BT looks to Juniper to trim the network bloat
BT has opted for Juniper Networks to deliver its Network Cloud infrastructure initiative, paving the way for BT’s Network Cloud roll-out.
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The reality of mobile SD-WAN – the missing link for enterprise 5G?
5G is poised to revolutionise several industries by bringing significantly faster connections, shorter delays and increased connectivity for users.
The reality of mobile SD-WAN – what 4G LTE made possible
SD-WAN enables enterprises to shift to a business-first networking model, where the network enables the business, rather than the business conforming to the constraints of existing WAN approaches.
Vodafone taps Sedona for SDN Hierarchical Controller
Telecoms.com catches up with Sedona CTO Ori Gerstel at MWC19 to discuss the company’s selection by Vodafone and their role in the SDN architecture.
Ericsson and Intel partner for 5G cloud platform
Ericsson and Intel have announced a new partnership which is aimed at aligning the Swedes efforts for software-defined infrastructure with Intel’s Rack Scale Design.
Are you ready to look at 6G?
We can hear the groans already, but we’re going to do it anyway. Let’s have a look at what 6G could possibly contribute to the connected economy.
Red Hat gives thanks for Turkcell virtualization win
Turkish operator Turkcell has launched a virtualization platform called Unified Telco Cloud that’s based on Red Hat’s OpenStack Platform.
Why open source is the backbone enabling 5G for telcos
As an orchestration platform, ONAP enables the instantiation, lifecycle management and assurance of 5G network services.
Vodafone bags Big Blue as $550 million partner
Vodafone Business and IBM have signed-off on a new joint venture which will aim to develop systems to help data and applications flow freely around an organization.
Huawei launches Kunpeng 920 chip to bag big data and edge computing
Huawei has unveiled a new ARM-based CPU called Kunpeng 920, designed to capitalise on the growing euphoria building around big data, artificial intelligence and edge-computing.
The cloud is booming but no-one seems to have told Oracle
Revenues in the cloud computing world are growing fast with no end in sight just yet, but Oracle can’t seem to cash in on the bonanza.
ETSI publishes new spec and reports on 5G tech
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute, ETSI, released a new specification on packet formatting and forwarding and two reports on transport and network slicing respectively.
The Telecoms.com Podcast: Africa, Italia, UK and US
A globetrotting podcast this week features Ray from Light Reading as Scott’s only conversational partner, but since he equates to at least two regular pundits that’s fine. They discuss the recent AfricaCom event in Cape Town, before moving onto the latest corporate shenanigans at Telecom Italia, which unhelpfully took place between the recording and publication of this podcast. They conclude with a look at EE and Virgin Media getting in trouble with Ofcom and Oracle trying to buy its way back into telecoms.
Ericsson gets multinational 5G core network win with Telenor
Swedish kit vendor Ericsson has got a nice lot of fresh 5G work from Swedish operator group Telenor.
Italians clearly aren’t that suspicious of Huawei
Despite governments around the world turning against Chinese vendors, Telecom Italia has agreed a new partnership with Huawei based on Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) technology.
Nokia gets a bunch more cash from Chinese operators
Nokia is so keen for everyone to know how well it’s doing in China that is it makes an announcement every time it wins some business.
What does cloud-native really mean for operators?
The term “cloud-native” is two-faceted. It entails both the technology used as well as the more strategic design aspect, signifying the direction many enterprises want to take with their applications.
Challenges in the Virtualization (SDN/NFV) Market
Aricent on the SDN/NFV market and addressing its challenges with SD-vAS and uCPE solutions.
Nokia launches some actual applications for SDN
All the hype surrounding software-defined networking is finally starting to yield some tangible results in the form of three apps from Nokia.
IBM aims to boost its strategic imperatives with $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat
IBM has announced by far the largest acquisition in its history with the acquisition of cloud and open source software vendor Red Hat.
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