Microsoft reports steady progress with Azure Operator Nexus, its carrier grade, hybrid platform. Some highlights:
- Additional Operator Nexus deployments supporting 5G standalone roll outs as primary platform.
- Expanding capabilities to address national security requirements in multiple regions.
- Increasing support for common operational requirements and refining approach to the DevSecOps models supporting multi-vendor network function deployments.
- Additional form factors to support RAN and additional workloads.
- As a service model to support customer and partner lab deployments in Microsoft datacenters.
- Expanded Nexus Ready program with over 20 certified partners and over 80 network functions.
Operator Nexus enables operators to run workloads on-premises or on Azure, seamlessly deploying and managing everything from the bare metal to the network to the tenant. Purpose-built for and validated by tier 1 operators to run mission-critical workloads, Operator Nexus:
- Accelerates time to market for new services.
- Lowers total cost of ownership (TCO).
- Drives operational efficiency and resiliency.
- Critically, improves the security of highly distributed, software-based networks.
“As part of e& UAE’s transformation to becoming a digital telco we are excited to collaborate closely with Microsoft as we drive innovation in our services and excellence in our customer experience. The use of Azure Operator Nexus and Azure Operator 5G Core to support our core network will better enable us to leverage the power of AI and automation and provide new avenues for monetization,” stated Khalid Murshed, Chief Technology and Information Officer, e& UAE.
“AT&T is moving to the next phase of our cloud migration that includes deploying Microsoft’s Azure Operator Nexus platform in our network as part of the next phase of our 5G SA deployment. Continuing its leadership in cloud networking, AT&T is using cloud native DevOps tools to drive improvements such as one-touch deployment, vendor-agnostic framework, CI/CD integration, automated network testing, in-service upgrades, and advanced security and compliance management. Azure Operator Nexus’ API-driven solution helped us to significantly simplify, automate, and improve the deployment cycle time for cloud infrastructure software and configuration in our data centers,” stated Yigal Elbaz, Senior Vice President, Network CTO.
