RAN, vRAN and public and private 5G networks, Qualcomm is drawing on domain expertise in connectivity and low-power compute
Qualcomm again demonstrated the ongoing strength of its diversification push during Mobile World Congress with a number of partner announcements highlighting the semiconductor...
Editor’s note: Check out the first part of this story, “How can operators monetize MEC?—‘Selling shovels instead of digging for gold’”
If you take a high-level look at how mobile edge computing (MEC) is shaping up in the market, and listen to industry voices like...
Dell announced new partnerships with Nokia, Qualcomm, Amdocs and Juniper Networks
BARCELONA, SPAIN - Dell Technologies kicked off Mobile World Congress Barcelona in a big way, announcing a string of industry collaborations that all aim to bolster the open telecom ecosystem.
The first two new...
Dell is set to cut about 5% of its global workforce, or about 6,000 jobs, amid a slump in PC demand and "uncertain" market conditions, according to a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In the filing, the company said that the...
What is the changing paradigm for communications service providers in terms of software integration and deployment, particularly the concept of CI/CD? It comes down to three aspects.
More network software, deployed from core to edge and RAN. Kalyan Sundhar, vice president and general manager for...
1&1 said its O-RAN network will be soon available in Hamburg, Essen, Düsseldorf, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Munich and Freiburg
German operator 1&1 announced plans to expand its cloud-based Open RAN in new cities across the country in the coming weeks, the telco said in a release.
Some...
At Mobile World Congress Las Vegas, Dell Technologies and Wind River jointly announced Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Wind River, which will simplify telco cloud network deployment and management. These Telecom Infrastructure Blocks are built on Dell’s PowerEdge server portfolio, its bare metal orchestrator...
Dell Technologies is supporting T-Mobile US and Dish 5G efforts
Dell Technologies has been tracking the move of data creation and processing out of centralized data centers and to the various edges, and adapting its products and services to address this market shift for some...
