BROWSING: Telco Cloud
Verizon brings Virtual Network Services to Amazon cloud
Verizon teams up with Amazon to deliver virtual services at global scale
Verizon announced it has made its Virtual Network Services available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. AWS cloud provides building blocks that can be assembled quickly to support workloads. Businesses leverage AWS...
Accelerate transformation towards digital business
Learn how Huawei is enabling digital transformation for network operators
The way enterprises and consumers use mobile data connectivity is evolving. Video has become a key mobile service, and the perpetuation of increasingly high-quality UHD or 4K video, as well as emerging tech like virtual...
Kagan: What’s coming next in wireless
Recently I was invited to give a speech looking at the changing wireless industry and where we are heading. Wireless is an incredible industry. I’ve been a wireless analyst for 30 years. Over the last four decades I have watched it change time and...
Analyst Angle: Nokia Cloud Packet Core
The continued growth of LTE and the emergence of IoT are stimulating development of new applications that require different business and architectural models for delivery of services.
This overview is part of a previous Analyst Angle program consisting of a webinar and report.
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Analyst Angle: Cradlepoint NetCloud Platform – 4G-LTE routers and cloud-delivered services
Enterprises in multiple sectors such as retail, transportation, healthcare and manufacturing are connecting infrastructures and facilities into their IT environments more completely now than ever before. Municipalities, emergency teams and public-sector agencies are also equipping their vehicles and facilities to provide better services as...
Packet launches edge compute service in 15 global locations
 Packet seeks to provide developers an un-opinionated infrastructure
Packet, a New York-based startup that specializes in bare metal infrastructure, recently launched its new edge compute service in 15 locations across the globe. Eleven of these locations are new, which are online in Los Angeles, Seattle,...
Analyst Angle: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Edgeline 4000 Converged Edge System
Advances in IoT and broadband mobile with LTE and 5G, and cloud-native computing in scalable, high performance applications have stimulated the development of a new class of edge computing solutions for deployment ‘closer’ to users at the ‘edge’ of service provider networks.
This overview is...
Kontron and Genband showcase NFV application at partner summit
 Kontron and Genband collaborate on NFV infrastructure reference solution
Kontron, a global provider of embedded computing technology and secure IoT platform solutions, and Genband, a global provider of real-time software solutions, debuted a media network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVi) reference solution at the Perspectives17 Annual...
IBM debuts universal encryption mainframe to combat hackers
IBM Corp. debuted Monday the encryption capabilities of its new z14 mainframe, otherwise known as IBM Z, which is focused on combating the growing threat of data breaches.
The number of data breaches within the U.S. is on the rise. IBM purports universal encryption --...
How is The Linux Foundation shaping telecom?
It’s no secret network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) are shaping the telecom industry. Spearheading the shift to a virtualized network is The Linux Foundation, which hosts numerous projects aimed at building a strong open ecosystem for telecom operators.
History of The Linux Foundation
The...
Oracle buys Moat for analytics, Wercker for app enablement
Oracle made two purchases this week: measurement and analytics firm Moat, and software start-up Wercker that focuses on cloud-based application and micro-services enablement through software containerization.
The Moat purchase will provide Oracle with a new platform for media and brand measurement and analytics that has an enterprise...
Windstream to purchase cloud-based UC provider Broadview
Windstream said the $227.5 million cash deal will bolster its enterprise-focused product portfolio and drive $30 million in annual operating synergies.
Regional telecommunications operator Windstream Holdings announced plans to acquire cloud-based unified communications provider Broadview Networks Holdings for $227.5 million in cash.
Windstream, which...
Comcast Business adds Direct Link to IBM Cloud platform
In a move said to support greater connection speed, reliability and security compared with an open internet connection, Comcast Business partners with IBM.
Comcast is looking to take advantage of the latest in cloud technology, announcing that its enterprise-focused operation is now...
Operators need intelligent data to drive user experience
Learn how geospatial network data, coupled with cloud-based centralized control and monitoring, drives QoE and cuts opex as 5G takes shape
Telecommunications operators have access to a rich pool of customer, both consumer and enterprise, data that, if properly harnessed, can provide valuable insight into...
5G and IoT network evolution to include a power supply rethink
Power management seen as a key component to growing the small cell footprint necessary for support of telecom industry’s 5G and IoT plans.
SANTA CLARA, California – The telecommunication industry’s move towards a greater reliance on data centers to serve the needs...
Latency and business model challenge telecom industry’s move to 5G, IoT
A complete software- and cloud-based reorganization of how telecom networks are constructed and operated is needed to meet 5G and IoT demands.
SANTA CLARA, California – Latency and a business model were cited as two significant overhangs to the telecommunication industry’s move towards...
Huawei unveils top priorities for its X Labs during MWC 2017
Huawei focus areas include connected drones, cloud VR, AR, wireless robotics and connected cars.
BARCELONA, Spain – Huawei unveiled details about the operation of its X Labs during a roundtable at the Mobile World Congress 2017. A number of companies including Intel, GE, Bosch Connected...
Orange, Huawei target verticals with public cloud services
Orange plans to initially focus on certain verticals including health care, public transportation and smart cities.
BARCELONA, Spain – Orange Business Services identified health care, public transportation and smart cities as three key verticals the company will target with its recently launched...
Alibaba Cloud expands capacity of its data center in Hong Kong
The move is part of the Chinese firm to expand operations in the APAC region
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has more than doubled the capacity of its data center in Hong Kong to help the firm meet...
Nokia launches IoT managed service for the enterprise segment
The vendor will offer connectivity and managed services through its WING offering
Finnish vendor Nokia has launched an IoT managed service which will be mainly oriented to the enterprise segment.
Nokia said that its new worldwide IoT network grid (WING) will offer both connectivity and management...
Study: Operators predict big growth in enterprise cloud communications
New BroadSoft survey of telecom operators forecasts shift to cloud for enterprise unified communications.
As digital transformation initiatives prompt major technological and operational overhauls in enterprises, unified communications systems are seen serving as the fabric that keeps increasingly distributed systems and workers connected....
Kagan: Is AI man versus machine?
Artificial intelligence is one of the hottest areas of growth and transformation we have ever seen. The next step is integrating itself and working with wireless and wireline networks. This is a huge growth opportunity and the sky looks bright for the investor, worker,...
White Paper: Embracing an Industry Inflection Point with the Cloud-Native Packet Core
Communication Service Providers (CSP) stand at the cusp of a great divergence point for both their business models and their networks. Four generations of mobile technology, and vast increases in speed and capacity for both wireless and fixed networks, have laid the foundation for...
Ericsson, Cisco partner on core cloud platform for Vodafone Hutchison Australia
First-of-its-kind partnership between Ericsson and Cisco said to tap SDN, NFV and cloud in move to modernize VHA network operations.
Vodafone Hutchison Australia is set to have its core network operations virtualized through a partnership between Ericsson and Cisco Systems in a move...