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Key Themes for 2020

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This report looks at how CSPs and their suppliers are advancing toward an unknown future with a more agile network that can support whatever comes.

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China Unicom autonomous networks scheduling and opening platform

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China Unicom leverages an autonomous network scheduling platform, gains greater visibility and control. China Unicom built an autonomous, nationwide platform for network scheduling and to open network capabilities via APIs, working with China Information Technology Designing & Consulting Institute Co. Saving the cost of.

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Mobile private network technology enablers

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Mobile private networks (MPNs) use the same kinds of network elements as public or macrocellular networks, which consist of a radio access network (RAN) and core. Communications service providers (CSPs) are modernizing public mobile networks to exploit the potential of cloud and edge computing, and MPNs will do the same.

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1&1 contracts Rakuten for German 5G Open RAN network

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Germany’s 1&1 AG has given a fillip to Open RAN and the Rakuten Communications Platform (RCP) by contracting Rakuten Group to help build its new mobile network, which will be Germany’s fourth. Its choice of partner to build a virtualized Open RAN 5G network points to Rakuten’s potential to shake up the telecoms industry.

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5G networks are blazing fast – charging needs to keep up

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The hype around 5G has largely focused on network speed but communications service providers (CSPs) know that a different kind of speed is even more important: Speed of innovation. Also CSPs need customer experience software that matches 5G’s agility. Sponsored by: Oracle. Those relationships will change as 5G matures.

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TM Forum ODA wins CIO 100 Award for IT innovation

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project was launched in December 2020, to help communications service providers (CSPs) deploy agile, cloud native software-based networks, speed up innovation, and monetize 5G. ” ODA-compliant components are interoperable building blocks of software.

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Pandion, an e-commerce delivery startup led by Amazon Air founder, lands $41.5M

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Founded in 2020 by former Amazon and Walmart executive Scott Ruffin , Pandion operates a residential parcel delivery system that covers 80% of U.S. “The company makes an Amazon-like model accessible to retailers that are looking to improve their logistics agility,” Gunther said in a statement. million Series B round.

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