Telco Cloud

31 March, 2020

Nokia launches AVA 5G Cognitive Operations to help telcos enter the 5G era

Nokia, has announced the launch of a complete AI as a service offering: Nokia AVA 5G Cognitive Operations. The framework and its underlying AI-based solutions enable CSPs to transform their network, service and business operations through the application of AI, automation and cloud scalability. The solution will provide CSPs with insights to assist with slice creation and assurance to meet committed SLAs. (more…)

18 March, 2020

GSMA Telco Edge Cloud turns to MobiledgeX to take ownership of the edge marketplace

With the recent announcement that China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, EE, KDDI, Orange, Singtel, SK Telecom, Telefonica and TIM are working together, with the support of GSMA, to develop an interoperable platform to make edge compute capabilities widely and easily available, it’s clear that telecoms operators see significant potential in mobile edge computing, writes George Malim.

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26 February, 2020

Nokia introduces cloud-native assurance and experience software to help CSPs

Nokia introduced two new cloud-native software applications that help communication service provider (CSPs) operate their networks more efficiently and effectively, and drive new revenue opportunities. (more…)

12 February, 2020

M1 selects Aria Systems’ cloud billing platform to support digital transformation initiatives

Aria Systems, helps enterprises to grow subscription- and usage-based revenue, announced that Singapore-based communications provider M1 Limited (M1) has selected its billing and monetisation platform to support M1’s cloud-first digital transformation strategy. (more…)

28 January, 2020

Pluribus brings open networking to the telco central office with Celestica’s Edgestone

Pluribus Networks, a specialist in open networking and controllerless software-defined networking (SDN) automation, has expanded its distributed cloud portfolio. According to the company, this enables telecom service providers to expand data centre infrastructure to the central office, extend their cloud service offerings and accelerate network automation. (more…)

21 January, 2020

Cloud will deliver the promise of simplicity in 2020, says Virgin Media Business

Cloud is nothing new and it has been embraced by organisations of all types. However, managing cloud solutions has become complex to the extent that it is creating problems for organisations rather than delivering on the cloud promise of simplicity.

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20 December, 2019

Procurement focus on cost reduction stunts innovation, warns Ivalua report

With a new report from Ivalua revealing that more than two thirds of telecoms organisations say innovation is being blocked because of their focus on cost reduction, George Malim asks the company’s chief marketing officer, Alex Saric, how communications service providers’ (CSPs) approaches to procurement are changing as the service portfolio and competitive landscape transforms.

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03 December, 2019

Embracing omni-digital customer service in the telco sector

Customer service is becoming the differentiator amongst telco providers – with a digital arms race taking place to provide the best experience. A study found that customer service will overtake price and product as the key brand differentiator in 2020. (more…)

13 November, 2019

Telcos’ Open API use is outpacing vendor supply, TM Forum survey reveals

A new survey by the TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, confirms that both sides of the communications industry are making progress in using Open APIs. But it also reveals that vendors’ native Open API support lags behind the demand from CSPs.

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29 October, 2019

Don’t leave the network as an afterthought, says Telia Carrier’s Miskulin

Matthew Miskulin, the head of Ecosystem and Network Development at Telia Carrier, tells George Malim, the managing editor of VanillaPlus, that connectivity providers are carving out a larger footprint in the enterprise market by providing network and IT options that fit with enterprises’ specific requirements and integrate smoothly with their chosen cloud providers’ architectures.

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