VMware has announced the launch of its VMware Telco Cloud Platform RAN, a platform that enables Communication service providers (CSPs) to virtualize radio access network
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Rakuten Mobile attracts over 3.9 million applications for its mobile offering
Japanese carrier Rakuten Mobile said it attracted over 3.9 million applications for its mobile service since it launched its 4G offering one year ago. The telco
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Categories 5G, Dell Technologies, Intel, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Infrastructure, NICs, SLA, SR-IOV
Bandwidth Guarantees for Telecom Services using SR-IOV and Containers
With the emergence of Container-native Virtualization (CNV) or the ability to run and manage virtual machines alongside container workloads, Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) takes
Well, technically… 5G has to be agile, secure, affordable and resilient: Rakuten Mobile’s Azita Arvani (Ep. 36)
Rakuten Mobile Americas’ General Manager Azita Arvani addresses the company’s decision to sell its end-to-end, cloud-native and fully virtualized mobile network architecture as a solution to
Dell Technologies White Paper: Building the 5G RAN: Virtualization and openness accelerate deployment and time to revenue
5G, along with companion technologies like mobile edge computing, data analytics, and artificial intelligence, is viewed as foundational to digital transformation of enterprises in virtually
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A Big Technology Boost is Coming to Telecom
When consumers think of communications innovation, they tend to think of apps (Uber, Netflix) or smartphone vendors (Apple, Google). Few realize how much complex technology
In its early days, 5G was, in many ways, not markedly different from advanced 4G in terms of networks and the services they delivered. However
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Categories 5G, 5G FWA, APAC, Bharti Airtel, Business, Carriers, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Infrastructure, O-RAN, Open-RAN, Qualcomm
Bharti Airtel, Qualcomm partner to foster O-RAN 5G networks in India
Indian telecommunications operator Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm Technologies announced a collaboration for accelerating 5G development in India. Recently, Airtel became India’s first telco to demonstrate 5G
Dish has signed seven new tower deals to boost its nationwide 5G network infrastructure, the operator said in a release. Dish, which is in the process
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Categories 5G, Altiostar, Dell Technologies, NetCracker, Network, Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Network Infrastructure, NFV, RAN, vRAN
It’s time to open up your RAN
Dell Technologies and three partners have joined forces to empower Communication Service Providers with a solid reference architecture that accelerates open vRAN deployments. Dell Technologies and
RCR Wireless News · Well, technically… software is truly more vital than ever (Ep. 21) This year marks the tenth anniversary of Intel’s Open source software
As service providers move towards 5G in order to realize improved service, operational agility, and greater revenue potential, there is a technology evolution in infrastructure
The demo featured a commercial end-to-end Open Fronthaul interface based on O-RAN specifications In October, the O-RAN Alliance conducted its second Global O-RAN Alliance plugfest, an
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Rakuten Mobile’s 4G infra to cover 96% of Japan’s population by mid- 2021
Japanese operator Rakuten Mobile, a unit of e-commerce giant Rakuten, expects its 4G network to cover 96% of the population in Japan by summer 2021,