Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Deutsche Telekom commercializes network APIs

Deutsche Telekom announced the commercial launch of network APIs under the brand “MagentaBusiness API”. This new service allows developers and business customers to build apps and services that communicate seamlessly with Deutsche Telekom’s network in Germany.The MagentaBusiness API platform is powered by Vonage, which is a division of Ericsson. It serves as a one-stop shop for access to communications and network APIs, allowing developers and business...

Ericsson Cloud RAN now runs on Google Distributed Cloud

Ericsson Cloud RAN solution can now run on Google Distributed Cloud (GDC), offering integrated automation and orchestration and leveraging AI/ML for additional communications service providers (CSP) benefits. The companies have  demonstrated the full implementation of the Ericsson vDU and vCU on GDC Edge and the solution is running live in the Ericsson Open Lab in Ottawa, Canada, with joint ambition for market development.Google Distributed...

Linux Foundation announces funded model for CAMARA project

The Linux Foundation has announced that its CAMARA project, an open source community working on API interoperability for the telecommunications industry, has graduated to a funded model.CAMARA was launched in February 2022 with 22 initial partners and has since grown to over 250 participating organizations with over 750 contributors. The funded model will help to sustain the project's rapid growth and ensure that it has the resources it needs to...

Digital Realty links to Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud

Digital Realty to offer connectivity to the recently-launched Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud via Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) FastConnect. Customers can connect to the Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud regions in Frankfurt and Madrid, and they can choose to use Digital Realty to interconnect their Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud-based applications and workloads to other cloud platforms.The OCI FastConnect interconnection to Oracle EU Sovereign Cloud is facilitated...

Sabey Data Centers to build new data center campus in Oregon

Sabey Data Centers unveiled plans for a new, 100MW data center campus on a 60 acre plot in Umatilla, Oregon.The 700,000 square foot data center campus will support 100+ MW of critical IT load. As of 2020, Oregon reported a 40% renewable utility power fuel mix with a target to hit 100% by 2040. Sabey will procure/invest in carbon free energy in time to meet the Company’s net-zero target by 2029 in Umatilla and across the SDC portfolio, 11 years ahead...

Netcracker integrates its GenAI Telco with Google Cloud

Netcracker is working to combine its GenAI Telco Solution with Google Cloud’s Vertex AI.Netcracker leverages its expertise in the telecom BSS/OSS domain together with Google Cloud's Vertex AI to enable a variety of high-value use cases that securely use real-time telecom data. By adding precise telco data and instructions to enrich GenAI models acquired through Vertex AI and fine-tuning these models, CSPs can enable exceptional quality responses...

Juniper expands Apstra, its Intent-Based Networking solution

Juniper Networks announced enhancements to its Apstra solution, which is an intent-based networking (IBN) software platform that automates and validates the design, deployment, and operation of data center networks. Apstra works by modeling the network as a graph, which allows it to understand the relationships and dependencies between all of the network devices and elements. This model is used to validate the network design and to generate...

Amazon previews Wi-Fi 7 mesh system

Amazon announced its first Wi-Fi 7 mesh system - -the eero Max 7 combines the company’s patented TrueMesh networking technology with Wi-Fi 7 standard to increase speeds, avoid interference from neighboring networks, and improve mesh latency–and with 10 Gigabit Ethernet.As eero’s fastest tri-band mesh wifi system, eero Max 7 supports the 2.4, 5, and 6 GHz radio bands, and delivers wireless speeds up to 4.3 Gbps and wired speeds up to 9.4 Gbps. With...