After I posted some comments on how I’d do 6G, as a software-architect type, I got a LinkedIn request and some operator requests via our user-only mailbox, to expand on the details, so here goes, along with a diagram. Let me start by explaining how this approach came about. In the early 2000s, I saw…
If you read my blog yesterday, you know my views on the importance of making telecom software into hosted functions. You might then think that the Ericsson/Google pact, covered by Light Reading, is proof this is already happening. A few have asked me about this, but I respectfully disagree with the “already done” theories. A…
I’ve been hearing a lot about telco 6G, and Nokia has published a blog on the recent advances in 6G formulation and the schedule of activity. The first market rollouts are scheduled in 2030, and in any world but telecom standards that would be more than enough time to suggest major changes be made. Obviously,…
Omdia publishes some nice research, and I found a recent piece, “Telco Software Evolution Survey—2025” to have some interesting implications I’d like to develop. I agree with the key points on the factors buyers consider most, but I’ve had many comments on OSS/BSS systems that I’d like to roll in with the buyer-interest material to…
What is a “private cloud”? I looked at enterprise views on this last year, so it’s a topic that’s hardly new. Still, there are new developments, as shown by the most recent references to Broadcom’s success with VMware. The classic definition isn’t helpful; a dedicated cloud environment exclusive to a single company. Enterprises themselves seem…
I’ve never held a view that private 5G would be an enormous opportunity for vendors, cloud providers, or operators, and I still don’t. I do believe, though, that private 5G may be extremely important to all these groups, and to unlocking additional IT and network spending and investment. Enterprises are seeing the issue more clearly…
One of the most important trends in network equipment is the increased availability of “merchant silicon”, chips designed to implement common network functions such as switching, routing, and route determination. It is this development that has led to the increased interest in “white box” or open-model technology in networks. While there are several vendors who…
Cloud computing has surely been transformational, but it also surely contends with AI as the leader in the tech-hype category. What gives the cloud the edge, perhaps, in this cynical race is the endurance of the hype. Year after year we heard about how everything was moving to the cloud. Now we hear that everything,…
A recent Light Reading story on the topic of the “cloud-native” movement of telcos includes some interesting comments from telcos themselves. One was “It’s a long journey, and we have very important milestones in front of us.” But is it a long journey, what are the critical milestones, who’s responsible for meeting them, and is…
I noted in yesterday’s blog that there were AI missions that could generate telco revenues. I’m not suggesting that these would be telcos selling AI, nor am I suggesting that these services would necessarily even depend on AI. In fact, they might depend on something else. What we know is that they’re almost certainly business…