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5G core: Exploring CSP approaches

TM Forum

5G Core (5GC) networks are now coming online in live CSP networks and their functions are entirely software-based and cloud-native. 5G core networks form the heart of a standalone 5G ecosystem when they are connected to 5G RAN and SDN transport domains within a modernized IT environment.

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Making self-service Network slice-as-a-Service a commercial reality

TM Forum

A new Catalyst project is all about demonstrating a faster and leaner way to commercialize and implement 5G network slices that can be deployed and assured with a very high level of automation and cloud native experience. Dynamic Network Slices Management and Business Model. , Network Slice Monetization. , as well as the.

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5G Core: exploring CSP approaches

TM Forum

5G Core (5GC) networks operating in 5G standalone (5G SA) mode have been the ultimate goal of communications service providers (CSPs) for a long time. Software-based and cloud-native network functions promise a new generation of B2B and B2C services, but the transition to 5G Core has been slow in coming. TM Forum's.

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‘Software is eating more of the world, faster’: Pandemic spotlights enterprise tech startups

GeekWire

Enterprise software companies have long dominated the Seattle and Pacific Northwest tech scene. They range from stalwarts such as Microsoft and F5 Networks, to a bevy of smaller startups developing cutting-edge software in cloud computing, cybersecurity, and other industries. Both companies sell process automation software.

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Spur Innovation with an Open and Intelligent Digital Transformation 2.0 Platform

TM Forum

The global deployment of 5G networks is in full swing, with 170 mobile operators having launched commercial 5G services, according to GSMA Intelligence. Nevertheless, the lack of clear B2B and B2C scenarios hinders CSPs from realizing the monetization of 5G investments.

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Why being better partners will maximize CSPs’ opportunities

TM Forum

CSPs have a huge opportunity to create new complex products and solutions for the B2C market. a de-risking of the opportunity - CSPs preferred guaranteed wholesale revenues to uncertain B2C revenues. network-as-a-service. assembled with the help of partners. But this isn’t just a one-way opportunity.

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Unleashing creativity with the programmable telco

TM Forum

A programmable network (or a software-defined network) separates the network architecture from the software that controls network devices and services and exposes network services and capabilities through standards-based APIs. Network programmability and network-as-a-service (NaaS)?

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