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NEC SaaS promises up to 10-fold reduction in RAN energy use

Japanese vendor NEC reckons its new software-as-a-service (SaaS) will help telcos tackle the tricky task of cutting power consumption.

• 4 hours ago

Nokia’s new SaaS offering targets five-fold increase in energy savings

Finnish kit maker Nokia has launched a new software-as-a-service (SaaS) designed to help telcos reduce their environmental impact.

• 13 May 2022

Nokia gets SaaSy with its customers

Finnish kit vendor Nokia has commissioned some research that CSPs can save 25% over five years if they move their software from on-premise to the SaaS model.

• 19 Apr 2022

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.

• 22 Feb 2022

Nokia unveils a new SaaSy software strategy

Finnish kit vendor Nokia has decided it’s time telecoms software was delivered on an ‘as-a-service’ basis.

• 17 Nov 2021

Microsoft places restrictions on Azure as demand increases by 775%

Microsoft has said there has been 775% increase of cloud services in regions that have enforced social distancing, and it has placed restrictions on customers to ensure performance.

• 30 Mar 2020

Oracle earnings look promising, but why the IaaS obsession?

Oracle has had another positive quarter as it navigates the complicated waters of business transformation, but it’s still a long way from kicking IaaS.

• 16 Mar 2017

Oracle makes suspect claim during earnings call

Oracle has reported revenues of $9 billion during its latest quarterly earnings call, but its assessment of the global SaaS market was wide of the mark.

• 16 Dec 2016

Oracle continues drive towards cloud with $9.3bn Netsuite acquisition

Oracle has continued efforts to redefine itself as a cloud company, entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NetSuite for $9.3 billion.

• 28 Jul 2016

Oracle reports 49% cloud growth and targets IaaS market

Oracle has reported its 2016 Q4 results stating growth over the period declined 1% to $10.6 billion, though its cloud business grew 49% to $859 million.

• 17 Jun 2016

Huawei announces video and BSS SaaS launches

Huawei has unveiled two new cloud-based offerings to help operators build and deploy video and BSS services.

• 11 May 2016

Telefónica Brazil deploys TOA for cloud-based field service solution

Vivo, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spanish telco Telefónica said Tuesday that it has deployed TOA Technologies’ cloud-based field service management application, which provides end-to-end service tracking for both employees and contractors.

• 13 May 2014

WeDo to offer roaming and rating solutions through PT cloud

Portuguese business assurance specialist WeDo Technologies has announced a partnership with incumbent operator Portugal Telecom (PT) that will see the firm’s rating validation and roaming management solutions offered on a SaaS model as part of PT’s new enterprise cloud offering, SmartCloudPT.

• 21 Oct 2013

Monaco Telecom sells cloud to non-rival carriers

Cable & Wireless Communications’ Monaco business, Monaco Telecom, is to sell cloud services to smaller non-competing fixed and mobile operators across Europe. The services will be powered by a hosted offering from telecoms applications developer Movius Interactive.

• 28 May 2013

Telstra to pump £500m+ into cloud services

Telstra has announced a £500m+ (AU$800m) investment in cloud computing over the next five years to support what it says is a growing demand from Australian organisations for cloud services. The telco is rumoured to have invested AU$200m in cloud to date and this latest announcement will kick-off the construction of a new data centre, the modernisation of existing facilities, increased automation of utility computing services and the expansion of the telco’s range of enterprise applications, among other things. Construction of a new data centre in Melbourne is already underway.

• 16 Jun 2011

Multinationals trust telcos with the cloud

As uptake of cloud computing services by multinational corporations takes off, Ovum research indicates that the credibility of telcos as trusted providers in the space has increased significantly in the past year.

• 16 May 2011