Communications service providers (CSPs) are embarking on a new journey. Having trodden a bumpy path to virtualised network functions in recent years, they’re now on the road to becoming cloud native telcos.
The journey will involve embracing new technologies and new ways of working, but once they reach their new destination, operators will be able to take advantage of automation, simplification and microservices to develop and launch innovative service offerings more quickly and cost-effectively.
“The telecoms industry is right in the middle of transforming from NFV to cloud native,” says Gabriele di Piazza, VP of solutions, Telco and Edge Cloud business unit, at cloud computing and virtualisation software and services specialist VMware.
“This is actually happening right now. Decisions are being made, procurement is active, vendors are hard at work to transition existing monolithic network functions to cloud native applications, and 5G is accelerating all this.”
Communications service providers (CSPs) are embarking on a new journey. Having trodden a bumpy path to virtualised network functions in recent years, they’re now on the road to becoming cloud native telcos.
The journey will involve embracing new technologies and new ways of working, but once they reach their new destination, operators will be able to take advantage of automation, simplification and microservices to develop and launch innovative service offerings more quickly and cost-effectively.
“The telecoms industry is right in the middle of transforming from NFV to cloud native,” says Gabriele di Piazza, VP of solutions, Telco and Edge Cloud business unit, at cloud computing and virtualisation software and services specialist VMware.
“This is actually happening right now. Decisions are being made, procurement is active, vendors are hard at work to transition existing monolithic network functions to cloud native applications, and 5G is accelerating all this.”