India’s Jio goes with Google Cloud in 5G

Source:-https://www.lightreading.com/ MUMBAI – Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Jio), a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, and Google Cloud are embarking on a comprehensive, long-term strategic relationship with a goal of powering 5G in enterprise and consumer segments nationwide. In addition, Reliance will also take advantage of Google Cloud’s scalable infrastructure thereby enabling its retail business to achieve better operational efficiency, modernize and scale for growth, and deliver better performance and experiences to customers. Jio and Google Cloud to unlock the transformational

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Jio and Google Cloud to collab on 5G Technology for enabling a billion Indians access Superior Connectivity

Source:-https://www.indiainfoline.com/ Reliance Industries-led subsidiary, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (Jio) and Google Cloud are embarking on a comprehensive, long-term strategic relationship to power 5G in enterprise and consumer segments nationwide. Additionally, Reliance will also take advantage of Google Cloud’s scalable infrastructure thereby enabling its retail business to achieve better operational efficiency, modernize and scale for growth, and deliver better performance and experiences to customers. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited said, “Cloud solution is a key area where

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Casa Systems teams with Google to deliver cloud-native 5G standalone core

Source:-https://www.fiercetelecom.com/ Casa Systems partnered with Google Cloud to make it possible to integrate the company’s cloud-native 5G standalone core with a hyperscaler public cloud. The advantage of this type of integration, according to Casa, is that it makes it possible to deliver ultra-low latency applications even when the control plane and user plane are separated by hundreds of miles. Casa said its engineers worked closely with engineers at Google Cloud’s ISV/SaaS Centre of Excellence to field test the solution. The

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Spirent works with AWS to provide automated 5G network testing, 5G

Source:-https://illinoisnewstoday.com/ Frederick, Maryland. – – Spirent Communications plc (LSE: SPT) today announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide automated 5G testing capabilities to communications service providers (CSPs) building 5G networks on AWS. Spirent’s market-first Landslide 5GC automation package is designed to help carriers quickly deploy 5G networks on AWS, significantly reducing operational costs, time, and resources compared to manual testing. By combining AWS’s continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI / CD) pipeline with Spirent’s vendor-independent 5G testing

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Bell will use AWS Wavelength to power its 5G edge

Source:-https://www.fiercetelecom.com/ Bell Canada will incorporate Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Wavelength into its 5G network edge, making it the first Canadian operator to use Wavelength, which is Amazon’s cloud platform that’s designed specifically for edge computing. The Canadian service provider also said AWS is its preferred public cloud provider. Bell’s alliance with AWS is similar to Verizon’s AWS partnership. Verizon made AWS its preferred cloud provider for business applications and then a year later announced it was using AWS Wavelength for

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Spirent teams with AWS on automated 5G testing

Source:-https://www.fiercewireless.com/ Spirent has partnered with Amazon Web Services to allow service providers building 5G networks on AWS to leverage automated 5G testing capabilities that can reduce their operational costs and time-to-market. The partnership gives those carriers access to Spirent’s vendor-neutral Landslide 5GC Automation Package in combination with AWS’s Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipeline to help them validate mobile network functions and services for performance, capacity, compliance and other requirements. Parallel tests also can be supported. Manually setting up

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Telefonica Vivo joins hands with AWS to deploy 5G SA

Source:-https://developingtelecoms.com/ Brazilian mobile market leader Telefonica Brasil (Vivo) performed tests with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the native operation of the core of a 5G standalone (5G SA) network in the cloud, and the results were validated for the performance parameters of a 5G SA network. According to a report in Teletime, the use of a cloud core is a viable option for the evolution of mobile networks even in the face of the need for immediate evolution to standalone

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TelefĂłnica validates AWS as option for 5G SA core deployment in Brazil

Source:-https://www.fiercewireless.com/ TelefĂłnica on Friday said it reached a clear milestone for cloud-native 5G plans in Brazil, validating Amazon Web Services (AWS) Outposts as “an effective infrastructure option” to deploy core technology for standalone (SA) services in the country. TelefĂłnica is looking to increase automation and drive new revenues with cloud-based SA 5G platforms. In Brazil, the work with AWS means the operator’s Vivo brand has a way to build out 5G more quickly and introduce new network processes – with

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AWS, Verizon Launch Mobile Edge Computing For Enterprises

Source:-https://mytechdecisions.com/ Verizon Business and Amazon Web Services said Monday they are expanding their 5G collaboration to bring private mobile edge computing (MEC) to U.S. enterprise customers. The solution will deliver a completely dedicated edge compute infrastructure on-premise that enables ultra-low latency, higher levels of security and deeper customization that fully integrates Verizon’s Private 5G networks and Private Edge platform with AWS Outposts, according to the announcement. This allows Verizon enterprise customers to use the private MEC to deploy real-time enterprise

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Spotlight: How hyperscaler clouds and telecom operators are collaborating for 5G

Source:-https://cloudcomputing-news.net/ 5G is clearly a new revolution which supports various new technologies – autonomous cars, augmented and virtual reality – by providing low latency and higher bandwidth on the network. For the first time, with 5G, telecom network workloads are shifted to cloud and becoming the service-based architecture (SBA) where network will be used to push services to subscribers. Additionally, edge clouds are being introduced which further extends 5G capabilities and delivers faster, reliable services by physically putting processing and

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Dell, VMware develop edge computing OneBox for private 5G

Source:-https://www.crn.com.au/ Dell Technologies and VMware are building a new edge computing platform with SK Telecom to provide private 5G in a single multi-edge compute (MEC) box to give enterprises more secure and reliable access to data at edge locations. The new OneBox MEC is based on Dell’s PowerEdge XE2420 server coupled with the VMware Telco Cloud Platform and South Korea-based SK Telecom’s 5GX MEC platform to offer fully integrated private 5G connectivity and edge computing services. The OneBox MEC delivers

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Casual, mobile gamers have the most to gain from 5G, cloud computing

Source:-https://www.rcrwireless.com “[5G] solves the last few hundred yards and makes it a lot better, but the internet is still the internet and it was never built for real-time applications,” he said. However, according to Brian Lavallée, the senior director of portfolio marketing for Ciena’s 5G, packet, and submarine networking solutions, that isn’t the full story. 5G, he explained, does more than just add capacity to the network and offer fasting downloads. “You’re looking at latency down to 1 ms, which

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5G Americas Announces VMware to its Board of Governors

Source:-https://www.globenewswire.com BELLEVUE, Wash., Nov. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — 5G Americas, the wireless industry trade consortium and voice of 5G and LTE for the Americas, today announced the election of VMware to its Board of Governors. VMware will join the wireless industry’s leading operators and manufacturers who are crucial to the deployment of 5G and beyond throughout the Americas region. “VMware’s experience in disruptive technologies like edge computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, machine learning, Kubernetes orchestration and more– is defining the

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VMware, Samsung join hands to push 5G-ready services to CSPs

Source:-https://techobserver.in Virtual Infrastructure giant VMware said that it is collaborating with Samsung Electronics to work on 5G solutions. Through this alliance, the companies seek to push Samsung’s portfolio of telco offerings from Core to Edge to RAN for both containerized network functions (CNFs) and virtualized network functions (VNFs) with VMware Telco Cloud Platform. As part of this collaboration, the companies have been working together at Samsung’s lab to optimize and accelerate the readiness of Samsung’s various VNFs and CNFs, such

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5 Ways Wireless Technology Will Evolve in 2019

Source:- devops.com 2019 will be a transformative year for the wireless world, with landmark developments in 5G, cloud computing and hardware. From stadiums and retail buildings to airports and even street corners, there’s no place that won’t be affected by the rapid evolution of wireless technology. And if you’re not up on the edge, you’re sleeping on the biggest story of the year. As CEO of Packet, I’ve experienced firsthand the latest advances in edge computing, 5G and hardware, all of which

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