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IBM, Vodafone, And GSMA Members Outline Critical Pathways To Protect Telcos Against Quantum-Era Cyberthreats

Experts say adoption of standards within the next few years is essential to help secure telco data and infrastructure from quantum-powered cyberattacks February 23, 2023 — As part of the Post-Quantum Telco Network Taskforce, GSMA has published, with contributions from members IBM, Vodafone, and others, the Post Quantum Telco Network Impact Assessment: an in-depth analysis of the quantum security threats facing the telecommunications industry and a detailed, step by step list of potential solutions to prepare for these threats. The report, which debuted ahead of GSMA’s annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, maps out a clear path for telco organizations to…

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Technology

How To Make 5G Less Expensive

The 5th generation of mobile communications, 5G has arrived and it has brought us mostly higher throughputs and helped operators to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for mobile data traffic. This first wave of 5G uses the so-called “non-standalone mode”, which means that it still depends on existing 4G networks for coverage and control, so some of the advanced features of 5G are not yet available. Operators are already working on the roll out of the second wave of 5G, which will be able to operate in a standalone mode, independently of 4G. Only this standalone mode will be able to…

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EVO2CLOUD – Vodafone’s SAP Migration From On-Prem To Google Cloud

Editor’s note: Vodafone is migrating its SAP system, the backbone for its financial, procurement and HR services, to Google Cloud. Vodafone’s SAP system has been running on-prem for 15 years, during which time it has significantly grown in size, making this one of the largest and one of the most complex SAP migrations in EMEA. By integrating its cloud-hosted SAP system to its data ocean running on Google Cloud, Vodafone aims to introduce operational efficiency and drive innovation. Vodafone: from telco to tech-co Vodafone, a leading telecommunications company in Europe and Africa, is accelerating its digital transformation from a telco…

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Achieving Cloud-Native Network Automation At A Global Scale With Nephio

In 2007, in order to meet ever increasing traffic demands of YouTube, Google started building what is now the Google Global Cache program. Over the past 15 years, we have added thousands of edge caching locations around the world, with widely varying hosting conditions—some in customer data centers, some in remote locations with limited connectivity. Google manages the software and hardware lifecycles of all these systems remotely. Although the fleet size and serving corpus have grown by several orders of magnitude during this time, the operations team overseeing it has remained relatively small and agile. How did we do it?…

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Solutions

Delivering Data-Driven IT And Networks, Google Cloud Expands Its Analytics Partner Ecosystem For Telecommunications

Communication service providers (CSPs) are at the forefront of a remarkable digital transformation as network data traffic soars to record highs. From low-latency edge computing, digitally reimagined infrastructure management, and sustainable networking practices, CSPs are meeting the massive increase in network demand by becoming data-driven and digital-first. To achieve this, leading CSPs know they must harness the power of analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to unify data across different silos, democratize access to data, generate timely insights, and accelerate innovation. Google Cloud is helping many of the world’s top CSPs achieve this essential work. Today, Google Cloud is thrilled…

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Achieving Cloud-Native Network Automation In Telecommunications Together

The transition of telecommunications networks to the cloud has begun. Yet, simply containerizing network functions and running them on centralized or edge clouds will not maximize the cost savings and operational efficiencies promised by the cloud. A nominal change in technology from virtualized to containerized functions risks the same disappointments seen with the previous virtualization effort: minimal reductions in costs and continued rigidity in deployments. Over the last two years, Communication Service Providers (CSPs) have been approaching Google Cloud to ask us how we created our network. How did we achieve economies of scale and build out a resilient, flexible…

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Tech

Deploying And Operating Cloud-based 5G Networks

Communication services providers (CSPs) are experiencing a period of disruption. Overall revenue growth is decelerating and is projected to remain below 1 percent per year, following a trend that started even before the pandemic.1 At the same time, driven by the pandemic, data consumption in 2020 increased by 30 percent relative to 2019, with some operators even reporting increases of 60 percent.2 The combination of pressure on revenues with rising data traffic costs is forcing operators to innovate in three fundamental ways. First, operators are looking to establish new sources of revenue. Second, increased network utilization must be met with…

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Five Do’s And Don’ts CSPs Should Know About Going Cloud-Native

As communication service providers (CSPs) continue to focus on capitalizing on the promise of 5G, I’ve been having more conversations with operators and network equipment providers on why and how it may make sense to adopt cloud-native approaches. More specifically, we often discuss best practices around accelerating the time to value of 5G and simplifying the deployment and management of networks as well as the applications deployed on top of them. In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2025, cloud-native platforms will serve as the foundation for more than 95% of new digital initiatives, which is up from less than 40%…

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Mobile
Tech

South Korea Leads The World In Fiber Adoption

South Korea is the undisputed telecommunications superpower of our world — how did they achieve this? South Korea has the highest percentage of users with fibre broadband subscriptions in the world, according to the data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Statista published a chart displaying selected countries included in the OECD data set which was collected in the second quarter of 2019. TelecoHighlights Accounting for 81.7% of its total fixed-broadband subscriptions, it is clear that South Korea is the leader when it comes to fibre adoption. Its neighbour, Japan (79%), is also among the nations…

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Mobile

Verizon Will Help Customers And Small Businesses Disrupted By Impact Of Coronavirus

During this unprecedented period challenging the world’s health and economy, Verizon announced, for the next 60 days, it will waive late fees that any residential or small business customers incur because of their economic circumstances related to the coronavirus. In addition, the company will not terminate service to any residential or small business customers because of their inability to pay their bills due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus. Verizon today signed onto the FCC’s new “Keep Americans Connected” pledge. Verizon’s new customer commitment will help ensure connectivity and offer assistance to customers and small businesses facing challenges from the…

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