NaaS can feel like an abstract concept, and misconceptions abound about what it is and what's possible. Blue Planet’s Kailem Anderson explains that NaaS has measurable and quantifiable benefits that are achievable today.
#5G is Just Another G. It's not a unicorn
Just to get your week kick-started, Dean Bubley of Disruptive Wireless has a rant about 5G myths….
Keys to the kingdom: OpenRAN seeks to break open vendor lock-in
Will OpenRAN's mainstream adoption spell the end of an era for incumbent vendors or is the technology too immature to meet customers’ demands? Graeme Neill reports.
Orange Business Services: who are you – operator or integrator?
Helmut Reisinger, CEO of Orange Business Services, recently talked to Annie Turner the division’s evolution and progress over the last highly eventful year.
Focus: Orange Group explains its AI and data strategy
Steve Jarrett, SVP of the new Data and AI unit, and Emmanuel Lugagne-Delpon, SVP at Orange Labs Networks, recently gave a virtual briefing to describe some ways Orange is using or experimenting with AI.
Enterprise networks: the battle for eminence at the edge
Public cloud companies (and others) are eying the edge computing market, and allying with operators, as well as readying to compete against them. This a critical time for telcos.
Potential and progression: The global evolution of the licence-exempt 6GHz framework
Martha Suárez, President of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, says demand for wireless broadband is ever-growing in Europe, so it is crucial to identify new mid-band spectrum for unlicensed access.
Dutch operator deploys 5G with dynamic spectrum sharing
At the end of April 2020, Dutch operator VodafoneZiggo became the latest to offer a commercial 5G service. The launch stands out as the Netherlands has not formally awarded licences for 5G spectrum writes Kester Mann, Director, Consumer and Connectivity at CCS Insight.
New networks come, old networks go on: we need an intergenerational solution
Do you know your Kubernetes from Kafka? Your data pipelines from Elastic Search? If there's anything NFV has taught us, it’s don’t create a bespoke, sector-specific solution when a proven, general-purpose one exists. Steve Legge, COO, NetNumber, talks to Annie Turner.
Quantifying the global 5G experience across ten operators
Understanding how much 5G improves mobile experience is critical to consumers who are considering upgrading to 5G and for the mobile industry to plan how quickly to invest in it, explains Ian Fogg, VP Analysis at Opensignal.
How 5G is both less and more secure than previous networks
5G promises to be faster and lower latency, enabling multiple new use cases, business models and services. But, asks Kate O’Flaherty, how secure is it really and what’s being done to address vulnerabilities?
2020 5G reader survey: smart factories and cities appeal but where are the infra and business models?
In the last year, 5G has emerged from the fog of hype into the comparative normality of the marketplace, but respondents feel there are still a number of serious concerns about the technology, writes Graeme Neill.
Beyond IP: demands are growing for non-IP networking standards
John Grant, Chairman of ISG NIN, ETSI, explains why we need to be less reliant on IP in future and alternatives to the venerable protocol suite that served us so well for so long.
Tuning up open source for telecoms
Senior execs from Cisco, Ericsson Intel, Mavenir and Metaswitch (now acquired by Microsoft) cleared a lot of fog discussing developments and obstacles in operators’ move from virtual to cloud-native at a roundtable sponsored by Red Hat.