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...
Cloud services have evolved beyond mere storage solutions, supporting a wide range of applications from smart home connectivity to advanced document sharing, and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for photo enhancement and digital content organization.
Expanding product offerings and boosting revenue
As service...
Mass telco cloud adoption is just beginning
Network operators are transitioning towards the next stage of cloud-based networks as they work to meet customer demand for high-bandwidth services. To maintain service delivery effectively, operators require a cost-effective, low-maintenance solution that enables them to allocate resources...
Airtel is training more than 300 experts on Google Cloud services at a managed services center in Pune
Indian telco Bharti Airtel announced today a long-term partnership with Google Cloud to develop and provide cloud and generative AI products to its existing business customers, which...
Nokia, which supplies the 5G core for the O2 Telefonica 5G SA network, claimed that this development is a first of its kind
Amazon Web Services (AWS) will host O2 Telefónica’s Standalone (SA) 5G core network software on its public cloud infrastructure in Germany. Nokia, which...
Telecom carriers are at a crossroads in their transformation journey. They face challenges such as network disaggregation, cloud strategies and legacy system integration. However, amidst these challenges, new innovations including AI and APIs offer new avenues for growth.What does the future hold for telcos as they pivot...
KPMGÂ will deploy Gemini for Google Cloud for internal use as part of the agreement
U.S. audit, tax, and advisory firm KPMG is working with Google Cloud on the responsible acceleration and adoption of generative AI (GenAI) technologies. As part of the partnership, the pair are establishing...
Telcos are recognizing that in order to monetize the potential inherent in cloud-native networks, they must simplify the interface for developers
While open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) were a big topic at this and last year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona thanks to the GSMA...
When 5G was first introduced, communications service providers (CSPs) promised to deliver better network speeds, with reduced latency and increased reliability to enable new services to enterprises. Although 5G has been increasingly adopted, CSPs are noticing a lack of killer use cases, and there’s...
As 5G marks its fifth year in commercial availability, network monetization is elusive and it seems the best is (hopefully) still to come. The shift from 5G Non-standalone to Standalone is a pivotal moment, introducing a new cloud-native core, revolutionary service-based architecture and dynamic management for...
IDC expects to see 16% CAGR for global telco cloud software market
Most telecom providers are still leaning on virtualized network workloads rather than fully cloud-native infrastructure, but 2024 could be a turning point, according to a new analyst report.
IDC expects that cloud-native deployment of...
The telco cloud solution is generally available in North America and has reportedly been deployed by more than 100 CSPs
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and cloud communications platform Alianza, Inc. announced at AWS re:invent a multi-year Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) to address how communication...
Last month, Arrcus announced a new investment from Hitachi Ventures for an additional closing of its Series D
Networking software company Arrcus has signed a partnership with Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation, NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation (NESIC) and APRESIA in a move to expand its...
Joy King is the Vice President of telecoms cloud company Optiva and leads the company’s Go To Market (GTM) Strategy. She joins RCR Wireless News on the podcast for a deep dive into the changing telecom landscape, detailing how business models are shifting and...
Editor's note: Part 1 of this piece, drawn from a panel discussion at RCR Live: Telco Reinvention in London, is available here.
Leveraging an expertise in reliability to deliver enterprise services
In the first installment of this story on what operators can do to return...
This report dives deep into the challenges, solutions, possibilities and capabilities arising from the cloudification of networks and what the future holds for the wider telecoms industry.
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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...
Innovations in software and software disaggregation are driving telecom change on two levels, according to Per Kangru, technologist and business development expert in the CTO’s office at Viavi Solutions. Carriers can either do new things to drive automation or efficiencies within their own network;...
A distributed network architecture requires distributed OSS/BSS functionality
As it considers the move from 5G Non-standalone to 5G Standalone, alongside deployment of mobile edge computing (MEC) infrastructure, Three UK is mindful of the concurrent need to evolve OSS/BSS functionality. Speaking at the recent Telco Cloud...
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)...
As operators move into the telco cloud era, which deployment option(s) will win out?
As the title of this piece—and the Telco Cloud & Edge Forum session it’s based on—suggest, it seems that the two most likely outcomes for operators on a long-term journey to...
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...
Editor’s note: The teams from RCR Wireless News and Enterprise IoT Insights recently convened a wide range of telecoms and enterprise stakeholders to examine all things mobile edge computing at the Mobile Edge Forum virtual event, available on demand here. This article is taken...
Canonical’s Charmed OSM is helping VMO2 to rapidly onboard new telco cloud network functions
Ubuntu maker Canonical announced Thursday that U.K. Communication Service Provider (CSP) Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) has chosen Canonical’s Charmed OSM as the telco’s orchestrator for hybrid workload deployments. Charmed OSM eases CSPs’ transition...
