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DZS Optical Transport and SDN/NFV Platforms Honored by Lightwave Innovation Review

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

DALLAS, Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DZS (Nasdaq: DZSI), a global leader of access, optical and AI-driven cloud software solutions, today announced that its DZS Saber 4400 ROADM optical transport module, RDM-4400 , and DZS Xtreme orchestration and automation software platform have been recognized with “Excellent” scores of 4.0 and 4.5 respectively by the 2024 Lightwave Innovation Review .

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  • DALLAS, Feb. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- DZS (Nasdaq: DZSI), a global leader of access, optical and AI-driven cloud software solutions, today announced that its DZS Saber 4400 ROADM optical transport module, RDM-4400 , and DZS Xtreme orchestration and automation software platform have been recognized with “Excellent” scores of 4.0 and 4.5 respectively by the 2024 Lightwave Innovation Review .
  • Each product was honored by a distinguished panel of industry luminaries for “technical features and performance that provide clear and substantial benefits.” The Lightwave Innovation Review honors companies and products on the cutting-edge of optical network innovation.
  • This marks the second consecutive year that DZS has garnered multiple High-Score Recipient honors.
  • “On behalf of the Lightwave Innovation Reviews, I would like to congratulate DZS on achieving a well-deserved level honoree status,” said Sean Buckley, Editor-in-Chief, Lightwave.

Red Hat Collaborates with stc Group to Deploy New Edge and 5G Services Faster

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

With Red Hat OpenShift , Cisco system integration and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), stc is now able to host multiple cloud-native network functions (CNFs) from various ecosystem vendors with automated deployment and operations.

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  • With Red Hat OpenShift , Cisco system integration and Cisco Network Services Orchestrator (NSO), stc is now able to host multiple cloud-native network functions (CNFs) from various ecosystem vendors with automated deployment and operations.
  • As a result, stc is on a path to reduce total cost of ownership and address the enterprise market with new edge and 5G services.
  • stc Group provides digital infrastructure, cloud computing, automation, DevOps practices and other digital services through its subsidiaries across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  • Red Hat is pleased to support stc in its drive to deliver new revenue streams, automated operations and an open vendor ecosystem.”

KDDI Corporation Selects Red Hat to Lay Open Foundation for 5G Services and More

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Monday, February 26, 2024

Red Hat, Inc., the world leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that KDDI Corporation, a Japanese telecommunications operator, has chosen Red Hat to provide an open standard platform for their mobile network services including their 5G core and more.

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  • Red Hat, Inc., the world leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that KDDI Corporation, a Japanese telecommunications operator, has chosen Red Hat to provide an open standard platform for their mobile network services including their 5G core and more.
  • With Red Hat OpenShift , the industry’s leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform , KDDI is able to more quickly and flexibly develop and deploy new services and applications that can meet evolving market demands.
  • In addition, the new platform can host legacy workload such as LTE, fixed line voice services and value-added services.
  • In the coming months, Red Hat and KDDI plan to publish a new white paper that delves deeper into the platform design.

A5G Networks Exceeds 1.5 Tbps of 5G Core User Plane Performance with 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

NASHUA, N.H., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A5G Networks, Inc., a market-leading autonomous 5GCore software company, announced today an industry-leading 5G core UPF throughput of 1.5 Tbps by leveraging 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors. As 5G networks enable high bandwidth applications such as AR/VR, cloud gaming, streaming, and immersive entertainment use cases, 5GCore user plane performance becomes essential to serve ever-growing data demands in the network.

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  • A5G Networks, Inc., a market-leading autonomous 5GCore software company, announced today an industry-leading 5G core UPF throughput of 1.5 Tbps by leveraging 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors.
  • NASHUA, N.H., Feb. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A5G Networks, Inc., a market-leading autonomous 5GCore software company, announced today an industry-leading 5G core UPF throughput of 1.5 Tbps by leveraging 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ processors.
  • "4th Gen AMD EPYC processors have been instrumental in enabling A5G Networks' UPF to achieve the significant milestone of 1.5 Tbps throughput to deliver on the increased demand for bandwidth on 5G networks.
  • With A5G Networks UPF optimization on 4th Gen AMD EPYC processors, we have achieved more than 1.5 Tbps of throughput in a single server.

Telco Cloud Infrastructure Software Market to Grow to $27 Billion in 2027 as Telcos' Cloud-Native Journeys Accelerate, Says IDC

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

IDC forecasts worldwide revenue for telco cloud infrastructure software, including virtual network functions (VNFs), cloud-native network functions (CNFs), and network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI), across four market subsegments (core transport, mobile infrastructure, mobile backhaul, access networks and virtual CPE), will grow from $12.9 billion in 2022 to $27.3 billion in 2027.

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  • IDC forecasts worldwide revenue for telco cloud infrastructure software, including virtual network functions (VNFs), cloud-native network functions (CNFs), and network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVI), across four market subsegments (core transport, mobile infrastructure, mobile backhaul, access networks and virtual CPE), will grow from $12.9 billion in 2022 to $27.3 billion in 2027.
  • In making this year's forecast, IDC has accounted for the recent emergence and growing initiative to deploy cloud-native, container-based telco workloads across the telco cloud.
  • The IDC report, Worldwide Telco Cloud Infrastructure Software (NFVI, VNF, and CNF) Forecast, 2022-2027 (IDC #US50087723), presents the worldwide market forecast for the telco cloud infrastructure software (VNF/CNF and NFVI) for the 2022–2027 period.
  • The report also provides a market overview, including drivers and challenges for communications service providers and advice for technology suppliers.

CNCF and LF Networking Unite to Advance Open Source Telecom Cloud Native Networking

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

CHICAGO, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization focused on fostering innovation through open source, today announced that LF Networking (LFN) and CNCF will combine telecom initiatives to create a unified Linux Foundation (LF) Telecom front for Cloud Native Networking.

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  • CHICAGO, Nov. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America – The Linux Foundation , the nonprofit organization focused on fostering innovation through open source, today announced that LF Networking (LFN) and CNCF will combine telecom initiatives to create a unified Linux Foundation (LF) Telecom front for Cloud Native Networking.
  • The new Cloud Native Networking program will draw from the solid groundwork laid by the CNCF CNF Certification , CNF Test Suite , and LF Networking's Anuket Project .
  • Cloud Native Networking Test Catalog: Development of a robust testing framework and comprehensive suite of functional, non-functional, and end-to-end tests.
  • Join the ONE Summit event for updates and to help shape the future of LFN's Cloud Native Networking Certification Program.

Nokia and Red Hat Announce Partnership for New Best-in-Class Telecommunications Solutions Based on Red Hat Infrastructure Platforms and Nokia’s Core Network Applications

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Thursday, June 29, 2023

Nokia and Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that they have reached an agreement to tightly integrate Nokia’s core network applications with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat OpenShift .

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  • Nokia and Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that they have reached an agreement to tightly integrate Nokia’s core network applications with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat OpenShift .
  • Additionally, Nokia will leverage Red Hat’s infrastructure platforms to enable faster development and testing of Nokia’s extensive core network portfolio.
  • Nokia customers will continue to be supported by Nokia directly, while Red Hat will provide Nokia with ongoing development, services and advanced care for Nokia NCS and CBIS.
  • As customer cloud strategies evolve, Red Hat and Nokia will support a smooth transition path for customers who choose to migrate to Red Hat's platforms.

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.

Communications Service Providers Harness the Power of 5G with VMware

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Leading CSPs are transforming their networks with VMware including:

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  • Leading CSPs are transforming their networks with VMware including:
    SoftBank has achieved two key objectives working with VMware.
  • Building on the VMware Telco Cloud Platform allows SoftBank to accelerate time to market for deploying new, innovative services and giving them a competitive edge.
  • To achieve this, VMware is leveraging its suite of telco cloud management and orchestration solutions including VMware Centralized RIC (non-real-time RIC), VMware Telco Cloud Automation, and VMware Telco Cloud Service Assurance.
  • Visit VMware News & Stories for all VMware announcements made at the show as well as customer testimonials, partner updates, and more.

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.