Back in 2017, an EY telecom survey asked telecommunications CIOs and CTOs what they thought were the biggest opportunities and obstacles facing them in the next three years. Virtualization was already seen as one of the most important enablers of innovation. The two biggest...
Danny Cobb, fellow and vice president of engineering for Dell Technologies’ telco systems business, remembers his company cruising into early 2020: Kicking off a new fiscal year with its operating plan in place, supply chain nailed down and factories humming; people coming into the...
As the telecom industry works to enable 5G, virtualization and MEC for enterprise customers, they are first experimenting with how those technologies can benefit their own factories, office buildings and operations. Who's already using these advanced technologies, where and what benefits are they seeing?
As the telecom industry works to enable 5G, virtualization and MEC for enterprise customers, they are first experimenting with how those technologies can benefit their own factories, office buildings and operations. Who's already using these advanced technologies, where and what benefits are they seeing?
Speakers:Kelly...
In its early days, 5G was, in many ways, not markedly different from advanced 4G in terms of networks and the services they delivered. However that’s changing quickly as operators move from non-standalone to standalone 5G and virtualize network functions on the way toward...
This year marks the tenth anniversary of Intel's Open source software project DPDK. To celebrate the occasion, the company's Vice President and General Manager of Network and Edge Platforms Jeni Panhorst explains the vital role that software will play in next-generation networks and highlights the innovation that Intel's network business has driven over the years.
Qualcomm President: '5G requires infrastructure like we’ve never seen'
At Qualcomm’s annual 5G Summit, the company announced the expansion of its 5G RAN portfolio. The additions, which include the new Qualcomm Radio Unit, Distributed Unit and Distributed Radio Unit system-on-chip platforms, are all part of...
The Cloud RAN solution supports Ericsson Spectrum Sharing and 5G SA and NSA
Ericsson has announced Cloud RAN (Radio Access Network), a new solution to be released in 2021, that the company said will add greater flexibility and versatility to operator’s network buildouts, as well...
Nokia taps Qualcomm 5G RAN platform for indoor Smart Node base stations
Continuing its momentum in supporting 5G infrastructure, Qualcomm Technologies Inc., today announced a "full portfolio of 5G infrastructure semiconductor platforms," including support for macro base stations supporting massive MIMO arrays and "micro base...
Network infrastructure represents a $25 billion silicon opportunity by 2023, says Intel
Intel announced today the expansion of its lineup of hardware, software and solutions to better keep pace with the trend of virtualized Radio Access Networks (vRAN). Intel has identified that network infrastructure represents...
Affirmed will enable the delivery of private LTE enterprise networks for 4G, 5G and IoT services
Affirmed Networks, acquired by Microsoft earlier this year, will partner with Netmore Group, an IoT systems and services provider headquartered in Sweden, to deliver Private LTE enterprise networks and...
Inland using Parallel Wireless RRHs connected to virtualized baseband running on Dell EMC servers
Open radio access network technologies, which disaggregate hardware from software potentially creating a cost benefit to operators, have been discussed as a potential solution for smaller U.S. operators looking to move...
RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Shekar Ayyar, VMware (Ep. 6)
Telco cloud, virtualization all part of creating 5G service revenue
Shekar Ayyar, VMware executive vice president and general manager of the Telco and Edge Cloud business unit, discusses the extension of virtualization...
Turkcell has already virtualized 60% of its mobile core services
In March, Mavenir and Turkey’s largest mobile operator Turkcell partnered up to test and deploy OpenRAN vRAN, beginning with trials of fully containerized CU/DU and Open FH with Split 7.2 and the deployment of the...
5G transformation extends beyond the network--there has to be a shift in the workforce
5G is touted as the connectivity fabric that will fundamentally reshape our collective future. Consumers will benefit from ubiquitous, high-quality connectivity capable of serving up applications that were previously impossible. Enterprises...
Data is vitally important for businesses today, supporting decisions ranging from optimizing production in real time to predicting (and avoiding) equipment failure. Many companies gather and analyze this data through IoT deployments that consist of sensors and gateway devices—the sensors take in data and...
When Gordon Moore put forth his prediction about the number of transistors per square inch doubling every 18 months, he had no idea how long this state would endure nor what technologies would bring about its demise. All good things must come to an...
Rakuten says it will build a cloud-native, nationwide network for about $5 billion
As operators transition from LTE to 5G, there's significant discussion around how 5G requires a cloud-native, fully-virtualized design capable of dynamically supporting the myriad applications and device types that will connect over...
Network and service assurance needs are evolving rapidly, as more applications — both network functions that support telecom network operations, and enterprise applications — are becoming virtualized. SNS Research estimates that service provider SDN and NFV investments will have a compound annual growth rate...
Turkcell said it is delivering new services at least three months faster than it could with its legacy infrastructure
Affirmed Networks is offering some insights into how it helped Turkish mobile network operator Turkcell with the rapid deployment of one of the largest commercial network...
The increasing virtualization of telecom networks offers the promise of faster launches of new services. But are back-end business and operational systems ready to support the flexibility and rapid services launches that SDN/NFV is supposed to provide?
Now that operators are past their first steps toward...
Virtualization investments also require network management investments
With 5G expected to see more widespread commercialization in 2019 and beyond, operators can expect more flexibility in managing resources and offering up new services quickly, while users will see higher speeds, lower latencies and an accelerated proliferation...
Orange Poland early adopter of ONAP
As it continues a "bricky-by-brick" approach to 5G, Orange Poland recently worked with EXFO to incorporate passive virtual probes into the Beijing Release of the Open Network Automation Platform; the goal is service assurance for virtualized network deployments.
According to...
Dissecting a poignant phrase coined at this week’s SDN NFV World Congress
On day one of this year’s SDN NFV World Congress in The Hague, I was intrigued by a phrase used in the keynote: ‘fake virtualization’.
The speaker, Jehanne Savi, Executive Leader, All-IP & On-Demand...
