5G necessitates greater levels of adaptability in telecom network architecture, scaling, and implementation. This is especially true for Radio Access Network (RAN) deployments, where cloud technology provides new, innovative options that supplant tried-and-proven, purpose-built solutions.
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5G deployments are only just underway across global telco network operators. As an AWS employee leading the Containers practice for global telcos, it is personally gratifying to note that analysts report an increasing number of signals which indicate that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is building an early lead over rivals Google Cloud and Microsoft in capturing market share.
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Full-stack services for mobile customers have been made possible by custom software and components that are hosted in data centers (DCs). I
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Telcos are convinced that they can profit from 5G core in the B2B market, but the value case for consumers is less obvious. According to McKinsey, numerous exciting innovations may change tha
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Edge computing is all about implementing compute, storage & networking to enable processing closer to data-generating connected devices. There are a few definitions that emerged with the adopters of edge in different architectures.
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Join this chalk talk for an end-to-end walkthrough on how to deploy 5G core and RAN using open-source components, and learn all the foundational aspects for Amazon EKS and AWS (AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, Amazon CloudWatch, and so on).
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This blog discusses why legacy VNFs (Virtual Network Functions) will need to either move over to being purely container-based (CNFs) or to run alongside CNFs using approaches like Kubevirt or Kata containers.
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This blog introduces Private 5G networks and their uses.
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IDC Report “Telecommunication Service Provider Practices to Maximize Cloud Service Provider Partnerships to Enable the Future of Connectivity”
AWS and IDC have published a research report on telco collaboration with hyperscalers and cloud service providers as they evolve into 5G and MEC edge applications.I thought it would be helpful to highlight this report. It also highlights Swisscom, an AWS customer and their 5G journey from a CSP to a “cloud first” Telco.
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This week’s post features a customer story and one my team and I have been working on for some time – Spark NZ which has been implementing the country’s first standalone 5G network. T