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Vodafone and AWS extend European 5G-MEC into Spain

Vodafone has extended its multi-access edge (MEC) arrangement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) into Spain. The UK-headquartered operator said its tie-up with AWS in Spain, to embed the cloud firm’s Wavelength compute platform into its 4G-LTE and 5G network edge, makes it the only...

RCR Live: Telco Reinvention – Key Findings Report

As the telecoms industry undergoes rapid change and digitalization, 2023 marks the year of much-needed reinvention. Both carriers and other stakeholders are facing new challenges and opportunities as they adapt, monetize and expand to meet the demands of the transforming landscape. In the most recent...

Soracom intros trio of generative AI services for cellular IoT customers

Busy Japan-based IoT connectivity provider Soracom has introduced three services to help IoT users to take advantage of new generative AI capabilities. The KDDI-owned firm said the trio of new analytics services work together or separately to process and interpret IoT device data on...

On-prem vs cloud IoT data collection: The pros and cons (Reader Forum)

In today's data-driven world, a significant amount of data storage still happens on-premise. However, when organizations opt for cloud solutions, it is often through cloud subscriptions with hyperscalers like Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Services. These cloud-based services offer tools for building applications, but...

How Industry 4.0 chilled out and got real (‘not with 5G’) – Software AG hails new dawn for IoT

A good – and overdue and delayed – catchup with Bernd Gross, chief technology officer at Software AG, at Hannover Messe some months back gave pause to reflect on broader developments with Industry 4.0, and with 5G as an adjunct to it, as well...

AWS invests $100 million in generative AI

The decision puts AWS in a better position against rivals Microsoft and Google Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced a $100 million investment to develop a center to help enterprises use generative AI, the technology behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot. The decision puts the company in...

Hyperscalers, integrators, operators – the fight to be top dog in Industry 4.0

It is easy to be benevolent when you’re top-dog. Which is true in life, of course – and is not to say that goodness should be graded by the relative comfort of the do-gooder. But what goodness is there in a boardroom, really? Because...

Public cloud is key to 5G sustainability: AWS

By partnering with AWS on public cloud, operators can leverage renewable-powered data centers and silicon innovation to drive 5G sustainability strategies Against the backdrop of a shift from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism, the current and future impacts of climate change, and the simple moral imperative,...

From telco to tech-co—AWS on the art of the possible

AWS is working to help operators understand use cases, assemble an ecosystem and accelerate time-to-value Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars operators around the world have pumped into deploying 5G networks, service revenues have largely remained stagnant. While there’s industry consensus that there’s no...

OT-grade, IT-friendly, telco-made – Nokia eyes Industry 4.0 ‘sweet spot’

This article continues from another post, under the header: ‘They’re still figuring it out; we've moved beyond’ – Nokia expands Industry 4.0 view. Click here to read the previous instalment. The problem with Industry 4.0 in brownfield sites is that playground software is fighting for...

‘They’re still figuring it out; we’ve moved beyond’ – Nokia expands Industry 4.0 view

A couple of years back, Nokia talked up its private 5G cloud system like a Netflix-style content platform; almost three years later, it is looking to deliver on that concept by loading its MXIE edge-compute servers with Industry 4.0 applications. It is a telling...

“But I ordered a McCrispy…” – searching for 5G in the home of Industry 4.0

First impressions count – and the trains are late, the stairs are broken, and the food is wrong. This is not the fabled German efficiency we came here to discuss – and see projected into the digital age across 17 cavernous halls of the...

T-Mobile US talks MEC strategy

In designing and delivering MEC (and private network) solutions, T-Mobile US touts a “just-right” approach to meet customers where they are In addition to moving their own network and administrative workloads into private, public and hybrid cloud environments, operators are simultaneously partnering with hyperscalers to...

Deutsche Telekom works with AWS for 5G campus network offering

Deutsche Telekom currently operates more than thirty of these local mobile networks based on 5G or LTE across Germany and Austria German operator Deutsche Telekom announced its collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) under a new program which connects AWS services with Deutsche Telekom’s private...

‘More than just connectivity’ – AWS rises above the private 5G hubbub

Amazon Web Services (AWS) will, at some point, replicate its managed private 5G service offering in global markets, it says. The product, currently limited to CBRS installations in the US, has underpinned 200-odd private cellular deployments so far – mostly LTE-based, mostly using componentry...

BT and AWS extend partnership to $500m IoT and MEC enterprise services market

UK-based BT Group has further expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to collaborate on IoT industry solutions, cloud networking propositions, and 5G edge computing services for UK enterprise customers. It said the deal “targets” a $500 million revenue opportunity” to sell IoT...

BT taps AWS for ‘multi-million’ 5G MEC network for high-end IoT

BT has said it is to make a “multi-million-pound investment” in mobile edge computing (MEC), rooted in its LTE (4G) and 5G network infrastructure. Its mission is to bring enterprise services and applications closer to customers. It is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS)...

AWS pushes private 5G with carrier quintet (DT, KDDI, Orange, T-Mobile, Telefónica)

AWS has opened a new shopfront and for operator partners to hawk their private LTE (4G) and 5G solutions to enterprises, to be combined with its own cloud-to-edge compute services and applications, including sundry IoT and AI/ML based solutions. AWS has deals with Deutsche...

Bright eyed, bushy tailed, mob handed – AWS is best-in-show at Barcelona IoT bash

How do you judge the best-in-show? By the bright eyes and bushy tails? Probably not if it is a tech fair. So how should one rate the stands at IoT Solutions World Congress (IOTSWC) in Barcelona? Is it a size thing? Is it a...

Mobi signs deal with Federated for 5G CBRS, launches pilot in continental US

Mobi has operated in Hawaii since 2005 Hawaiian service provider Mobi is expanding its horizons, signing a new deal with Federated Wireless to harness CBRS for a 5G wireless broadband service and launching a pilot mobile virtual network operator service in the continental U.S. Mobi won...

StarHub starts multi-cloud network transformation

Singapore operator StarHub has embarked upon a new multi-cloud network transformation project to boost the delivery, scalability, and performance of its mobile, broadband, and entertainment services. AWS, Google Cloud, NAVER Cloud, and Nokia have been appointed for support. The project goes under the name...

Mexico to make available up to 7,750 megahertz for 5G in 2023

Local carriers America Movil, AT&T and Movistar are already offering 5G in some cities across Mexico Mexican telecommunications regulator IFT confirmed that it will make available up to 7,750 megahertz of millimeter-wave spectrum next year that will be used for the deployment of 5G networks. In...

re:Invent 2022 highlights Amazon’s MEC and RAN efforts

Vodafone, Intel and others showcased new solutions leveraging AWS technology Amazon Web Services (AWS) held its annual re:Invent event in Las Vegas, Nevada this week. The week-long fête spanned the depth and breadth of the myriad services AWS offers, but there were a few interesting tidbits for...

Big game hunting with private 5G – more takeaways from Private Networks Forum

A panel session at Private Networks European Forum last month put the spotlight on the discipline of network and system management, specifically, where traditional mobile operators are increasingly facing-off with rival factions in the developing Industry 4.0 supplier market. These other groups include system...