TELECOM – THIS WEEK (2244)
1.????Vodafone, Telefonica lead new TIP group to design open OLTs
The Telecom Infra Project (TIP) is expanding its work in the wireline space, with its Fixed Broadband (FiBr) Project Group forming a new sub-group aimed at creating open solutions for PON access networks. European operators Telefonica, TIM and Vodafone are leading the effort.
2.????Dish’s Cullen: VoNR will be deployed 'more broadly' in coming weeks
Dish Networks is making progress with the deployment of 5G Voice over New Radio (VoNR), the voice service that runs on its 5G standalone (SA) network. The?company expects to deploy the service in more of its network in the coming weeks.
3.????Rakuten is working with Movandi on 5G mmWave coverage
Rakuten Wireless will use Movandi’s smart repeater with its BeamXR open-RAN technology to expand the company’s coverage and capacity of its 5G millimeter wave (mmWAve) network in Japan. The operator?said earlier this year?that it is planning to launch 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) service in December using a combination of mmWave and sub-6 GHz spectrum.
4.????Private 5G delivers data and cost savings for electric boat maker
As head of industrialization for a maker of electric boats, Elias W?stberg is used to thinking big. His company, X Shore, wants to be known as the “Tesla of the seas” and W?stberg is proud to have recently launched a model that sells for just under €100. But when it came to wireless connectivity for X Shore’s new factory in Nyk?ping, Sweden, W?stberg was initially reluctant to think unconventionally.
5.????Mavenir Open RAN Replaces Huawei at Triangle Telecom
Mavenir?has installed its?cloud-native?converged?packet?core and open?radio access network?components into Montana-based Triangle Communications network, replacing previously installed?Huawei?gear. The move is part of the U.S. government's?Secure and Trusted Telecommunications Networks Act of 2019.
6.????Tech Mahindra teams up with Mobility in Harmony for EV sector
In an effort to foster cooperation in the mobility sector, the open electric vehicle (EV) alliance Mobility in Harmony (MIH) Consortium, founded by Foxconn, has collaborated with Tech Mahindra.
7.????Nokia and Delta Telecom enable next generation IP and optical transport network with 400G-capable architecture
Nokia announced it has expanded its long-term strategic relationship with?Delta Telecom, a leading provider of advanced network communications and technology solutions in the Azerbaijan and Caucasus region. Nokia will leverage its industry-leading technology to provide a nationwide core IP and Optical DWDM network enhancement with 400G-capable architecture to ensure Azerbaijan’s largest network has the capacity, flexibility, and reduced power consumption to deliver the best possible customer experience for the future.
8.????Qualcomm and Vodafone partnering to develop and test next-generation 5G Open RAN infrastructure
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Vodafone have a strong, longstanding relationship driving mobile communications innovations in Europe and today the companies announce the next step in that collaboration. By joining forces, the two industry leaders plan to develop, test and integrate next-generation 5G distributed units (DUs) and Radio Unit (RU) with Massive MIMO capabilities, ultimately to deliver the commercial deployment of Open RAN in Europe.?
9.????Rakuten Symphony and CIQ bring back open source and open community to Open RAN deployments with CentOS Successor, Rocky Linux
Rakuten Symphony, Inc. and CIQ, Inc. announced the availability and support of the Rocky Linux operating system for handling demanding radio signal processing software workloads.
10.?Red Hat Introduces Lightweight Kubernetes Solution to Power the Next Evolution of Open Edge Computing
Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open-source solutions, today introduced?Red Hat Device Edge, a solution for flexibly deploying traditional or containerized workloads on small devices such as robots, IoT gateways, points of sale, public transport and more. Red Hat Device Edge delivers an enterprise-ready and supported distribution of the Red Hat-led open-source community project?MicroShift, a lightweight Kubernetes orchestration solution built from the edge capabilities of Red Hat OpenShift, along with an edge-optimized operating system built from Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This latest product in the Red Hat edge portfolio aims to provide a future-proof platform that allows organizations' architecture to evolve as their workload strategy changes.
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11.?Samsung lands more Open RAN business with Vodafone
Samsung is rapidly emerging as Vodafone’s go-to partner for Open RAN deployments, with the South Korean vendor being named as the leading supplier of hardware and software for two commercial Open RAN pilot deployments that Vodafone is planning in Germany next year.?
12.?Vodafone and NTT DOCOMO sign MoU to cooperate to drive greater system integration and service efficiency in Open RAN
Vodafone and NTT DOCOMO, INC. agreed to cooperate to bring the benefits of open radio access networks (Open RAN) to a wider operator and vendor community.
13.?Cuba’s creaking monopoly telco suffering “worst crisis since its creation”
In Cuba, on 3 March 1959, the revolutionary government of Fidel Castro seized control of the Cuban Telephone Company and immediately nationalised it. Hitherto, it had been a subsidiary of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation. The strategically highly important seizure was the first (but by no means the last) made by the Castro regime and, all these years on, it can safely be said that the telecoms sector in Cuba has never been the same since.?
14.?Nordic leading digital infrastructure provider GlobalConnect selects Comarch suite to support their rapidly growing managed end-to-end connectivity offering
GlobalConnect Group has signed a?contract with Comarch, to?deliver a?new common integrated customer-, product-, order- and billing solution using its industry-leading BSS/OSS suite for all its business operations. The multi-country solution?enables a?true digital and automated customer experience, harmonization of?processes across operations in?Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Germany and fully supporting GlobalConnect’s Managed End-to-End Connectivity offerings.
15.?Nokia’s single RAN and cloud RAN solutions pass GSMA’s NESAS security audit
Nokia’s Single RAN Base Station portfolio as well as its 5G Cloud RAN solution have passed the GSMA’s bi-annual Network Equipment Security Assurance Scheme (NESAS) audit, the company confirmed today. Nokia’s portfolio is fully compliant with all security requirements defined by the GSMA and standards organization, 3GPP.?
16.?PERI digitises the construction site with IoT solutions from Deutsche Telekom and SYFIT
Digital solutions are also catching on at the construction site: PERI, an international manufacturer of formwork and scaffolding technology, is supplementing its digital offering with an?Internet of Things?(IoT) solution from Deutsche Telekom. Formwork is equipped with a tracker. Deutsche Telekom and SYFIT supply the digitally recorded data to PERI. In this way, the formwork can be located anywhere and managed digitally.
17.?Rakuten dumps Red Hat, turns to “true” open-source Linux OS
Rakuten Mobile has dealt a major blow to Red Hat by deciding to remove the vendor’s software from its mobile network platform in Japan following some product support and business relationship decisions that, according to Rakuten Mobile CEO Tareq Amin (pictured above), “killed my business model”.?
18.?Claro Brasil to extend 4G and 5G-ready mobile services across Amazon region with SES’s O3b mPOWER
With unprecedented demand for high-powered mobile connectivity in the most isolated communities of the Amazon, SES today announced it has signed a multiyear capacity renewal with Claro Brasil, through Embratel, its corporate solutions division, to enable the delivery of enhanced 4G/5G-ready services via its O3b mPOWER network, SES’s next-gen medium earth orbit (MEO) communications system, in at least eight of 23 cities the telco serves via SES’s multi-orbit satellite network across the region.
19.?China's Huawei Slows Its Long Decline Under US Sanctions as Revenues Improve
China's Huawei Technologies reported modest revenue growth for a second quarter on Thursday, citing steady growth in its ICT infrastructure business as it finds its footing after U.S. sanctions knocked its once mighty handset business.