From IoT for internal efficiency to external productivity
A new report by analyst house Transforma Insights for IT hardware and services provider Oracle says enterprise internet of things adoption has turned a corner, and gained some newfound maturity. It is a decent read, which draws...
U.K. telco BT Group has selected Oracle Communications Cloud Native Converged Policy Management to optimize its network resources and bring new 5G offerings to market.
In a release, Oracle noted that the solution will enable BT to test and implement 5G services—such as live streaming...
Dish has selected Oracle to enable a Service-Based Architecture (SBA) for its 5G core, the former said in a release.
SBA, part of the 3GPP 5G standard, enables network services to be rapidly incorporated into new applications by Dish or Dish customers through automated, intelligent...
Nordic operator Telenor said that it has established a 5G Standalone core environment using a vendor-neutral platform.
“The main component of 5G SA is the 5G mobile core, the ‘brain’ of the 5G system. Unfortunately, most 5G core deployments are still single vendor dependent, with...
The future has already arrived, and it is in the form of 5G. But Oracle brings the cloud native future into the next level with the 5G Next Gen Core. Diving deep into this monumental invention with Carrie Charles is the Senior Vice President...
A combination of a last-minute deal and a court injunction mean that bans on downloads and updates for Chinese-owned TikTok and WeChat have been averted, and the applications are still available to users in the U.S. -- at least for now.
On Sunday, President Donald...
Ericsson talks dual-mode cloud core; Oracle on move from VNF to CNF
With one notable exception, commercial 5G networks use a non-standalone architecture wherein
new 5G NR radio infrastructure is connected to an Evolved Packet Core that also supports LTE
data transmissions. Virtualization of EPC functionality is...
The evolution to 5G is off to a strong start among communication service providers (CSPs) and momentum is building. As of March 2020, 84 CSPs have announced plans to launch 5G, and 57 have already done so, according to Omdia’s 1Q20 report. These announcements...
The recent health crisis has highlighted why it is important for communications service providers (CSPs) to be “digital first” in terms of how they operate. However, like the Warren Buffet expression of only when the tide goes out do we find out who has...
5G Cloud Native Technology opens the door to a number of innovative and disruptive service offerings and operating models which create expanded business opportunities for Communication Service Providers (CSPs).
CSPs are exploring how to differentiate themselves in 5G while effectively monetizing new offerings for their...
Oracle: Operator standalone motivation is growing enterprise revenue
There's a school of thought around 5G that would suggest effective ROI and service monetization hinges on offering up new, differentiated applications to enterprise users. And to do that, operators need the full 5G feature set--enhanced mobile...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change the World? John Lenns, Oracle (Ep. 14)
The transition to standalone 5G
Oracle Vice President of Product Management John Lenns looks forward to the transition from non-standalone to standalone 5G networks and how that relates to service providers capturing...
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T-Mobile US kills...
Industrial IoT firm Seeq raises $24 million from equity sale
Seattle-based industrial analytics company Seeq has raised $24 million from investors, according to a report in Computer Reseller News.
Seeq has sold $24.3 million of equity to an unnamed investor group, according to the report, which...
Oracle is expanding its Chicago Innovation Lab, which would allow more organizations to explore new technologies and strategies to bolster their digital transformation efforts, the firm said in a release.
Since its launch last year, the
Lab has helped construction organizations explore and test solutions...
When it comes to network slicing, the slice itself is only the pipe -- it's the applications, and bundling it all neatly into an as-a-service model for enterprise that offers the real opportunity for communications service providers to serve business and industrial sectors in...
Latest 5G financing moves part of larger US/China trade war
The U.S. government is studying alternatives to facilitate financing to European 5G vendors Ericsson a Nokia in a move to put obstacles to the global expansion of Huawei, according to a report by the Financial...
The use case for telecommunications technology has changed before our eyes. Today, millions of viewers are consuming content via YouTube, video live streaming platform Twitch, or even playing video games, with young gamers (18-25) in the U.S. spending nearly three and a half hours...
Juniper Research claims street lighting upgrades will deliver $15 billion in cumulative energy savings for cities in the period to 2023. These savings will be achieved both by converting lamps to energy-efficient LEDs and by adding connectivity to monitor and control individual lights.
It said...
The new release includes support for smart meters and industrial IoT as well as wearables and automotive
Oracle announced the general availability of Java Card 3.1, the latest version of its open application platform that is used to secure internet of things devices.
Oracle said that...
Massive IoT means massive cybersecurity implications
Support for a massive number of internet of things devices, as well as significantly increased device density, is one of the primary use cases for 5G. While there's considerable consumer interest in IoT devices—think smart watches, home security cameras...
Oracle looking from non-standalone 5G NR to standalone 5G NR
Current and near-term standards-based 5G deployments are focused on the non-standalone 5G New Radio specification, but that's just a first step. That will be followed by an upgrade cycle to the standalone 5G NR spec,...
New definitions of terms used in data management, edge computing, and IT/OT convergence appear in the trade dictionary for the industrial internet-of-things (IIoT), published by the Industrial Internet Consortium (IIC).
The new edition of the Industrial Internet Vocabulary Report, version 2.1, also clears up confusion...
