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Dell, VMware announce spinoff completion

VMware, valued at $64 billion, is on its own for the first time in 18 years as its spinoff from Dell is compete.

Simplifying and accelerating Open RAN

Dell Technologies recently announced it is delivering a fully validated solution for Mavenir Open vRAN and VMware Telco Cloud Platform to accelerate the deployment of new open radio access network (RAN) architectures and usher in a new era of 5G growth. To accommodate the enormous amount...

Telecom Italia expands O-RAN footprint in Italy

Italian operator Telecom Italia (TIM) announced the activations of Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) systems in the cities of Matera and Turin following its first use of the technology in Faenza earlier this year. The European operator said the aim is to accelerate the...

Vodafone and partners carry out O-RAN 5G multi-vendor trial

Vodafone Group has partnered with Telecom Infra Project (TIP), Cohere Technologies, VMware, Capgemini Engineering and Intel to demonstrate how Open Radio Access Network (RAN) technology can be used to boost the capacity of 5G where multiple customers are using the same site. In a release,...

VMware paves the way for virtualized RAN with new platform

VMware has announced the launch of its VMware Telco Cloud Platform RAN, a platform that enables Communication service providers (CSPs) to virtualize radio access network (RAN) functions and implement an open RAN architecture. “A modern, open, and disaggregated RAN offers CSPs the single best opportunity...

Dell Technologies to get $9 billion-plus infusion with VMware spin-off

Dell Technologies and VMware will “continue to co-engineer solutions” Dell Technologies, which holds an 81% ownership stake of cloud and virtualization giant VMware, announced on April 14 it will spin-off its ownership of VMware. "By spinning off VMware, we expect to drive additional growth opportunities for Dell...

MEC in a box: Dell, SK Telecom, VMware product partnership

Teased at Dell Tech World, OneBox MEC targets private networks; companies call out healthcare, retail, construction industries After teasing a potential collaboration focused on mobile edge computing during Dell Tech World last year, it's now official: Korea's SK Telecom, Dell Technologies and VMware are working...

Dell, VMWare, SK Telecom bundle private 5G and MEC to help carriers sell Industry 4.0

Dell Technologies and VMware are working with South Korean operator SK Telecom to bundle together private 5G and multi-access edge compute (MEC) to help carriers sell Industry 4.0 to enterprises, and to drive broader digital change. The new solution, called OneBox MEC, will make...

Intel claims 40% share in 5G infrastructure silicon

Incoming CEO Pat Gelsinger sees major new revenues from combination of 5G and distributed computing During what would've been Mobile World Congress 2020, which was ultimately scrapped due to the then-still-emerging COVID-19 pandemic, Intel laid out its thinking around 5G--a $25 billion silicon opportunity by...

VMware board looking for a new CEO as Pat Gelsinger heads to Intel

Intel CEO Bob Swan, formerly CFO, will leave his post Feb. 15 Intel announced on Jan. 13 that its board of directors has appointed Pat Gelsinger, currently the CEO of VMware, to take the CEO role effective Feb. 15. VMware's board said in a statement...

Intel secures 5G contract with Dish Network

  Intel has signed a partnership with U.S. operator Dish Nework to supply virtualized RAN (vRAN) equipment for a standalone 5G deployment, the chipmaker said in a release. As part of the deal, Intel’s 5G infrastructure technology will create the foundation for Dish’s greenfield 5G network. The...

SK Telecom’s MEC strategy: On-prem and distributed edge

Potential product partnership with Dell Technologies and VMware? South Korea has been and still is a leading mobile market. In the context of 5G, the country's Ministry of Science and ICT said there were 7.86 million 5G users at the end of July with SK...

5G and edge computing center stage at Dell Technologies World

DT COO: “The edge will become the center of gravity for digital transformation” There’s an adage that 5G is the first generation of cellular born in the cloud. If you look at the commercial 5G networks up and running today, that statement by-and-large doesn’t really...

How Open RAN can drive 5G forward

This trend of disaggregation, virtualization and commoditization has implications beyond just Open RAN. 5G was intentionally designed to be flexible and adaptable. As such, the networks have to mirror that as does the way services are developed and deployed.  “If you really want to deliver...

SLA adherence and interconnect are private network deployment challenges

VMware sees open infrastructure, automation and integrated management as key to accelerating enterprise private network deployments At a virtual session during VMworld this week, the company  broke down the opportunities and challenges associated with not just deploying private enterprise network, but also standing up differentiated...

VMware ‘completes its automation story’ with SaltStack acquisition

The acquisition will help VMware deliver an 'end-to-end automation solution' VMware kicked off its VMworld 2020 conference by announcing its purchase of automation software company SaltStack to support VMware’s vRealize cloud management software suite. With the purchase, VMware is acquiring Salt, an open-source tool that has...

VMware sees opportunity as operators move from virtualization to cloud-native 5G

5G Telco Cloud Platform follows VMware/Intel partnership on RAN virtualization Operators have for years invested in virtualization of network functions, starting with the evolved packet core and now moving out to the radio access network. Most current 5G deployments are non-standalone meaning a 5G component...

Intel and VMware partner on 5G vRAN, open interfaces, RIC

Goal is "to simplify the steps and reduce the integration effort" associated with open and virtualized RAN Virtualization of the radio access network is and will continue to happen in the interest of making highest and best use of the 5G New Radio feature set....

Dish selects VMware’s cloud platform for its 5G network

VMware joins Altiostar, Fujitsu and Mavenir as Dish 5G network partners Following multiple tests and onboarding procedures, Dish Network has officially selected VMware’s Telco Cloud platform to run as an underlying cloud platform and infrastructure layer to power the carrier’s open radio access network-based 5G...

Dell tackles the edge with ruggedized hyper-converged infrastructure solution

With its new hyper-converged infrastructure systems, 'location, conditions of the edge don’t matter,' says Dell Dell Technologies has added two additions to its hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) VxRail portfolio – the all-new ruggedized VxRail D Series and the introduction of AMD EPYC processor support for the...

Will 5G Change the World? Shekar Ayyar, VMware (Ep. 6)

RCR Wireless News · Will 5G Change The World? Shekar Ayyar, VMware (Ep. 6) Telco cloud, virtualization all part of creating 5G service revenue Shekar Ayyar, VMware executive vice president and general manager of the Telco and Edge Cloud business unit, discusses the extension of virtualization...

Global edge computing initiative aims to accelerate adoption for ‘everyone’

MobiledgeX CEO: 'Seamster is meant to help everybody in the world be successful when it comes to edge computing' Seamster, the global edge computing initiative dedicated to enterprise use case exploration and adoption, launched this week during a virtual event with support from members from...

VMware, Deutsche Telekom collaborate on virtual RAN Platform

Virtual RAN solutions are critical in a 5G world, says VMware VMware, Inc. and Deutsche Telekom are collaborating on an open and intelligent virtual RAN (vRAN) platform. The platform, based on O-RAN standards and Intel’s FlexRAN architecture, will improve RAN agility for both existing LTE...

VMware taking on service assurance as operators deploy 5G

5G is inherently complex--the network is complex, the network management is complex, the services that ride on top of it are complex and making sure those services are working the way they're supposed to--service assurance, is, you guessed it, complex. During Mobile World Congress Los...