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Network & Infrastructure
Orange preps to level up on autonomous networks
Alexis Koalla says operator’s first use cases will be implemented in 2025 as part of group’s phased voyage towards network autonomy.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone mega RAN tender results coming “soon”
It could be days or weeks, but Vodafone expects to announce “pretty soon” the suppliers for its global radio access network as the procurement process enters the final stages.
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Innovation (R&D)
Celfocus: Project Sylva enables enterprise for new connectivity solutions like MPN
Evolving at breakneck speed, the open-source cloud‑native platform is highlighting opportunities to unlock solutions development as well as greater efficiency for telco cloud. Telco SI Celfocus pinpoints streamlined mobile private network propositions to advance delivery of connected enterprise experiences.
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Network & Infrastructure
Vodafone kicks off mega RAN tender for Europe and Africa
Tender puts vendors on tenterhooks as Group starts procurement process for radio networks covering its 170,000-site footprint, while trials complete in Italy with Nokia in tow.
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Network & Infrastructure
Mavenir, Red Hat flaunt ORAN go-live for Vodafone’s Vi
Indian operator sets commercial open RAN live as co-parent Vodafone initiates ‘mega tender’; vendors looking to stake claims in crowded partner ecosystem…
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Network & Infrastructure
Rakuten + Rocky Linux = open RAN economics and sustainability at scale
Switching lanes from Red Hat to Rocky Linux for its cloud telco OS is designed to keep Rakuten’s disaggregated network model sustainable at scale.
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Elsewhere in Hispanoamérica: one million IoT lines connected via Kite platform in Peru
Telefónica goes shopping in Argentina; Movistar Empresas flies Kite in Mexico to reach one million IoT lines.
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Telefónica Tech pens fresh cloud deal with IBM, Red Hat
Trio partner to co‑create multi‑cloud enterprise solutions and services. TROS represents evolution of Telefónica Tech’s Cloud Garden and Red Hat’s OpenShift hybrid cloud Kubernetes platform.
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Driss flags German automation progress
Telekom Deutschland ‘close to retiring’ legacy IMS network following NIMS migration. Automation more about driving ‘hyperscaler-like’ experiences in order to meet customer requirements and increase revenue.
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Red Hat digs in at VodafoneZiggo
Dutch JV to deploy Red Hat OpenShift to support future 5G core. IBM-owned software provider is gradually expanding its role within the Group.
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Financial & Performance
Telefónica prescribes digitalisation as Europe’s inflation antidote
Telefónica’s Argentinian inflation battle shows digitalisation value in markets facing cost challenges. Group management also seeks to ease qualms over rising energy costs and wage inflation in Europe through digitally driven efficiency drive.
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Telefónica sets wheels in motion for UNICA Next
IBM, Juniper Networks, and Red Hat tasked with deploying cloud-native 5G core network platform as UNICA focus evolves from virtualisation to modularisation. First data centres slated for rollout in October 2021. Unclear how far initial division of UNICA Next labour is split between public and private cloud.
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Vi keeps tight rein on spectrum spending
As expected, Indian JV is by far the lowest spender in India’s recent multi-band spectrum auction. All three operators shun 5G-friendly 700MHz spectrum because of high reserve price.
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Products & Services
Telefónica teams with IBM to re-wild Cloud Garden
Operator gives digitisation platform a spruce up with Red Hat OpenShift technology. Update provides ‘lingua franca’ to support smooth adoption of digitalisation strategies by Telefónica’s corporate customers.
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Elsewhere in Systems Solutions: SA exit door eyed up
South Africa exit lined up; Amazon Web Services and Cisco Systems share award love.
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Partnerships & Alliances
Vi extends IBM remit to big data analytics
Latest IBM deal in India brings Hadoop back into the fold.
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Strategy & Change
Elsewhere in Telefónica Hispanoamérica: Chile offloads spectrum; Argentina-Red Hat platform makes the shortlist
Movistar Play a regional player; Movistar and Red Hat share award nom; Chilean regulator wins spectrum standoff.
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Products & Services
Telekom Deutschland takes IP fixed voice to the cloud
New Next Generation IP Multimedia Subsystem (NIMS) platform up and running. Marks another step in DT’s journey to software telco. NIMS suppliers include Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Juniper Networks, Lenovo, Mavenir, Metaswitch, and Red Hat.
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Vodafonewatch roundup — June 2020
Deals and updates from across the Vodafone Group include the latest CNTT release, Vodafone Business partnership with Energy Web, and a coordinated Track and Trace effort from European telcos. Vodafone Idea flagged collaborations with Nokia, Red Hat, and Mavenir. Vodafone Greece launched ToBi; Ireland expanded its relationship with Exclusive ...
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Vodafone Greece deploys Red Hat’s Quarkus to improve boot times
Rejig painted as giving Digital eXperience Layer a speed upgrade.