Tag: Telecommunications

Over the last decade, telecom operators and network vendors have transformed communications networks from vertically integrated hardware and software systems to software Network Functions (NF) capable of operating on Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) hardware. We now stand at the cusp of the next phase of their evolution to cloud-native functions capable of taking advantage of the […]

This blog was written in collaboration with OpenSesame and the 5GFF Technical teams from Vodafone, Rogers and Verizon. On March 1, 2023, at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the 5G Future Forum (5GFF) and Open Sesame Media, Inc. (Open Sesame) demonstrated a first-of-a-kind cross-operator music jam session using AWS multi-access edge compute (MEC) technologies […]

When Communication Service Providers (CSP) deploy Long Term Evolution (LTE) or 5G network functions on AWS, they are presented with different options for user plane data network breakout through the SGi (for LTE) or N6 (for 5G) interface. 3GPP defines SGi Interface as the reference point between the Packet Data Network (PDN) Gateway – S-GW […]

It’s taken a few days to digest another whirlwind MWC, and here’s a summary of my personal highlights, plus my picks of the key trends and announcements. First and foremost, what was really apparent to me at MWC23 was the move from focusing on individual technologies and services to real live use cases and solutions. […]

Reliability and high availability are key design principles for an application deployment. Even though an Availability Zone (AZ) is comprised of one or more data centers, you should design your applications to handle AZ failure in rare circumstances. Some applications, such as telco and networking applications, rely on highly-available floating/virtual static IP addresses to provide […]

Telco 5G and IMS container based workloads utilize Multus CNI to achieve traffic and routing separation and packet acceleration. Multus container network interface plugin enables Kubernetes pods to attach to multiple interfaces and networks. Multus CNI being a “Meta-plugin”, achieves this by invoking other CNIs, such as VPC CNI (default CNI in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes […]

In the first blog post of this series we introduced a serverless approach for CSPs to capture and process subscribers’ performance in real time. We covered how, by leveraging AWS real-time analytics services, CSP can identify subscribers with a significant rate of service impairment. Incident events are stored on a Data Lake, whilst overtime performances […]

In 2021, over 25 million people played a round of golf at over 16,000 courses nationwide. Across each of those rounds, golf carts continue to play a major role in the player experience. From custom yardage and course GPS, to the leather-backed seats and, most importantly, ample storage to carry the golf clubs, golf carts […]

When resolving network and service incidents, communication service providers (CSPs) have low visibility on how network incidents are perceived by their subscribers. As a result, resolution of network incidents is not optimized towards upholding customer satisfaction, leading to reduced effectiveness in limiting churn and increased cost of first-line support. This blog series demonstrates a fully […]

Communication service providers (CSPs) are transforming their IT capabilities for Business Support Systems (BSS) to the promising economics of 5G, IoT, Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO), and Ultra Low Latency Gaming Applications. This transformation means that CSPs plan to achieve operational agility, reduce their time to market and operational cost, increase efficiency, and innovate faster. […]