Google takes Intel to the edge
Internet giant Google is getting Intel involved in its telco cloud offering to help with things like edge computing, vRAN and OpenRAN.
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Telstra taps Ericsson for enterprise edge cloud services
Australian telco Telstra is months away from bringing to market edge cloud services for enterprises, thanks to an expanded partnership with Ericsson.
Microsoft lays out its plans for the telco cloud
Tech giant Microsoft has created a special bit of its cloud platform called Azure for Operators, on the back of recent strategic acquisitions.
Accenture throws a $3 billion hat into the cloud adoption ring
Telcos that want to play the so-called ‘trusted partner’ role in digital transformation have got a newly-emboldened rival to contend with.
Microsoft doubles down on the telco cloud with Metaswitch acquisition
Don’t say you weren’t warned, telecoms industry. The tech big guns are trained on your home turf and they’re not afraid to splash the cash.
Mycom OSI makes telco cloud move with Red Hat collaboration
Network assurance vendor Mycom OSI has moved to improve its cloud credentials through a partnership with Red Hat.
Three makes moves in the telco cloud space
Mycom OSI has announced it has been selected to assure Three UK’s next generation core network which deploys NFV and SDN, as part of what it claims is the world’s first Telco Cloud.
VMware set sights on telco segment
VMware has set forward its ambitions to tackle the telco cloud segment, using its Cross-Cloud Architecture and software-defined infrastructure offerings to appeal to the digital transformation conscious.
GigaSpaces gives a TOSCA about VMware
VMWare and GigaSpaces have announced a new partnership focused on open standards-based orchestration for NFV applications.
EMC launches Provider Cloud System for the telco cloud
EMC has created a software defined reference model for comms providers to use as they come to terms with the challenges of maintaining carrier grade levels of services once they start using the cloud.
Nokia talks up telco cloud offering
Finnish kit vendor Nokia is continuing to promote its nascent cloud offerings for telcos, three months after the launch of its AirFrame datacenter family of products.
Nokia unveils Radio Cloud architecture
Nokia has announced additional features to its telco cloud portfolio to create what the vendor said will be a known as radio cloud. The Finnish firm said it will help operators allocate processing capacity from almost anywhere in the network to where it is needed the most.
China Telecom cloud subsidiary taps Nuage Networks for SDN deployment
CTCC, China Telecom’s cloud services-focused subsidiary is deploying Nuage Network’s software defined networking technology to underpin the firm’s datacentre architecture.
OIF, ONF link up to test transport SDN
The Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF), an industry group uniting the data and optical networking sectors including carriers, component manufacturers and system vendors, has announced a collaboration with the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) which will see the organisations work together with leading telcos and research institutions to test software defined networking (SDN) in the transport layer.
Ericsson to help Telstra introduce SDN, NFV
In a bid to support more cloud and digital services Telstra announced that it is working with telecoms equipment vendor Ericsson to introduce software defined networking and network function virtualisation into the telco’s network.
Alcatel, Fujitsu join AT&T’s cloud-focused network architecture effort
Alcatel-Lucent and the networking communications arm of Fujitsu have joined AT&T’s ‘User-Defined Network Cloud’ programme, the telco’s bid to rearchitect its core network in a move that will make it more elastic, scalable, and capable of handling massive volumes of IP-based traffic.
Sprint to offer Google Apps to enterprise customers
Sprint has announced that it will begin offering Google Apps for Business to enterprise customers in August. The US telco said it plans to provide the full array of Google Apps and emphasize a mobile-focused approach to using the cloud suite. It will also provide and offer online training and support free.
VMware taps SoftBank, China Telecom for Asia-Pacific hybrid cloud expansion
Virtualisation incumbent VMware has inked partnerships with China Telecom and SoftBank in a move that will see both telcos host and help sell the company’s hybrid cloud service in the region. The move marks a significant expansion of the service as VMware looks to take its hybrid cloud offerings beyond North America and Europe.
Telstra extends its cloud to the US
Telstra this week announced that it has extended its cloud services platform to the east coast US, an expansion of the platform it deploys in Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The move comes the same day one of its European-based competitors, Interoute, announced the launch of a new cloud node in New York.
Nokia and Juniper networks team up on NFV, SDN cloud offering
Network services and equipment provider Nokia has teamed up with IT networking vendor Juniper Networks to extend the development of SDN and NFV technologies for mobile operators.
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