BROWSING: orchestration

Think Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny: "What is a git anyways?" The move to 5G Standalone is afoot, and operators are working out the kinks of instantiating network slices tuned to the needs of particular end user applications. In the broader move...

5G Standalone opens up opportunities for automation, network slicing, RedCap In 2023, Verizon activated a good deal of its deep C-Band spectrum holdings, expanded the footprint of its fixed wireless access home broadband product, and extended its Verizon Cloud Platform from centralized data centers to...

Enterprise and communications service providers (CSPs) may have very different intentions and audiences, but the challenges associated with digital transformation are virtually the same for both. Ultimately, they are looking to achieve the same outcomes: improve the customer experience, reduce operating costs and increase...

5G holds promises we never imagined for our personal and professional lives. Through ultra-low latency, higher speeds, and ability to partition, or slice, network resources, businesses and industries are changing the way they operate and now how we live. And, of course, Telcos are...

The new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence The O-RAN Alliance released its second wave of specifications for open radio access network (RAN) architecture. In a release, the O-RAN Alliance noted that the new O-RAN Release 002 focuses on enabling Open Intelligence. Features in the...

The arrival of virtualization has brought about a new era for the telecommunications sector. It has led to heightened degrees of flexibility and better utilisation of available assets than would have been imaginable on the purely hardware-centric networks of the past, alongside increased uptime. That...

Netcracker VP discusses commercialization and monetization of 5G Ari Banerjee, Netcracker's vice president of strategy, reflected on the prominence of 5G and related news that came out of Mobile World Congress, but noted that beyond just network implementations, operators need a path to use 5G...

Network slicing is seen as a key enabler for future 5G networks 5G boils down to three primary use cases: enhanced mobile broadband, massive support for the internet of things and mission critical communications that require ultra-low-latency and multi-gigabit-per-second throughput. But, beneath those three broad...

Boosted by early adoption from carriers such as AT&T, Telefónica and China Mobile, communications service providers (CSPs) are beginning to ramp up their investments in NFV/SDN initiatives. The market has seen its fair share of ups and downs, but now seems to be moving...

QoE regulations, IoT security challenges and the expansion of zero-rated data services set for 2017. Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they expect to see in the...

Story updated to correct VMware's status at Open-O as a "premier" member. The Linux Foundation-based open source group Open-O snares VMware as “premier” member joining the likes of China Mobile, Huawei. The Open-O Project recently welcomed new member VMware to the open source...