All System integration articles
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Partnerships & AlliancesWWT joins partner carousel at Vodafone scaleup hothouse Tomorrow Street
Accelerator buddies with US SI major, as previous ‘tactical’ partnerships lapse. Diverse multi-speed tie-ups all part of the plan says Luxembourg JV, recalibrating to scaleups’ needs. WWT bringing test, field and AI support. Next stop: digitisation and CX…
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M&AUK fibre M&A ‘easy’ (compared to challenges of compatibility, integration, compliance)
Challenger leaders at INCA gathering call out lack of industry standards as key obstacle to more M&A. Integration and migration are costly and complex, making compatibility a consideration for prospective buyers. Compliance also increasingly important in valuations. More positive is XGS-PON embrace, deemed a “damn fine standard for a starting place”, but beware legacy tech. Learn more…
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Strategy & ChangeHungary’s 4iG to carve out infra assets as part of post-M&A tidyup
Expansive regional IT and telecoms player is to make a late entrance into European infra spinoff party as it seeks to optimise cost base and bring in capital to reduce debt.
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Network & InfrastructureVector Technologies: Telcos must own interoperability to leverage multi-vendor strategic benefits
Vector Technologies considers that to succeed in a fast-moving multi‑faceted market (incl. M&A), service providers need to create an interoperable multi‑vendor access environment that can adapt. The fundamental significance will ultimately prove itself in stability and customer experience benefits that will support business growth, the broadband SI believes.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone revamps monitoring capabilities with Celfocus as it eyes billion IoT devices mark
Artificial intelligence, machine learning and sub-second processing capabilities introduced into Vodafone’s monitoring of IoT core services connectivity for oversight of hundreds of millions of IoT connections. Upgrade driven by need to address client frustration over slow fault resolution, as well as internal desire for efficiency improvement. Scalability also key: ...
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Innovation (R&D)DT showcases multi-vendor non-real-time RIC, but integration challenges remain
German incumbent partners with AirHop, Juniper Networks, VIAVI Solutions, and VMware to trial non-real-time RAN intelligent controller based on O-RAN specs.
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Network & InfrastructureVodafone kickstarts open RAN, Huawei gets the boot
UK deployment begins in earnest as operator seeks 2,500 open RAN sites by 2027.
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Network & InfrastructureUK Emergency Services Network fiasco — have we crossed the Rubicon?
David Hilliard, CEO of Mentor Europe, shares strategies to redeem the much-maligned ESN with TelcoTitans. Years late, billions wasted, and with no resolution in sight, learn more about the seeds of the ESN’s failure, UK government misfires still dragging the programme down, and potential solutions…
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PremiumElsewhere in Brazil: FiBrasil continues to build up IT partner team
FiBrasil continues to build up IT partner team.
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PremiumBT’s Sutton highlights timing issues with open RAN
Group’s Principal Network Architect says vRAN will need “hardware assistance” to deal with timing and sync between different components.
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PremiumSalam answers ESN emergency call as Moto scarpers
Veteran network strategist takes the technical helm for ESN as the Home Office seeks to pick up ESN pace, and Motorola Solutions retreats from UK sector.
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PremiumVodafone–DOCOMO pact delivers first open RAN fruit
Vodafone–DOCOMO partnership building a head of steam to drive open RAN deployment
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EventwatchVodafone: Testing times and the 90:10 ratio to advance ORAN integration
Vodafone’s ORAN leader highlights need for collaboration.
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Vendor VoiceAccount Team Spotlight: Celfocus on Vodafone Tech 2025 alignment
EMEA telecoms SI talks to TelcoTitans about the changes it has made to its Vodafone client team to ensure it is in lockstep with the Group’s Tech 2025 strategy.
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EventwatchFÿuz 2022: Integration tops open RAN issues for operators
Generally optimistic view on open RAN despite integration challenges.
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Network & InfrastructureFÿuz 2022: Vodafone turns up the volume on open RAN
It’s all about open RAN on first day at Fÿuz; Vodafone tops charts for enthusiasm and news announcements.
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InterviewTIP’s Tenorio on the state of open RAN
Organisation’s chair says open RAN’s highest purpose for operators can be considered ‘optionality’.
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Network & InfrastructureNEC flags open RAN “caution” among brownfield operators
Senior exec blames open RAN wariness on “delayed validation”.
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Network & InfrastructureDT weighs in on disaggregation pain points
NGMN IC&E 2022: integration, operating model, and skills seen as top challenges.
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Network & InfrastructureVM O2 takes open RAN to next stage
Virgin Media O2 switches on first live open RAN sites.