BROWSING: core network

The evolution from 5G to 6G core networks includes new requirements for AI, interoperability, positioning, sensing, sustainability and more The current emphasis on bringing cloud-native technology and operating principles into 5G—with the move to a Standalone 5G architecture and cloud-native 5G core the next major...

Nokia will expand and modernize the existing IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) voice core network Finnish vendor Nokia announced that it has been selected by United Arab Emirates (UAE) operator du to modernize its circuit-switched core network. As part of the project, Nokia will expand and modernize...

BT said that all 4G and 5G data sessions and voice calls are now delivered by non-Huawei core equipment' U.K carrier BT Group missed the deadline previously imposed by the government to move data flows off core network equipment made by Chinese vendor Huawei Technologies,...

Nokia expects the first release of the 5G-Advanced standard, Release 18, will be completed by 3GPP in the first half of 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will play a key role in future 5G networks, Peter Merz, head of Nokia Standards, told...

Red Hat will serve as the primary reference platform for Nokia as it develops, tests and delivers its core network applications. Red Hat announced today that it will “tightly integrate” Nokia’s core network applications with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat OpenShift. The deal will also allow...

Nokia estimated that the addressable market for core networks in enterprise private wireless is expected to reach $1.6 billion by 2027 Nokia unveiled its new network software solutions for the field and wide area network (FAN/WAN) needs of public safety and power utilities. The vendor said...

"When it comes to 5G SA networks with a 5G core, China leads the world” China outstripped the rest of the globe for 5G Mobile Core Network (MCN) and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) market revenue growth for the second quarter of 2022, according to newly-published research produced...

Core network provider Druid Software has partnered with IoT positioning firm Polte to bring the Texas firm’s ‘cloud location over cellular’ (C-LoC) tech to private LTE and 5G networks, and also to enterprises tracking business assets from private onto public LTE and 5G infrastructure. Druid...

Compal Electronics has deployed a private 5G network with a core network from Stockholm-based telecoms software and cybersecurity outfit Enea. The Taiwanese firm, one of the world’s largest original design manufacturers (ODMs), said it will use the 5G setup for manufacturing a range of...

The Nokia core products will help United Group's network support advanced 5G services, like network slicing United Group (UG) has selected Nokia’s cloud-native core network products in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia, including the vendor’s Cloud Packet Core, Voice Core, 3G Core and Cloud Infrastructure and...

Because 5G promises to connect “anything, anywhere,” it places different requirements on a network’s packet core, and according to Keith Allan, who looks after product line management for the Cloud Packet Core at Nokia, an unprecedent level of flexibility might be one of the...

AT&T, SK Telecom, Verizon, Vodafone all working with Intel on 5G network transformation This week Intel touted its 3rd generation Xeon scalable processor and, in a virtual track focused on telco applications and complementary products, carrier executives discussed their work with Intel around virtualization of...

Most of you reading this blog will be doing so under lockdown. Whether or not you are reading this while working is another matter, but regardless, you will be using data. In this current time, when so many people are staying indoors to prevent...

How are we best? In every way, says Huawei, on back of flurry of new innovations for radio, core, and transmission networks to make 5G deployments easier and cheaper. Huawei’s perceived 12-18 month lead over rival 5G kit vendors stands, the Chinese firm said at...

Now that more than 50 service providers on every continent have rolled out 5G, where are we with 5G? and where we are going? are timely questions. When will we get to 5G Standalone (5G SA)? To date, all 5G networks have been launched with...

  The UK telco said that Huawei will not provide 5G equipment for BT’s core network but will continue to be a key provider outside the core network U.K. carrier BT is carrying out a long-running program to replace equipment from Chinese vendor Huawei in the...

Core network virtualization Network operators are virtualizing their core networks in an effort to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. By enabling virtualization in the core network, service providers can significantly decrease operational expenditure (OPEX) and capital expenditure (CAPEX), while accelerating the delivery of...