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Cloud migration: delivering a network for better customer experience

TM Forum

One of the biggest challenges communications service providers (CSPs) face today is transitioning from dedicated, hardware-based networks to virtualized, programmable networks that operate across multiple public clouds.

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Networks follow OSS/BSS into the public cloud

TM Forum

AT&T is moving its 5G core network operations into. Microsoft's public cloud in a deal. that involves the software company acquiring AT&T’s Network Cloud platform technology. with Google Cloud to develop and deliver 5G and edge solutions for telcos and enterprises. acquired Metaswitch Networks.

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ODA blog series: Creating next-gen telco interoperability on cloud native networks

TM Forum

Over the last few years, two technologies that are core to future of the communications industry have been reaching maturity – 5G and cloud computing. TM Forum’s Open Digital Architecture (ODA) is augmenting the work of traditional network standards organizations such as 3GPP by addressing the deployment and management of CNFs.

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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. The Catalyst, 5G slicing as a service for B2B2X over convergent cloud central offices. as well as the.

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IBM brings hybrid-cloud app services to z/OS mainframes

Network World

IBM has introduced a service for its mainframe customers to create a cloud environment for developing and testing applications. Wazi as a Service can be used to create z/OS infrastructure instances for development and testing z/OS application components in a virtualized, containerized sandbox.

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What is SASE? A cloud service that marries SD-WAN with security

Network World

Secure access service edge (SASE) is a network architecture that rolls software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN ) and security into a cloud service that promises simplified WAN deployment, improved efficiency and security, and to provide appropriate bandwidth per application.

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

TM Forum

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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