Azure for Operators: “One edge network to-go please”
“Azure for Operators” lays out Microsoft’s strategy for telecom Microsoft Azure for Operators: “One hybrid edge network to go please” This week Microsoft launched Azure for Operators. Operators (CSPs)...
View ArticleHPE CMS, a Cloud Management Potpourri
The HPE CMS virtual analyst day presented a potpourri of products and solutions across a wide swath of CSP and industry needs. The good news for CSPs is that HPE has a solid portfolio of solutions,...
View ArticleORAN goes back to the future with Mavenir for 2G/3G
In a busy week, ORAN player Mavenir has announced its $100M IPO and its acquisition of Packet.io a UK-based small cells company. Packet.io’s business is built around supplying small cell solutions to...
View ArticleLayer123 SDN/NFV World Congress: From A to Z
While our natural desire to see and experience new places has been so abruptly curtailed, our thirst for knowledge is as strong as ever. This week’s Layer123 World Congress attracted a sizeable online...
View ArticleNew Research: Security in the Network Cloud
Security in the Network Cloud By and large, our associations with “cloud” are positive ones: distributed, flexible, lightweight. But the emergence of the network cloud presents some major challenges...
View ArticleTelco’s fragmented edge on show at Edgenomics
Edgenomics on TelecomTV shone a light on the plans and current economic thinking in telco edge. However, it also highlighted Telco’s fragmented edge thinking. Unsurprisingly, the event found that most...
View Article5G Private Networks Signal a New Ecosystem for Industrial Automation
A recent 5G private networks announcement is of greater significance than it might appear at first glance. The launch of a 5G-SA private network in Taiwan was important as much for who is not involved...
View ArticleInnovation success is more than proof of concepts
Last month I attended Layer123’s online event. There were a lot of detailed technical architectures for the future of NFV, SDN and 5G during the show. However, perhaps because of its online nature,...
View ArticleIBM Cloud: Public Cloud for Telecom Heads Into Digital Jetstream
On the heels of Microsoft’s Azure for Telecom, last week’s announcement of “IBM Cloud for Telecom” confirms a major trend: the inexorable shift towards public cloud infrastructure hosting critical...
View ArticleTest and Assurance Vendors Adapt to the Telco Cloud
Test and Assurance incumbents Netscout, Keysight Technologies, Viavi, Spirent, and EXFO are adapting their business models The cloudification of the network is a disruptive force across the entire...
View ArticleDay 1 of Telecom TV’s Open RAN Summit
“Open RAN” is rapidly overtaking “5G” as telecom’s Great Disruptor. At least in conversation. But unlike “5G”, it doesn’t require the same act of faith – the one that insists that simply connecting...
View ArticleTelecomTV’s Open RAN Summit: Review
TelecomTV tapped a geyser with its Open RAN Summit…but was there more than just hot air? There are two kinds of people in telecom. Those who already know Open RAN is truly revolutionary, and those who...
View ArticleVerizon VNS Application Edge Fulfils Potential of Virtualized Network Services
SD-WAN was a foundation for enterprise edge and VNS, but early deployments were lacking…. Verizon VNS Recap History lesson: about 18 months ago, Appledore profiled Verizon’s initial foray into...
View ArticleNetwork Security Evolution Webinar
Join Grant Lenahan from Appledore Research and Mick Higgins from Asavie as we discuss some of the key challenges and share insights about opportunities arising from network security evolution. Is your...
View ArticleOpen RAN: Major New Research Report
New Research: Open RAN The market for Open RAN solutions will grow to $11.2bn in 2026, according to our latest research report, “Open RAN – Opening the RAN Ecosystem”, published today. However, despite...
View ArticleThis Week in Open RAN – Week Ending 18 Dec 2020
Week Ending 18 December 2020 Another busy and productive week for Open RAN. This roundup covers the week’s most notable stories, and finishes up with a list of resources that should be useful to anyone...
View ArticleOpen RAN ecosystem gets serious in Europe
This week’s announcement, from the four major mobile operator groups in Europe, is an important milestone in the adoption of Open RAN and creating a viable Open RAN ecosystem. In it, Deutsche Telekom,...
View ArticleSpirent’s “State of 5G” Reveals Key Trends
Spirent Solutions today revealed some useful data on 5G deployments in their customer base. The data yields some insights into the 5G investment cycle across more than 600 5G engagements. Key takeaways...
View ArticleVodafone back to the future with integration of European technology
Vodafone’s CEO, Nick Read, announced the integration of Vodafone European technology organizations across network and IT as part of Vodafone’s Q3 FY21 trading update “Today we are an organization with...
View ArticleTesting and Assuring Cloud and 5G Services
The support for new protocols and standards in emerging technology like 5G creates a defensible moat for Test & Assurance suppliers. Test & Assurance suppliers will remain relevant in the...
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