More from TelcoFutures – Page 23
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Suppliers & SCMVodafone Group furthers shake-up with open RAN vendor picks
Capgemini Engineering, Dell Technologies, Keysight Technologies, NEC, Samsung, and Wind River selected for commercial UK deployment. Vodafone top brass insists that accelerating the pace of RAN innovation, rather than cost reduction, is initial the strategic driver for open RAN rollout. Quietly trimming UK open RAN site commitment from 2,600 ...
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Products & ServicesPartners tapped for Vodafone IoT device update
Cradlepoint, Digi International, and Teltonika Networks named device provider partners for latest Integrated Terminals iteration. Vodafone-branded and -managed LTE-powered IoT suite given new lease of life.
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Network & InfrastructureTelefónica moots public cloud role for 5G core
Public cloud among the options for standalone 5G core, although reluctance to entrust fundamental functionality with a thirdparty, and current technological shortcomings, may keep the prospect theoretical.
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PremiumVodafone TV seeks AI smarts with Kaltura and AWS
Next phase for cloud-based Vodafone TV is applying ML and AI. Operator also exploring MEC via AWS partnership for low-latency TV services.
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PremiumBT flags hollow core fibre trial with Lumenisity, Mavenir
BT optical networks guru Lord hails technology as “truly remarkable”, but large-scale deployments unlikely anytime soon. Shorter latency times of up to 50% and lower 5G rollout costs among perceived benefits.
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Strategy & ChangeFintechs ready to disrupt capital markets’ status quo
BT Radianz directors discuss the potential for fintechs to drive a step change in the capital markets sector. Hybrid cloud described as an accelerator at the culmination of a 20-year digitalisation process for the industry.
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Network & InfrastructureEuropean heavyweights club together on open RAN
Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefónica, and Vodafone sign MoU. Aim is to generate greater economies of scale for smaller suppliers through common procurement parameters. Lobbying European governments for open RAN funding high on the agenda.
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Partnerships & AlliancesTelefónica aims to jump-start OpenRAN with Rakuten
Group taps Japanese operator’s know-how in virtualised networks through MoU. Implied suggestion that TIP collaboration not moving fast enough for commercial “end-to-end” deployment of open RAN architectures.
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Network & InfrastructureRakuten Mobile at DTW19: first cloud-native mobile network operator (from a non-telco)
Inside the rebel base: CTO opens up on Rakuten Mobile and Reliance Jio green-field ventures. Network and customer experience reimagined for challenge to operator establishment. Can telco establishment translate experiences, with legacy encumbrance?