Linux Foundation Europe’s project draws the support of Ericsson, Nokia and five European telcos
Linux Foundation Europe announced Tuesday the formation of Project Sylva. The inaugural project from Linux Foundation Europe (LF Europe), Project Sylva’s goal is to create a new, open source and production-grade telco...
The service combines VMware-managed cloud services with Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service
Equinix and VMware announced this week VMware Cloud on Equinix Metal, a new cloud service that sees VMware-managed cloud-based Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) available on Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service offering. The companies predict...
With 25 local partners now on board, VMware updates Tanzu and other products with data sovereignty compliance and monitoring features
VMware on Tuesday announced new solutions and cloud partners that it says will help guide customers through data sovereignty issues. The announcements include information about global...
Built on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Alloy helps Oracle partners build their own tailored cloud
Oracle has revealed Alloy, a new cloud service infrastructure platform pitched to telcos, service providers, system integrators and independent software vendors with a desire to run their own branded cloud services. Alloy...
South Africa will be Google’s first region; the company also announced two new Nordic regions, Austria and Greece
Google Cloud is expanding services throughout Europe with new regions planned for Austria, Greece, Norway and Sweden. What’s more, it’s bringing its services locally to the African...
'The cloud is not industry specific,' says AWS exec
Amazon Web Services (AWS) doesn’t use the term “telco cloud” because, as the company’s Head of Worldwide Business Development for Communication Service Providers Sameer Vuyyuru told RCR Wireless News in an MWC Las Vegas meeting room,...
Swisscom is putting the 'world-first' tech to work in its newly deployed 5G network, Ericsson said
Ericsson on Tuesday announced a collaboration with network performance app developer Netscout and Swiss telco Swisscom, to produce a new cloud-based solution aimed at “dramatically increasing” 5G service assurance,...
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is foundational to 5G services to drive the next wave of innovation in enterprise and manufacturing: low-latency, massive device density, and more. Optimizing the telco cloud to deliver these new services starts at the 5G Core and goes to the...
Adaptive Service Assurance correlates quality KPIs with Amazon CloudWatch telemetry, EXFO said
Network testing and monitoring solution vendor EXFO on Monday announced that its Adaptive Service Assurance (ASA) solution is available through Amazon Web Services (AWS). The product makes it easier for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to...
Dell and Wind River are offering CSPs out-of-the-box Open RAN and VRAN deployments
Dell Technologies this week introduced Telecom Infrastructure Blocks, a new telco cloud infrastructure solution the company co-engineered with Wind River. The "blocks" offer Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with simplified telco cloud network deployment...
VMware’s telco cloud automation and service assurance offerings also get new features and enhancements
VMware on Thursday announced changes to its telco cloud portfolio that it says will help Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with modernization efforts around 5G, Radio Access Network (RAN) and edge computing deployments. The...
“AI and ML have been a core part of our offering for a decade plus,” said Fortinet’s VP of products
Cybersecurity software maker Fortinet announced Tuesday enhanced Artificial Intelligences Operations (AIOps) capabilities across its network software portfolio, including its Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN), wired and wireless...
The partnership yields "a very competitive joint offering" for private 4G and 5G, according to ng-voice's CEO
Telecom software maker ng-voice has announced a new partnership with telco infrastructure software maker Casa Systems which ng-voice says will yield fully cloud-native 4G and 5G solutions for...
The new SSE offering expands Orange’s growing telco cloud cybersecurity portfolio
Orange, through its Orange Business Services and Orange Cyberdefense groups, and cybersecurity firm Netskope announced Thursday they’ll embed Secure Service Edge (SSE) functionality in the Orange Telco Cloud platform. The two firms are calling the new solution “carrier-class...
Hear from executives at AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and other leading telcos on how they’re using AI to build a competitive advantage.
Today, as telecoms support hybrid work scenarios, IoT devices become key components of network infrastructure, and providers expand customer services, the volume of data...
The new collab leverages Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service
International telco Orange and data center operator Equinix this week announced a collaboration that sees Orange deploying its New Generation International Network - eNGINe - using Equinix’s Bare Metal as a Service.
The new partnership promises on-demand...
Key areas will include RAN, mobile roaming, user plane and telco/edge cloud
NEC and Fortinet have announced a new partnership aimed at helping Communication Service Providers (CSPs) with 5G security. Fortinet is supplying its security solutions like FortiGate, while NEC is providing professional network integration services for...
The metaverse needs a big networking lift, with telcos playing a central role
Telcos will be front and center when it comes to providing networking infrastructure to make the metaverse work. Early requirements for the metaverse suggest that Communication Service Providers (CSPs) have a lot...
The majority of 5G SA network deployments will stick to telco cloud, a new report asserts.
The revenue for 5G workloads hosted on public cloud services will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 88% between now and 2026, totaling $4.6 billion over that...
The acquisition draws Arista closer to Ericsson, said Arista’s CEO
Arista Networks announced this week that it has acquired unified cloud network company Pluribus Networks, developers of unified cloud networking technology. Arista's COO, Anshul Sadana, said the move will bolster its efforts to develop next-generation...
'Operators must prioritize the construction of more efficient and agile ICT infrastructure': Huawei exec
Huawei last week presented its newest telco cloud vision at its Carrier Cloud Transformation Summit, part of the company’s Win-Win Huawei Innovation Week, an online and in-person event that took place...
Kubernetes as a lynchpin for network automation at scale
Zero-touch network automation needs to be employed at every level of the 5G stack in order for 5G Standalone (SA) services to work as envisioned. 5G SA will bring considerable benefits to customers, but it also...
Testing and deployment at cloud scale needs cloud-style automation and orchestration.
There’s already been gallons of ink spilled in service of lecturing Communication Service Providers (CSPs) on the importance of adopting cloud-native business processes and technology as they pivot to the introduction of 5G Standalone...
Scaling up to the cloud is about being smarter, not working harder
5G Standalone (SA) requires a fundamentally cloud-native approach. The 5G core is built on cloud-native principles, designed to provide flexibility and scale. This approach increases carrier agility, but at the same time, going cloud-native...
