Nokia is going big on software at MWC 2022
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is drip-feeding product announcements in the week leading up to Mobile World Congress and, so far, they’re focused on the software side of things.
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Ericsson sidles closer to OpenRAN
The new Ericsson Intelligent Automation Platform claims to deliver service management and orchestration functionalities in line with Open RAN principles.
Rakuten fleshes out its Communications Platform ahead of global expansion
Japanese greenfield operator Rakuten Mobile has signed agreements with NEC and Fujitsu to collaborate over global OpenRAN promotion.
Ericsson launches network slicing optimisation tool
5G Core Policy Studio is a bit of software designed to help CSPs make the most of the capabilities offered by network slicing.
Nokia helps China Mobile with 5G RAN AI trial
Don’t count Nokia out of the Chinese RAN market just yet because it seems to be getting pretty cozy with China Mobile.
Telefónica grabs on to Rakuten’s coattails over OpenRAN
Spanish operator group Telefónica has decided OpenRan is the way forward and that Rakuten Mobile is the trailblazer.
The Sunrise has got its Red Hat on
Swiss MNO Sunrise has picked open-source software specialist Red Hat to build a hybrid cloud-ready platform, to make sure it’s nice and agile.
TM Forum gets a bunch of operators to sign up to its Open Digital Architecture
BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Telenor are among 11 new signatories to a scheme designed to cloudify BSS and OSS and provide standardized, open software components.
Nokia finally gets some Chinese 5G action, celebrates with Broadcom collaboration
Much has been made of Nokia’s apparent exclusion from the Chinese 5G market, but a new deal with China Unicom indicates such reports may have been an exaggeration.
Mavenir and Altiostar join forces to exploit the US OpenRAN opportunity
The US government keeps promising to chuck money at OpenRAN technology, so it makes sense for companies involved to raise their game.
Ericsson under pressure to sell Iconectiv operations – report
Ericsson is allegedly under pressure from activist investors to sell OSS/BSS business unit Iconectiv, a deal which could be worth more than $1.5 billion.
Nokia raises its OSS game
In the build up to MWC 2020 Nokia has got one of its announcements in early, in the form of the ‘cloud-native’ Network Operations Master software.
Telecoms industry set to reveal its hopes and fears
It’s that time of the year when Telecoms.com once again conducts the signature Annual Industry Survey. Answering it will not only let us know what you think, but will benefit the telecoms industry as a whole, and in turn, yourselves too.
Vodafone Australia admits to misleading carrier billing service
After an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) investigation, Vodafone Australia has admitted misleading consumers through its third-party Direct Carrier Billing (DCB) service.
CMA backs super complaint against loyalty penalties
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has backed a ‘super complaint’ raised by Citizens Advice which suggests UK consumers are being ripped off by loyalty penalties on services such as broadband.
Ciena strengthens its software suite with DonRiver acquisition
Optical and IP transport company Ciena acquired software and service company DonRiver to shore up its Blue Planet portfolio.
Will Vodafone usher in a new culture of customer service for telcos?
Either customer service is an afterthought for the telcos, or they are just genuinely terrible at it, but Vodafone’s new 30-day service guarantee sets to challenge the status quo of sub-standard service in the telco arena.
London welcomes buskers to the digital revolution
Moving into the connected era has threatened the livelihoods of numerous individuals, but a new initiative from Busk In London and iZettle, backed by London Mayor Sadiq Khan plans to bring buskers into the digital economy.
Telefónica lures Netflix into its content aggregator platform
Telefónica and Netflix have jointly announced a global partnership which allow the telco’s customers to watch the popular streaming service through its content platform.
Google wants your smart speaker to pay your bills as well
Google has announced it will launch additional features for its smart speaker software soon, including the ability to pay back friends just by using your voice.
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