After two years of missing in-person, live events, nothing was going to stop some of us from attending Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona! The event did not disappoint, with higher-than-expected crowds and exciting industry announcements, including new Azure for Operators solutions and services built for the future of telecommunications. This edition of our newsletter is jam-packed with MWC news and announcements—be sure to check out the Microsoft Demo Showcase section, with a plethora of thrilling new product demos that show how to optimize and streamline your business and network. Private cellular networks were a hot topic during the show, with announcements from more than 15 companies, including our innovative partnership with AT&T and new Azure Private 5G Core offering. With the show behind us, it’s time to get back to work on empowering operators to achieve more with the converged power of the cloud, next-generation networks, and edge computing!

1. PUBLIC NEWSLETTER Microsoft in Telecom Customers Partners Events
Rick Lievano
CTO, WW Telecommunications
Industry at Microsoft
After two years of missing in-person, live events, nothing was going to stop some of us from attending
Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona! The event did not disappoint, with higher-than-expected
crowds and exciting industry announcements, including new Azure for Operators solutions and services
built for the future of telecommunications.
This edition of our newsletter is jam-packed with MWC news and announcements—be sure to check out
the Microsoft Demo Showcase section, with a plethora of thrilling new product demos that show how
to optimize and streamline your business and network. Private cellular networks were a hot topic
during the show, with announcements from more than 15 companies, including our innovative
partnership with AT&T and new Azure Private 5G Core offering.
With the show behind us, it’s time to get back to work on empowering operators to achieve more with
the converged power of the cloud, next-generation networks, and edge computing!

2. Microsoft brings intelligent telecommunications to MWC 2022
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Mobile World Congress Microsoft Demo Showcase (click thumbnails to watch)
Azure for Operators
voice innovations
Azure for Operators
portfolio of solutions
and services
Network slicing with
Microsoft Azure for
Operators offerings
Azure for Operators
Managed Service for
Teams Calling
Modernize the mobile
network with Azure
Operator 5G Core
Live-streamed
shopping experiences
with Azure MEC

3. Enabling 5G ORAN
stack on Operator
Distributed Services
Azure delivers high-
performance, low-
latency applications
Learn more about the
Azure Private 5G Core
Azure Private 5G Core
for live video analytics
Azure IoT Edge for
Linux on Windows
Overview & Demo
Dynamics 365 Telco
Accelerator: Sales &
Plant Management
What we’re doing in Ukraine to
protect our employees and combat
cyberattacks, disinformation
How Azure for Operators solutions,
services meet operators' security
and performance requirements
Learn how ISV partners are building
innovative customer solutions with
Microsoft public MEC
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4. TelecomTV: CVP Martin Lund shares
how Azure for Operators is helping
telcos embrace a cloud native future
How we’re helping government and
academia come together to further
the promise of Open RAN
We’re ushering in a new era of
outcomes-based AI with acquisition
of Nuance Communications
Watch Watch Read
Here are architectures and ideas for
using Azure services to build
solutions for Telco
By delivering more convenience and
greater ease of use, we’re unlocking
the contact center of the future
Microsoft Power Platform: 6
powerful initiatives to get started
with low-code in your organization
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ADDITIONAL NEWS
• Linux Foundation Announces New Project “CAMARA - The
Telco Global API Alliance” with Global Industry Ecosystem
• Microsoft for Telecommunications at MWC 2022
• Microsoft Builds Out 5G Telco Cloud Platform | SDxCentral
• Mobile World Congress 2022: 5 Major Telecom, 5G
Announcements | CRN

5. • ONF’s Leading Private 5G Connected Edge Platform Aether
Now Released to Open Source | TelecomTV
• An update on Microsoft’s sustainability commitments:
Building a foundation for 2030
• Microsoft poised to tackle telco call center after $19.7B
Nuance deal | Fierce Telecom
• Power the Azure Percept DK using batteries for multiple
scenarios
• Microsoft Security delivers new multicloud capabilities
• Microsoft’s New Security Chief Says It Is Time to Take
Shelter in the Cloud | WSJ
• Microsoft Manages Identity Permissions Across Multi-
Cloud | SDxCentral
• MWC 2022: The next Microsoft Pluton Device + PAC
technology
• Microsoft Azure Networking Exec Yousef Khalidi On
‘Building Our Telecommunications DNA’ | CRN
• AT&T Partners with Microsoft to develop new 5G edge
computing ecosystem | VentureBeat
• Microsoft Expands Azure for Operators with Hybrid Platform
Solutions | ChannelFutures
• Qualcomm, Microsoft team on private 5G play | Fierce Wireless
• The Computerization Of 5G Networks | Forbes
• Azure builds on AT&T’s Network Cloud, offers 5G Core solutions |
TelecomTV
• Qualcomm boosts private 5G with Microsoft deal | Mobile World
Live
• Microsoft adds more 5G-centric services to its Azure-for-telcos
lineup | ZDNet
• Microsoft Works With AT&T, 5G Networks to Make Its Cloud Faster
| Bloomberg
• Microsoft refines Azure sales pitch at MWC | Light Reading
• Intelsat and Microsoft demo private mobile network |
CapacityMedia
• Introducing the Azure Stack Edge Pro 2
• Cloud computing: Microsoft Azure ups the pressure on AWS |
ZDNet

6. AT&T Private 5G Edge to make networks smarter and faster
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e& builds transformation
momentum, enters new phase of
collaboration with Microsoft
Telefónica to expand its global
collaboration with Microsoft to the
consumer market
Telstra collaborates with Ericsson
and Microsoft to begin 5G-enabled
edge compute trials
Read Read Read

7. Intelsat collaborates with Microsoft
to demonstrate private cellular
network
‘EQ trumps IQ’: How AT&T and
Microsoft partner to help
businesses innovate
BT Managed Sentinel integrates
with Microsoft Sentinel
Read Read Watch
ADDITIONAL NEWS
• Lockheed Martin Collaborates with Microsoft to Advance
5G.MIL® Technologies using Microsoft Azure
• Delivering Exceptional Immersive Experiences | Singtel
• Enreach Joins Microsoft Operator Connect – Enhancing
Microsoft Teams’ Phone Features | Enreach
• Jurassic Fibre Reimagines HR Solutions with Microsoft
Dynamics 365 | Jurassic Fibre
• Qualcomm Technologies signs Cubic Telecom as its Connected
Software Technology Partner | Cubic Telecom

8. Learn how ISV partners are building innovative customer solutions with Microsoft public MEC
Watch
Qualcomm collaborates with
Microsoft to transform enterprise
connectivity
HARMAN collaborates with
Microsoft to accelerate 5G and
smart connectivity innovations
Capgemini announces Azure Private
5G Core will be integrated with its
private network solutions
Read Read Read

9. Speed matters: Powering ultra-low
latency Azure public MEC traffic
with VMware SD-WAN
Increased security for apps at the
edge with Microsoft Azure public
MEC and Check Point CloudGuard
Personalized customer experiences
with Microsoft Azure public MEC
and Couchbase database
Read Watch Watch Watch
TCS launches Enterprise 5G Edge
Suite with Azure Private Multi-
Access Edge Compute
Fast access to gamers with Azure
public MEC and Game Cloud
Network's RIVIT Platform
Lenovo’s 2022 MWC lineup
introduces ThinkPad X13s and other
Windows 11 powered PC laptops
Read Watch Read
ADDITIONAL NEWS
• Cerillion Named in Two Gartner® Market Guide for Telecoms
BSS/OSS Solutions reports | Cerillion
• Cognizant Collaborates with Microsoft to Offer New Virtual
Healthcare Solution for Remote Patient Monitoring and
Improved Care | Cognizant

10. • What does it mean to be truly ‘cloud-native’—and how do you
know for | Infovista KLERITY
• Samsung announces Galaxy Book2 Pro Series delivering
mobile-first PC experiences, security advances
• MWC 2022: The next Microsoft Pluton Device + PAC
technology
• Lenovo ThinkPad X13s with Snapdragon, Windows 11 and 5G
• EITC Automates Telecom Workforce Management to Improve
Efficiency | TCS
MWC 2022: What’s new and
worth your attention?
MWC 2022: Empowering
inclusion, fueling innovation
MWC 2022: Making sense of
sensors
MWC 2022: Energy efficiency
trends in 5G
Watch Watch Watch Watch
MWC 2022: How AI is shaping
our world
MWC 2022: In AI we trust? MWC 2022: Web 3.0/The
Metaverse
MWC 2022: Enabling
Metaverse-ready networks
Watch Watch Watch Watch

11. Sustainability in Telco: perspective
from industry leaders
Telco In 20 podcast: Azure has
private networks, too!
TelecomTV: The Telco Edge and
Private 5G networks
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ADDITIONAL EVENTS
• TelecomTV: The After Show looks back at MWC 2022
• Extend to the Cloud with Azure VMware Solution
• Collaborating to Reach a Gigaton of Emissions Reductions |
Greenbiz
• Azure App Service Hybrid Connections: Unsung Heroes of the
Cloud, ep 17
• Best Practices for Couchbase Deployment on Microsoft Azure
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