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Axiata Digital Labs (ADL) to collaborate with AWS driving Telco Industry TechCo Evolution

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

COLOMBO, LK, Mar 2, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Axiata Digital Labs (ADL) has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide its cutting-edge Digital Telco services to AWS customers.

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  • COLOMBO, LK, Mar 2, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Axiata Digital Labs (ADL) has announced a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to provide its cutting-edge Digital Telco services to AWS customers.
  • The collaboration will benefit the telco industry by providing a seamless and enhanced experience with ADL's innovative Axonect Product Suite running on AWS.
  • By collaborating with AWS, ADL's customers will have access to AWS's global infrastructure and breadth and depth of cloud capabilities.
  • "We are thrilled to collaborate with AWS and help our customers bring a digital telco experience like never before to consumers," said Thushera Kawdawatta, CEO of Axiata Digital Labs.

Vivian Health Hits One Million Healthcare Workers Served

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Vivian Health , the leading jobs marketplace that serves healthcare professionals first, announced today that it reached a new milestone: more than one million clinicians now use its leading platform to discover and connect with new and improved employment opportunities.

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  • Vivian Health , the leading jobs marketplace that serves healthcare professionals first, announced today that it reached a new milestone: more than one million clinicians now use its leading platform to discover and connect with new and improved employment opportunities.
  • “This milestone is a testament to the strength of Vivian Health’s mission—to help America’s healthcare professionals find jobs they love—and the dedication of our team as we continue to transform the recruitment and career management experience across all of healthcare,” said Parth Bhakta, CEO and co-founder of Vivian Health.
  • “We are committed to supporting those who serve others, the workers who have sacrificed so much over the past three years.
  • Vivian’s growing internal staff of healthcare professionals and experts in areas like UX research, clinician advocacy, and customer success continue to ensure that healthcare workers continuously influence the development of the platform and the direction of the business.

VMware Announces Innovations at Mobile World Congress 2023 that Enable Service Providers and Enterprises to Expand 5G Capabilities

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Mobile World Congress 2023—Today, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced innovations and expanded partnerships across its service provider and edge product portfolios to meet the evolving needs of Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprises.

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  • Mobile World Congress 2023—Today, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced innovations and expanded partnerships across its service provider and edge product portfolios to meet the evolving needs of Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprises.
  • “It’s a time of change for service providers as they modernize their networks and monetize their services,” said Sanjay Uppal, senior vice president and general manager, Service Provider and Edge, VMware.
  • Additionally, VMware is providing next-generation networking within VMware Telco Cloud Platform with VMware NSX delivering telco-grade intelligent networking and lateral security capabilities.
  • Visit VMware News & Stories for all VMware announcements made at the show as well as customer testimonials, partner updates and more.

VMware Collaborates with Samsung on Virtualized RAN to Pave Way for Open 5G Networks

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

This milestone advances the ongoing efforts between the two companies to enable Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to gain the full benefits of Open RAN networks.

Key Points: 
  • This milestone advances the ongoing efforts between the two companies to enable Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to gain the full benefits of Open RAN networks.
  • VMware and Samsung announced their global 5G collaboration in 2020, and have since co-developed a validated architecture and cell site deployment model integrating the Samsung virtualized Distributed Unit (vDU) running on top of the VMware Telco Cloud Platform.
  • The two companies are now working together to make the evolution of 5G Open RAN networks enabled by a cloud-native architecture simpler for CSPs.
  • VMware is collaborating with Samsung on building the foremost network architecture to support the DISH Wireless traffic on their cloud-native Open RAN 5G network.

NTT DATA and VMware Collaborate to Accelerate Open RAN Adoption and Deployment

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Mobile World Congress 2023 -- NTT DATA and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced an expanded collaboration to accelerate the path to software-defined, large-scale Open RAN deployments through combined solutions and services.

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  • Mobile World Congress 2023 -- NTT DATA and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) today announced an expanded collaboration to accelerate the path to software-defined, large-scale Open RAN deployments through combined solutions and services.
  • NTT DATA and VMware recognize that CSPs are moving towards an Open RAN future state deployment and seeking to leverage a horizontal, modern telco cloud platform to achieve greater scale, efficiency, and agility in their radio access networks.
  • Through this collaboration, NTT DATA and VMware will aim to expedite CSPs’ ability to leverage best practices and Open RAN large scale deployment know-how, including instantiation, configuration, testing and operation of cloud-native functions (CNFs) on either new or existing network deployments.
  • NTT DATA and VMware are members of the 5G Open RAN Ecosystem eXperience (OREXTM) established by NTT DOCOMO, which includes a lab to allow other CSPs to test and verify Open RAN and vRAN applications, platforms and systems.

AirHop becomes the first vendor selected by Rakuten Symphony to launch xApps on the Symworld™ marketplace

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

AirHop Communications today announced the availability of AirHop’s portfolio of RAN automation and optimization xApps on Rakuten Symphony’s Symworld™ marketplace.

Key Points: 
  • AirHop Communications today announced the availability of AirHop’s portfolio of RAN automation and optimization xApps on Rakuten Symphony’s Symworld™ marketplace.
  • Tareq Amin, CEO of Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Symphony, stated, “AirHop has been an important partner to Rakuten’s journey to drive toward autonomous network operations.
  • Our deep collaboration with Rakuten Mobile and Rakuten Symphony has helped AirHop establish our xApp solution’s robustness and scalability for large commercial deployments.
  • The Symworld™ platform digitalizes all telecom processes for planning, deploying, securing, and monitoring the software in live telecom networks; and makes Symworld™ marketplace applications one-click away from deployment.

Synchronoss Announces Strong Messaging Platform Growth in Asia Pacific Fueled by Advanced Messaging

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Monday, February 27, 2023

BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SNCR), a global leader and innovator in cloud, messaging and digital products and platforms, today announced strong growth in Asia Pacific, primarily fueled by growth in its Advanced Messaging business.

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  • BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (“Synchronoss” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: SNCR), a global leader and innovator in cloud, messaging and digital products and platforms, today announced strong growth in Asia Pacific, primarily fueled by growth in its Advanced Messaging business.
  • Another prominent service provider in Asia Pacific recently announced a major milestone, delivering email services to over 50 million users .
  • The end-to-end email platform, powered by Synchronoss Email Suite and the Mx9 core messaging platform, is highly scalable and ensures security and data privacy for its subscribers.
  • “The recent deployments and milestones are fueling the momentum of our Messaging platforms in the Asia Pacific region,” said Jeff Miller, President and CEO of Synchronoss.

Mavenir Introduces Virtual Cell Site Router

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Friday, February 24, 2023

Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, today introduced its Virtual Cell Site Router (vCSR), an innovative solution that moves the cell-site routing functionality into a containerized virtual function inside the Open RAN DU server (running on COTS hardware).

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  • Mavenir, the Network Software Provider building the future of networks with cloud-native solutions that run on any cloud, today introduced its Virtual Cell Site Router (vCSR), an innovative solution that moves the cell-site routing functionality into a containerized virtual function inside the Open RAN DU server (running on COTS hardware).
  • Every 4G and 5G cell site deployed requires a high-throughput, ultra-low latency cell-site router to connect the different components into the radio access network (RAN).
  • Mavenir vCSR provides the following benefits:
    Lower total cost of ownership — the containerized virtual function allows for automated deployment and management flexibility with fewer elements to procure, deploy and power at the cell site.
  • “The virtualization of the cell-site router is yet another network element that Mavenir has modernized,” said Ashok Khuntia, President, Core Networks, Mavenir.

Radisys Introduces Programmable Media Analytics to Monetize 5G & Edge Cloud Applications

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Radisys® Corporation , a global leader of open telecom solutions, today announced the addition of Engage Media Analytics within the acclaimed Engage Digital Platform (EDP) .

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  • Radisys® Corporation , a global leader of open telecom solutions, today announced the addition of Engage Media Analytics within the acclaimed Engage Digital Platform (EDP) .
  • Engage Media Analytics is a comprehensive solution that provides Communication Service Providers (CSPs), System Integrators, and Enterprises with cost-effective low-code/no-code visual design tools to create Industry 4.0 applications with new AI-powered audio analytics and computer vision capabilities.
  • The Engage Media Analytics solution offers a unique combination of capabilities:
    Off-the-shelf models including people and object counting, object and sound detection and classification, and biometric authentication.
  • Alan Quayle, Founder TADHack, TADSummit, said: “The programmable communications industry (CPaaS) is evolving from a focus on connectivity to understanding the content of communications through programmable media analytics.

Comviva and Microsoft Collaborate to Deliver Innovative CPaaS solution Powered by Microsoft Azure

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Wednesday, February 22, 2023

NEW DELHI, Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Comviva, a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra, and a global leader in customer experience and data monetization solutions today announced the availability of its Communication Platform as a Service (CPaaS) solution powered by Microsoft Azure.

Key Points: 
  • Comviva is empowering Telecom operators to offer a modern, modular and open communication platform for their enterprise customers, combined with the security and scalability of Microsoft Azure.
  • With Comviva CPaaS, Communication Services Providers shall monetize and accelerate innovation with agility.
  • Marianne Roling, Vice President, Global Systems Integrators, Microsoft said: "We're pleased that Comviva's innovative Ngage CPaaS solution takes advantage of Azure's secure and scalable AI and natural language services.
  • The modern digital experiences that CPaaS is delivering will enable Telcos to bring secure communication channels and services to customers."