The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the November 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate.
Transforming to a digital business is a key theme across global communications service providers and many industry leaders are pursuing a new paradigm by leveraging agile new technologies, systems, and services to enable this transformation. This newsletter showcases how the telecommunications industry leverages Microsoft and partner technologies like 5G, cloud, artificial intelligence, big data, virtual network functions, and blockchain to accelerate the transformation to digital services.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | May 2021Rick Lievano
In almost every conversation, I’m astounded by the amount of folks who mention the recent disruption that’s occurred in this industry. As the old adage goes: “…the only constant has been change.” Digital disruption has fueled digital transformation, and with the proliferation of companies offering broader arrays of services, enterprises are scrambling to keep up and offer newer and better things.
There’s been major consolidation across Telco and Media, and the fight for audience and revenue is more fierce than ever. As we have seen in these last few weeks, there have been industry changing merger talks between Warner Media and Discovery, Bouygues and M6 Groupe from Bertelsmann, and even Amazon and MGM. While we’re proud and confident in our most recent acquisitions, it’s safe to say that the competition is heating up.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | October 2020Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the October 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Anticipating a hostile reaction for Augmented RealityDavid Wood
Presentation by David Wood of Delta Wisdom and London Futurists, at Augmented Planet at Campus London on 17 Nov 2014. The goal of the slides is that, by anticipating a hostile reaction for Augmented Reality, we can actually ensure it has a rosy future instead.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | September 2021Rick Lievano
Monetizing the edge continues to be a top priority for telcos, and not a day goes by where we don’t have a meaningful conversation on the topic with a telco partner. While the edge’s killer app continues to elude the industry, private mobile networks and video analytics are quickly becoming the critical building blocks for bringing it to market – whatever it is.
So where can you learn more about monetizing the edge? The TM Forum Digital Transformation World Series 2021 provides a collaborative environment for operators and suppliers to come together, share ideas, and solve the industry’s toughest problems. Microsoft is an active participant in this year’s event, sharing best practices, successes, and industry insights across wide-ranging areas including edge, artificial intelligence, cloud transformation, and customer experience.
See the Events section for details on how Microsoft is participating at this year’s show. We look forward to seeing you virtually at the event!
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | December 2019Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the December 2019 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | October 2021Rick Lievano
Microsoft is heavily invested in running a well-managed, always-available global network. We have been incorporating multiple
groundbreaking technologies, including scalable optimization, formal verification of routing policies, machine learning, and AI.
This network provides the perfect foundation to complement and extend an operator’s own network, an ideal way to transfer
5G packets with low latency, while benefiting from multiple network services such as DDoS protection, firewalls, traffic
accelerators, connection analytics, load balancers, and rate limiters. Victor Bahl, CTO, Azure for Operators, explores how
operators can leverage the Azure network for unleashing the true potential of 5G in his latest blog.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | May 2021Rick Lievano
In almost every conversation, I’m astounded by the amount of folks who mention the recent disruption that’s occurred in this industry. As the old adage goes: “…the only constant has been change.” Digital disruption has fueled digital transformation, and with the proliferation of companies offering broader arrays of services, enterprises are scrambling to keep up and offer newer and better things.
There’s been major consolidation across Telco and Media, and the fight for audience and revenue is more fierce than ever. As we have seen in these last few weeks, there have been industry changing merger talks between Warner Media and Discovery, Bouygues and M6 Groupe from Bertelsmann, and even Amazon and MGM. While we’re proud and confident in our most recent acquisitions, it’s safe to say that the competition is heating up.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | October 2020Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the October 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Anticipating a hostile reaction for Augmented RealityDavid Wood
Presentation by David Wood of Delta Wisdom and London Futurists, at Augmented Planet at Campus London on 17 Nov 2014. The goal of the slides is that, by anticipating a hostile reaction for Augmented Reality, we can actually ensure it has a rosy future instead.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | September 2021Rick Lievano
Monetizing the edge continues to be a top priority for telcos, and not a day goes by where we don’t have a meaningful conversation on the topic with a telco partner. While the edge’s killer app continues to elude the industry, private mobile networks and video analytics are quickly becoming the critical building blocks for bringing it to market – whatever it is.
So where can you learn more about monetizing the edge? The TM Forum Digital Transformation World Series 2021 provides a collaborative environment for operators and suppliers to come together, share ideas, and solve the industry’s toughest problems. Microsoft is an active participant in this year’s event, sharing best practices, successes, and industry insights across wide-ranging areas including edge, artificial intelligence, cloud transformation, and customer experience.
See the Events section for details on how Microsoft is participating at this year’s show. We look forward to seeing you virtually at the event!
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | December 2019Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the December 2019 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | October 2021Rick Lievano
Microsoft is heavily invested in running a well-managed, always-available global network. We have been incorporating multiple
groundbreaking technologies, including scalable optimization, formal verification of routing policies, machine learning, and AI.
This network provides the perfect foundation to complement and extend an operator’s own network, an ideal way to transfer
5G packets with low latency, while benefiting from multiple network services such as DDoS protection, firewalls, traffic
accelerators, connection analytics, load balancers, and rate limiters. Victor Bahl, CTO, Azure for Operators, explores how
operators can leverage the Azure network for unleashing the true potential of 5G in his latest blog.
A follow up to my earlier presentation "Google's Mobile Strategy", this prsentation is about how Telecom Players around the world can cope up with Google style discontinuity and plan businesses to complement, learn and earn from Google!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | November 2021Rick Lievano
This past month was teeming with events, from Microsoft Ignite 2021 wrapping up on November 4 to our glorious return to in-person events at MWC Los Angeles 2021 during the last week of October.
Among the many telco sessions at Ignite, we were joined by partners STL and Nokia to explore how telcos can apply analytics, artificial intelligence and automation across their organization and extended value network to improve business results, efficiency and organizational agility.
MWC LA provided a great opportunity to meet with many customers and partners, and get a pulse on new developments across the telecom industry, including Open RAN, edge, AI everywhere, and the tireless hunt for 5G’s killer app.
Most importantly though, MWC LA provided a return to normalcy as it paved the way for MWC Barcelona 2022, where we hope to once again meet our customers and partners to share our vision for the future of telecommunications, along with flavorful tapas and breathtaking views.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | September 2019Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the September 2019 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | July 2020Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the July 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter July 2019 Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the July 2019 Telecommunications Industry newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Microsoft Media & Entertainment Nnewsletter november 2019Jennifer Cooper
The Microsoft Worldwide Media & Entertainment Industry team is pleased to share with you the November 2019 M&E Industry Newsletter'
Transforming to a digital business and moving to the Cloud is a key theme across global Media and Entertainment companies and many industry leaders are pursuing a new paradigm by leveraging Cloud technologies, systems, and services to enable this transformation. This newsletter showcases how the Media industry leverages Microsoft technologies as well as partner solutions featuring Azure, Video Data + AI, VR/AR/ML among others to accelerate the transformation to the Cloud for digital services.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter August 2019 Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the August 2019 Telecommunications Industry newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Service providers are aggressively exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can streamline their business, reduce costs, and create new customer experiences. The Microsoft AI platform includes capabilities that enable developers to infuse AI across their applications. Cognitive Services are a collection of artificial intelligence Application Programing Interfaces (API) that are easy to use in enterprise apps and can enable service providers to reach their objectives in AI. The APIs enable service providers to acquire intelligence from customer calls by analyzing speech and sentiment, better respond to customer requests via natural language, and improve the customer experience by using knowledge to help agents serve customers better. Cognitive apps and Bots to improve operations and customer service are among the fastest growing technology trends in telecommunications.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | January 2020Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the January 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | February 2019Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the February 2019 Telecommunications Industry newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback and suggestions!
A look at the trend in cloud computing space for 2020. Also talks about the level of cloud adoption, architecture models, some of the key drivers, challenges organization is expected to handle and so on
White paper from Cohesive Networks - Enterprise Architecture Networking
How cloud service providers can use VNS3 and overlay networks to offer customer-focused security and control.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | April 2021Rick Lievano
I’m amazed to see our tremendous growth in the industry in this quarter. There’s plenty to be optimistic
about. With COVID vaccines readily available to more and more people worldwide in the coming months,
we will hopefully begin transitioning back to the post-COVID landscape. I know I’m not alone when I say
that I can’t wait to get back into in person customer and partner meetings. We’re forging ahead with
getting customers ready for the new normal. Proud to see TIM Brazil to move 100% of their datacenters to
the cloud.
If one thing’s for sure, organizations in the telco space have transformed rapidly in this unprecedented
year. I’m excited to share The Network, Microsoft’s newest podcast series focused on digital resilience and
acceleration of technology for the telco industry, with stories from business leaders around the globe.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | December 2021Rick Lievano
Across industries, organizations are venturing deeper into their digital transformation journeys every day, and the telco industry is no exception. Microsoft is front-and-center helping to lead the transition of mobile networks to an open, disaggregated, and software-based model, leveraging Azure for Operators as the platform of choice. In this edition, you’ll find numerous stories about telcos transitioning IT, BSS, OSS, and their most critical network workloads to the cloud—and how Microsoft and partner solutions are key to those efforts.
This transformation doesn’t stop with core services, but it extends to innovative solutions that generate new revenue streams for operators. In this place where cloud meets the edge, compute meets mobile, and 5G trends continue to drive innovation, customer demand for advanced network capabilities is surging. Azure Edge Zones with AT&T is a great example of how Microsoft partners with operators to dramatically improve an application’s performance while reducing overhead and complexity for enterprise customers. And our extensive portfolio of private network offerings, cited as the most innovative globally in a recent Omnia report, provide operators new private LTE/5G solutions to bring to market.
Finally, we’d like to welcome Francesco Venturini to the Microsoft family as the executive leader for Media & Communications, and we look forward to working alongside him. Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season.
A follow up to my earlier presentation "Google's Mobile Strategy", this prsentation is about how Telecom Players around the world can cope up with Google style discontinuity and plan businesses to complement, learn and earn from Google!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | November 2021Rick Lievano
This past month was teeming with events, from Microsoft Ignite 2021 wrapping up on November 4 to our glorious return to in-person events at MWC Los Angeles 2021 during the last week of October.
Among the many telco sessions at Ignite, we were joined by partners STL and Nokia to explore how telcos can apply analytics, artificial intelligence and automation across their organization and extended value network to improve business results, efficiency and organizational agility.
MWC LA provided a great opportunity to meet with many customers and partners, and get a pulse on new developments across the telecom industry, including Open RAN, edge, AI everywhere, and the tireless hunt for 5G’s killer app.
Most importantly though, MWC LA provided a return to normalcy as it paved the way for MWC Barcelona 2022, where we hope to once again meet our customers and partners to share our vision for the future of telecommunications, along with flavorful tapas and breathtaking views.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | September 2019Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the September 2019 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | July 2020Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the July 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter July 2019 Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the July 2019 Telecommunications Industry newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Microsoft Media & Entertainment Nnewsletter november 2019Jennifer Cooper
The Microsoft Worldwide Media & Entertainment Industry team is pleased to share with you the November 2019 M&E Industry Newsletter'
Transforming to a digital business and moving to the Cloud is a key theme across global Media and Entertainment companies and many industry leaders are pursuing a new paradigm by leveraging Cloud technologies, systems, and services to enable this transformation. This newsletter showcases how the Media industry leverages Microsoft technologies as well as partner solutions featuring Azure, Video Data + AI, VR/AR/ML among others to accelerate the transformation to the Cloud for digital services.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter August 2019 Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the August 2019 Telecommunications Industry newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Service providers are aggressively exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can streamline their business, reduce costs, and create new customer experiences. The Microsoft AI platform includes capabilities that enable developers to infuse AI across their applications. Cognitive Services are a collection of artificial intelligence Application Programing Interfaces (API) that are easy to use in enterprise apps and can enable service providers to reach their objectives in AI. The APIs enable service providers to acquire intelligence from customer calls by analyzing speech and sentiment, better respond to customer requests via natural language, and improve the customer experience by using knowledge to help agents serve customers better. Cognitive apps and Bots to improve operations and customer service are among the fastest growing technology trends in telecommunications.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | January 2020Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the January 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | February 2019Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the February 2019 Telecommunications Industry newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback and suggestions!
A look at the trend in cloud computing space for 2020. Also talks about the level of cloud adoption, architecture models, some of the key drivers, challenges organization is expected to handle and so on
White paper from Cohesive Networks - Enterprise Architecture Networking
How cloud service providers can use VNS3 and overlay networks to offer customer-focused security and control.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | April 2021Rick Lievano
I’m amazed to see our tremendous growth in the industry in this quarter. There’s plenty to be optimistic
about. With COVID vaccines readily available to more and more people worldwide in the coming months,
we will hopefully begin transitioning back to the post-COVID landscape. I know I’m not alone when I say
that I can’t wait to get back into in person customer and partner meetings. We’re forging ahead with
getting customers ready for the new normal. Proud to see TIM Brazil to move 100% of their datacenters to
the cloud.
If one thing’s for sure, organizations in the telco space have transformed rapidly in this unprecedented
year. I’m excited to share The Network, Microsoft’s newest podcast series focused on digital resilience and
acceleration of technology for the telco industry, with stories from business leaders around the globe.
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | December 2021Rick Lievano
Across industries, organizations are venturing deeper into their digital transformation journeys every day, and the telco industry is no exception. Microsoft is front-and-center helping to lead the transition of mobile networks to an open, disaggregated, and software-based model, leveraging Azure for Operators as the platform of choice. In this edition, you’ll find numerous stories about telcos transitioning IT, BSS, OSS, and their most critical network workloads to the cloud—and how Microsoft and partner solutions are key to those efforts.
This transformation doesn’t stop with core services, but it extends to innovative solutions that generate new revenue streams for operators. In this place where cloud meets the edge, compute meets mobile, and 5G trends continue to drive innovation, customer demand for advanced network capabilities is surging. Azure Edge Zones with AT&T is a great example of how Microsoft partners with operators to dramatically improve an application’s performance while reducing overhead and complexity for enterprise customers. And our extensive portfolio of private network offerings, cited as the most innovative globally in a recent Omnia report, provide operators new private LTE/5G solutions to bring to market.
Finally, we’d like to welcome Francesco Venturini to the Microsoft family as the executive leader for Media & Communications, and we look forward to working alongside him. Wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season.
Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | March 2019Rick Lievano
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share with you the March 2019 Telecommunications Industry newsletter, available to both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As always, we welcome your input, feedback and suggestions!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | May 2022Rick Lievano
As 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC) technologies mature and are more readily deployed, use cases are beginning to coalesce across a few distinct areas, one of which is video analytics. Vision is everything.
Azure private and public MEC capabilities enable low-latency applications at the edge of the mobile operator’s network, providing Azure compute services integrated with 5G connectivity. To light up new compelling video edge applications that benefit from low latency 5G connectivity, we are making available a video analytics library under the umbrella of Edge Video Services (EVS). The apps you create can include traffic management in a city, managing machines and robots in connected factories, handling customer demands and services in retail stores and restaurants, or tracking pedestrian traffic in sports arenas.
With Azure and EVS, your edge apps have both eyes and a brain to interpret what they see and take appropriate action. Our top story this month details the evolution of EVS along with its deployment on Azure public MEC connected to AT&T’s 5G network. It’s exciting to witness new use cases and apps that exploit the power of the cloud, AI, 5G, and edge as operators continue to innovate. What will you do with EVS?
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | February 2022Rick Lievano
Microsoft believes the telecom edge is the catalyst creating a new world where the telecom and cloud industries join forces to eliminate duplication while creating a new era of latency-sensitive applications and services.
Edge video analytics will be the dominant service for edge computing, with our operator partners not only providing the underlying 5G connectivity, but edge capabilities close to end-users as well. Earlier this month, Singel announced Microsoft Azure Edge Zones integrated with Singtel’s 5G network, a key building block for delivering these advanced edge services. And these rich, multi-cloud, edge-aware applications can all be singularly managed via Azure Arc, as partner Nokia has shown as they empower telco customers in a multi-cloud world.
We’ll visit these themes and many more at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona next week. Pack your bags and see you there!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter - April 2022Rick Lievano
As operators continue to search for the pot of 5G gold at the end of the rainbow, they’ve begun to realize that success in delivering 5G services requires a significant cultural and mindset shift within their business and an obligation to understand customers’ needs at a much deeper level.
We explore this “telco to techco” transformation in the recent TM Forum research report, along with how they can address this enterprise opportunity head-on. We can’t forget the technological changes that will come along with this transformation—thus Microsoft is bringing to life carrier-grade edge-cloud solutions that empower operators globally to deploy Open RAN network functions easily and securely. Our tools and services can manage RAN deployments at scale. With Azure machine learning and AI, a core component of our technologies, operators can perform analytics that optimize performance, improve management, and proactively detect and solve problems.
With Microsoft as a trusted 5G partner, that pot of gold is now closer than ever!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | January 2022Rick Lievano
Many of the benefits that Microsoft delivers to the enterprise are directly applicable in the networking space. But these capabilities must be modified to account for the unique carrier grade needs of operators. Our efforts are aimed at getting workloads on the network to function on a carrier-grade cloud, which is a hybrid cloud, spanning both public and dedicated
on-premises cloud infrastructure.
Telecommunication services are highly distributed and will likely become more so over time. As a result, the value of creating a carrier-grade hybrid cloud model lives in its ability to meet
customers where they are—at the edge of the cloud, the edge of the network, or the edge of the enterprise. In this edition, we provide an update on our acquisition of AT&T’s Network
Cloud, and explore how we’re partnering with telcos like Telefonica, Vodafone, and NTT to deliver new capabilities that streamline their business and reduce cost.
Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2022 will gather policymakers and key industry stakeholders to discuss trends and developments in government and public policy, as well as
explore the event’s overall theme of Connectivity Is Unleashed across six topic areas: Cloud, 5G, IoT, FinTech, Tech Horizon, and AI. Microsoft comes to MWC with tremendous momentum in the telecommunications sector driven by new innovations from Azure for Operators. It’s time to plan your trip and prepare for an exciting four days of 5G, cloud, and edge! We look forward to meeting with you at the Fira and sharing the latest developments in our ongoing effort to create the future of telecommunications. ¡Nos vemos en Barcelona!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | June 2022Rick Lievano
There exists an industrywide consensus that 5G will unlock use cases across many sectors of industry and society. This new paradigm shift will enable massive machine-type communications (MMTC) for billions of devices, ultra-reliable low latency (URLLC) for AR and VR-enabled video devices, and enhanced mobile broadband (EMBB) to allow thousands of sports fans in a packed stadium to enjoy the on-field action live on their devices, all at the same time. This new breed of apps will bring together the cloud and the network, with 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC) capabilities pushing computing closer to the problems they’re trying to solve. Developers will leverage network APIs as a control plane to make the best use of available infrastructure and the network, with more control over application performance and required capabilities for those next-generation video analytics, quality control, real-time management, and metaverse applications.
At Microsoft, we’re opening the door to the power of 5G to help developers take full advantage of the opportunity. We are committed to helping developers create on their own terms with a distributed, open-source environment and to build on a consistent, carrier-agnostic platform. And we are at the forefront of an effort to help standardize APIs, coordinating work across technology and communications providers. Last month, we touched on Edge Video Services (EVS), a Microsoft platform for developing video analytics solutions that can be deployed on Azure public MEC. In our top story this month, we learn that EVS is just the beginning, and partners are now broadly exploiting the power of Azure edge services to deliver even more incredible applications.
Let’s build the future of communications together!
Microsoft Telecommunications Newsletter | March 2022Rick Lievano
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!
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The use of cloud computing has become increasingly popular in the UK and elsewhere. It's benefits are obvious for remote working, storage capacity and, despite some doubts, information security. - See more at: http://www.storetec.net/news-blog/microsoft-in-new-enterprise-cloud-initiatives
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Information Technology that drives growth in Telecommunications.pdfAnil
The relationship between IT and Telecom
Today, telecommunications has evolved to facilitate communication through computers, cloud-based technology, and similar other advanced IT technologies that were unimaginable even a decade ago. People no longer need to be in the office to connect with their teammates, VoIP systems can be integrated with an app to make connections quicker! Thus, enabling a tech-savvy ecosystem that facilitates improved employee experience and higher productivity for a business.
Role of IT in the Telecom Industry:
1. Cloud Computing
Cloud networking inherently simplifies and speeds up networking functionalities through the use of virtual routers, bridges, and adapters. Telecoms are leveraging this property of cloud computing to create Virtualized Radio Access Networks (vRAN) facilitating agility, flexibility, and efficiency in mobile networks.
2. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
Three out of four business executives believe that AI will drive efficiency in the future says Harvard Business Review (HBR). Innovative and forward-facing providers are already pairing AI with ML and other emerging technologies to improve learning, optimize performance, and enhance consumer satisfaction. The role of IT-based services like data science and analytics, in the telecom industry, is what brings services like customized UX and predictive maintenance to end-users.
3. Natural Language Processing (NLP)
For every minute a customer waits to resolve their problem, the Consumer Service Index (CSI) takes a dive. Walmart resolved this issue with the help of NLP powered by telecom services. Their bot now resolves up to 90% of consumer queries.
The business alchemy of the IoT. The M2M/IoT community
is now carrying out a transformation, turning silicon, copper, rare earth elements and the airy ether of the radio spectrum into new products, services, business models and profits.
BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL REALITIES
The key role that connectivity plays in our personal and professional lives has never been more obvious than it is today. Thankfully, despite the sudden, dramatic changes in our behavior earlier this year, networks all around the world have proven to be highly resilient. At Ericsson, we’re committed to ensuring that the network platform continues to improve its ability to meet the full range of societal needs as well as supporting enterprises to stay competitive in the long term. We know that greater agility and speed will be essential.
This issue of our magazine includes several articles that explain Ericsson’s approach to future network development, including my annual technology trends article. The seven trends on this year’s list serve as a critical cornerstone in the development of a common Ericsson vision of what future networks will provide, and what sort of technology evolution will be required to get there.
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This document brings together a set of latest data points and publicly available information relevant for Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Industry. We are very excited to share this content and believe that readers will benefit from this periodic publication immensely.
There has been no shortage of edge computing activities during 2017, in both the telco and web-scale
domains. Several Tier One communication service providers (CSPs), including AT&T, China Mobile, and
Deutsche Telecom (DT), have announced that edge computing will be a key component of their future
network strategies and expect that several new use cases will be powered by edge servers. In the cloud
domain, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are pushing further toward the edge of their own networks, creating
more points of presence throughout the world. Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods in the United States
could also be interpreted as a first attempt to obtain real estate across the U.S. market that can be used
for Amazon’s edge servers. In fact, all major web-scale companies—Amazon, Google, and Microsoft—have
announced edge computing services that are driven by IoT use cases.
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Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
When stars align: studies in data quality, knowledge graphs, and machine lear...
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | November 2020
1. Telecommunications Industry Newsletter
November 12, 2020
The Microsoft Worldwide Telecommunications Industry team is pleased to share
with you the November 2020 Telecommunications Industry Newsletter, available to
both internal and external audiences. We encourage you to share it with your
colleagues and distribute it to your customers and partners as appropriate. As
always, we welcome your input, feedback, and suggestions!
Transforming to a digital business is a key theme across global communications
service providers and many industry leaders are pursuing a new paradigm by
leveraging agile new technologies, systems, and services to enable this
transformation. This newsletter showcases how the telecommunications industry
leverages Microsoft and partner technologies like 5G, cloud, artificial intelligence,
big data, virtual network functions, and blockchain to accelerate the transformation
to digital services.
MICROSOFT CUSTOMERS PARTNERS EVENTS
2. Microsoft in the News
Telecommunications industry news featuring Microsoft, Affirmed Networks, Metaswitch
Networks, products, services, and OEM hardware partners.
Top use cases for IoT-enabled by 5G - Microsoft Industry Blogs
5G opens the doors for new enterprise IoT cases. The fifth-generation cellular standard
offers increased security, support for large numbers of connected, low-power devices, and
both low-latency and higher-speed performance. However, building an end-to-end IoT
solution with cellular connectivity is complex. It requires expertise in embedded systems,
connectivity, real-time, time series-based systems, antenna design, cloud computing, and
more. As a business decision-maker, how can you simplify your project? To address this
challenge, we see telecom operators offering market-ready IoT platforms to capitalize on
new service opportunities enabled by 5G.
more
MEF Welcomes Microsoft
MEF and Microsoft Azure have joined forces to
strengthen the collaboration among cloud and
communications service providers and contribute
to expanded development of MEF 3.0 SD-WAN
and SASE standards.
3. Azure Space – cloud-powered
innovation on and off the planet
Today, Microsoft is taking the next giant leap in
cloud computing – to space. I am excited to share
the work we are doing to make Azure the
platform and ecosystem of choice for the mission
needs of the space community with Azure Space.
Microsoft partners with SpaceX to
launch Azure Space—Here's what to
know about the initiative
Tom Keane, Microsoft Corporate vice president in
charge of Azure Global, joins 'Squawk Alley' to
discuss the company's partnership with SpaceX to
bring worldwide satellite connectivity to cloud ...
Verizon and Microsoft bring together
Azure and 5G Edge
Microsoft and Verizon are expanding their long-
standing partnership to bring together Microsoft
Azure and Verizon’s mobile edge computing
(MEC) platform 5G Edge, with a view to accelerate
the delivery of 5G applications and provide
businesses with …
Fujitsu, Microsoft Japan test private 5G
system in manufacturing sites
Fujitsu, in partnership with Microsoft Japan, has
tested a system that uses private 5G to visualize
real-time data within the facility, with a view
toward manufacturers’ digital transformation
(DX).
4. Bring compute, storage, and intelligence
to the edge with Azure Stack Edge
Bring compute, storage, and intelligence to the
edge with Azure Stack Edge, including telco
specific workloads and VNFs to support Private
5G/LTE networks, virtual SD-WAN appliances,
firewalls, and more!
Ep 5 - The BFCs: Putting Microsoft Azure
to the test for telcos
The latest episode is out! I talk to Microsoft about
Azure for Operators - check it out, and thanks to
Rick Lievano for coming onto the podcast!
STIR/SHAKEN – how do I “tag” calls in
my network?
In our last blog entry, we explained how and
where to implement STIR/SHAKEN in a carrier
network in accordance with FCC requirements..
The long and the short of that discussion was as
follows.. You need to ensure that SIP traffic you
exchange with …
New action to combat ransomware
ahead of U.S. elections
Today we took action to disrupt a botnet called
Trickbot, one of the world’s most infamous
botnets and prolific distributors of ransomware.
As the United States government and
independent experts have warned, ransomware is
one of the largest threats
5. A Look Inside The TrickBot Botnet -
Lumen
Bolstered by contributions from Black Lotus Labs
and others, Microsoft and FS-ISAC recently took
court action to disrupt a particularly insidious
botnet called TrickBot – a significant source of
ransomware and banking credential theft..
Daily Roundup: Microsoft Wins Trickbot
Court Order - SDxCentral
Microsoft won a court order to take control of IT
infrastructure being used to infect devices with
Trickbot, which is a very prolific ransomware
distributor that poses a threat to the November
election.
AT&T’s Fuetsch: cloud, telco networks
complementary for 5G applications
Speaking at a TM Forum event Wednesday,
AT&T's Andre Fuetsch said by network operators
working together with cloud players, it helps
bridge gaps for future latency-sensitive
applications.
Building & Scaling Shared Broadband
Infrastructure - ETI
This podcast hosted by ETI features Crown
Castle's Vertical Markets Manager, Jessica Collins
talking about partnering with Microsoft to close
the Digital Divide and more.
Our opportunity to define the world we
want to live in
In telecom, two analysts at T-Mobile used Power
Platform to build an app that helped the
company keep retail associates employed and
keep customers, including first responders,
6. connected during the critical first weeks of the
crisis.
Microsoft Glazes 5G Operator Strategy -
SDxCentral
Microsoft is mounting a more comprehensive
effort to position multiple services, some
developed internally and others brought in via
acquisitions, for 5G operators. The company’s
recently ...
Microsoft announces plans to establish
its first cloud region in Austria to
accelerate local innovation
Today’s announcement represents much more
than building data centers. It’s an opportunity to
bring to Austria the tech needed for people,
businesses & government agencies to reimagine
and transform operations, grow enterprises, and
gain new digital …
Microsoft to establish its first datacenter
region in Taiwan as a part of its
“Reimagine Taiwan” initiative
With Taiwan’s expertise in tech and partners like
Chunghwa Telecom, FarEasTone
Telecommunications & Taiwan Mobile, we look
forward to greater transformation, advancing
what is possible with 5G, AI and #IoT capabilities
spanning the intelligent cloud
Three Critical Capabilities for CSPs to
Deliver Internet of Things Profitability -
Affirmed Networks
Executive Summary. Communication service
providers (CSPs) are capitalizing on enterprises’
demand for Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. And
while there are a lot of opportunities, CSP’s IoT
7. business units are faced with challenges in
meeting profit
Microsoft's cloud continues to lift its
bottom line in the first quarter
Driven in part by the coronavirus pandemic,
Microsoft's cloud sectors continued their torrid
streak in the first quarter. Revenue growth for
Azure, the company’s flagship cloud computing ...
Microsoft Teams displays now available!
Reimagine your workday with Microsoft Teams
displays, a new category of Teams device
solutions that combine productivity, collaboration
and artificial intelligence into one seamless
experience. Teams display is the first all-in-one
touchscreen device
TM Forum - Laying the AI foundation
“You need sophisticated systems that are ever
learning to combat a cyber-attack. Your #AI
models are as good as your data.” - Michal
Braverman-Blumenstyk, Microsoft
A time of resiliency, change and
innovation: How cloud-focused business
strategies are driving transformation
To help its service technicians more efficiently
repair and maintain its models, Mercedes-Benz
USA is outfitting all of its authorized American
dealerships with HoloLens 2 headsets. The
devices are equipped with Microsoft Dynamics
365 Remote Assist,
8. Metaswitch enabled NIMS platform
wins "Best Network Transformation
Initiative"
At yesterday's World Communication Awards,
Deutsche Telekom were awarded "Best Network
Transformation Initiative" for their highly
innovative Next Generation IMS (NIMS) project.
They beat many other cloud automation projects
to win the accolade with …
Microsoft trials last-mile content
delivery technology to drive reach in
remote geographies
Successful pilot enables consumers in low
bandwidth areas to browse and download Eros
Now media content Bengaluru, November 3,
2020: In an effort to catalyze digital
transformation and bring rich visual content to
low bandwidth geographies, Microsoft
UnityCloud Ops Brings Together
Orchestration, Management, and
Automation for Accelerated DT
Digital transformation is central to everything you
do. It’s what determines how you build your
network. It’s what sparks innovation in your
business. It’s what will drive the great customer
experiences of tomorrow. But without a new
approach to orchestrate …
DTWS: AT&T and Microsoft share
insights into their cloud partnership
Microsoft and AT&T announced a partnership
late 2019 to combine AT&T’s 5G network and
Microsoft’s Azure cloud to deliver converged
mobile and cloud services at the network edge.
Bob De Haven, GM, Microsoft and Igal Elbaz,
Senior VP, AT&T share ...
9. IoT beyond the Hype with leaders from
the industry (Microsoft, McKinsey,
Semtech & Ericsson)
What's left after the IoT hype is gone? Find out
from industry leaders at Microsoft, McKinsey,
Semtech & Ericsson in this panel, discussing the
obstacles that have impeded IoT forecasts to be
fulfilled, like the slow speed in adoption.
Advancing global network reliability
through intelligent software—part 1 of
2
In our two-part series on advancing global
network reliability through intelligent software,
we explain how we’ve approached our network
design, and how we’re constantly working to
improve both reliability and performance.
AI Checklist Cards - TM Forum
We are proud to introduce our new AI Checklist
Cards that offer guidance from procurement to
development, deployment & to end-of-cycle.
They have been endorsed by Amdocs Ericsson
Microsoft Netcracker Prodapt Tecnotree & more
Microsoft Azure Security Fundamentals
- SDxCentral
Microsoft Azure security fundamentals include
security threat plans, identity access
management, authentication, automation, data
encryption, and firewalls.
10. Ready Telco One: Gamified customer
journeys enabled by a dynamic
ecosystem & marketplace
Learn how the Ready Telco One Catalyst featuring
Netcracker, Radisys, Mahindra Comviva,
Microsoft, KDDI Research, Ncell and Orange is
gamifying the customer journey to increase
loyalty and value. Visit their virtual booth to learn
more.
Time crunching 5G RAN rollout with AI
The Time crunching 5G RAN rollout with AI
Catalyst featuring Everis, Blue Prism, Creativity
Software, Microsoft, Viavi Solutions, Brightcomms,
Nokia and Claro is looking at ways to accelerate
the implementation of 5G RANs.
Smart networks for Smart Cities Catalyst
Find out how the smart networks for smart cities
Catalyst featuring DGIT, Quortus, Fujitsu,
Federosllc, Microsoft, iGR_Inc & Dublin, OH are
creating a single network solution for any smart
city use case.
Differentiating with Intelligent Apps |
Microsoft
Learn how you can include AI in your applications
and increase your margins as a result. Give your
customers the best app experience—download
the e-book
11. Maximize Power BI, Tableau, and Qlik
investments | Microsoft Azure
Telcos use many data visualization tools like
Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik. Those that perform
their Analytics in Azure do so 14x faster and at
94% less cost than other cloud providers.
Cloud anywhere: Azure for hybrid,
multicloud and edge environments
Manage your infrastructure more efficiently,
reduce your costs, and achieve global
scalability—while meeting local and industry
regulations—with a secure and seamless hybrid
cloud on Azure. Read this e-book to get an
overview of hybrid cloud fundamental …
A Developer’s Guide to Building AI Apps
AI is everywhere. Once the sole domain of
researchers and institutions, this technology has
emerged in a wide variety of areas, including
network infrastructure, platforms, and services.
With AI, software developers now have the means
to build a …
Azure Communication Services SMS and
Telephony now available in Public
Preview
Azure Communication Services is a fully managed
communication platform that makes it easy for
businesses and developers to add voice, video,
chat, and SMS capabilities to mobile apps,
desktop applications, and websites with just a few
lines of code.
Customer Stories
12. New telecommunications customer stories, case studies, and more. Visit our website for
more case studies.
Verizon Teams with Microsoft to Offer
Private 5G Mobile Edge Computing
Verizon is joining forces with Microsoft Corp. to create new ways for enterprises to
accelerate the delivery of fast and secure 5G applications, benefiting from reliable and low
latency connections. Verizon’s on-site 5G Edge network integrated with Azure edge services
can enable ultra-low latency, many times faster than the blink of an eye, which can help
businesses tap into real-time data analysis and delivery.
Applications incorporating computer vision, augmented, mixed and virtual reality, digital
twins or machine learning can be enhanced with 5G and MEC on the customer premise,
helping transform the way industries such as retail, transportation, and logistics operate:
Think of automated high-precision asset localization, tracking and positioning in
manufacturing. In healthcare, the increased speed, reduced latency and high bandwidth
connectivity of 5G networks could enable real-time precision medicine leveraging mixed
reality and AI capabilities as well as seamless and fast sharing of large files to improve
patient care.
more
13. First commercial 5G Standalone Private
Network in Taiwan launched by ASOCS,
Affirmed Networks
5G private networks for industry 4.0. This is
the first software-only 5G SA network
based on industry licensed spectrum, used
in a live smart-manufacturing production
line, and driving Industry 4.0 benefits.
Millicom Selects Affirmed Networks as
the Strategic Partner to Deploy Its
Cloud-Based, 5G-Ready Core Network
Acton, Massachusetts, U.S.A., February 11,
2020 – Affirmed Networks, a leader in
mobile network 5G transformation,
announced today that Millicom, a leading
provider of cable and mobile services in
Latin America operating under the TIGO
brand, has selected Affirmed …
SKT to Expand 5G Content Business via
Jump Studio
SK Telecom announced that it has
expanded and relocated Jump Studio,
Asia’s first Mixed Reality Capture Studio
using Microsoft’s volumetric video capture
technology, to its headquarters (SKT-
Tower) and unveiled plans to promote 5G
content business
Insights from Microsoft Workplace
Analytics help Lumen drive ‘anything is
possible’ mentality
As a world-class leading technology
company, Lumen (formerly CenturyLink)
recognizes that sales is the foundation of
the company’s success. In this video,
Meghan Wilkinson, Vice President,
14. Application Engineering for Global
Enterprise Commercial …
Client Solutions digitally transforms
Tesco Mobile with Microsoft Azure
Tesco Mobile is one of the most successful
MVNO’s in Europe. Despite a highly
competitive market, they’ve grown to
serve over 400,000 customers in Ireland
alone. Tesco Mobile’s success is based on
excellent customer service and a deep
understanding …
Affirmed and Orange Partner on Wi-Fi
Roaming
TelecomTV: Orange is working with
Affirmed Networks to launch a Wi-Fi
roaming service, providing secure and
reliable connectivity over unlicensed
spectrum networks.
AT&T Launches Looney Tunes 5G Experience
15. AT&T launches Looney Tunes 5G experience to boost customer experience.
"What's up, Doc?" Learn how Microsoft #AI powers a custom #VoiceFont that AT&T and
Microsoft created together. Shawn Wright, principal creative director of Mixed Reality at
Microsoft, discusses the #MachineLearning approach that enables unique voice experiences
for customers.
Nokia’s strong Power BI foundation
enabled quick solutions for critical HR
insights when COVID-19 surfaced
Being in the networking industry, Nokia is
naturally a data-driven company. However,
introducing data analytics into the human
resources (HR) department was a new
challenge. Under the leadership of David
Shontz, Global Head of HR Workforce
Analytics
16. Indus Towers takes advantage of
Microsoft Teams and SharePoint to
empower its workforce to collaborate
Headquartered in Gurugram, India, Indus
Towers Limited is one of the largest
telecom tower companies in the world.
Indus Towers is a joint venture between
leading telecom players Bharti Infratel
Limited and Vodafone Idea Limited. An
independently …
Swisscom uses Azure to drive
innovation, market leadership with
multilingual voice assistant
Although voice assistants are increasingly
common on our smart devices,
Switzerland’s largest telco, Swisscom,
wanted to create more engaging customer
experiences by building a voice assistant
that uniquely represents its brand. Using
the Speech service, part of Microsoft Azure
Cognitive Services, Swisscom has given its
customers access to an intelligent,
multilingual voice assistant, helping
improve the customer experience and
accelerate its own digital transformation.
Health data analytics company
accelerates critical data insights with SQL
Server 2019 Big Data Clusters
Vital answers to overarching health care
trends, such as COVID-19 test results,
demand accuracy and fast delivery times.
That’s why companies like Telstra Health
subsidiary Dr Foster are so key to
improving care. Based in London, the
health …
Partner News
17. Telecommunications industry partner press releases, highlights, achievements, and
more.
Samsung Advances Innovation in
Cloud-Based Private 5G Network
Solutions on Microsoft Azure
Samsung is announcing an agreement to
collaborate with Microsoft on an end-to-end
cloud-based private 5G network solution.
Agreement will advance the virtualization of 5G
solutions by deploying Samsung’s virtualized
RAN, virtualized core and …
5G-ready AI-enabled Network
Operations: Nokia AVA on Azure
Leveraging decades of telecom network
knowledge, Analytics, Virtualization and
Automation (AVA) by Nokia Cognitive Services
(NCS) through partnership with Microsoft Azure,
Carriers can now realize immediate cost savings
while simultaneously ...
Cerillion unlocks full value of CSP data
with advanced analytics and insights on
Azure
The combination of Cerillion’s modular & pre-
integrated product set, adherence to industry
standards like TMF Digital ODA, & the cloud
deployment flexibility of Azure, are a compelling
proposition for CSPs looking to accelerate time to
market ...
Ice Mobility Testing Partner of Verizon
and Microsoft Offering of Private 5G
Mobile Edge Computing
What you need to know: Combining Verizon’s
on-site 5G Edge network capabilities with
Microsoft Azure can bring more computing
power even closer to end customers, allowing
18. businesses to create extremely low lag
experiences …
Metaswitch and siticom Partner to
Address Industry 4.0 Market in Germany
Strategic reseller agreement will deliver
innovative hybrid cloud solutions for private
5G/LTE networks. Metaswitch, a Microsoft
company, today announced an agreement with
siticom, a leading German managed service
provider, to deliver private LTE and …
How Microsoft Teams builds a
collaborative contact centre – Enghouse
Interactive Blog
In a fast-changing world, organisations need to
transform how they operate, breaking down
internal barriers between departments to become
more agile.
ServiceNow Microsoft extend
agreement for Singapore Regulated
Industries
ServiceNow announced the Now Platform and
SaaS solutions will be available on Microsoft
Azure in Singapore for highly regulated
industries, from January, 2021. ServiceNow’s
highly regulated industries environment on
Microsoft Azure
How Telcos are profiting now more
than ever by offering a smarter IoT
solution | Axonize
Business leaders are facing more uncertainty
today than they have for decades. That is why
Axonize, a no-code, smart enterprise platform
that enables telcos to easily deploy and scale
smart business ...
19. Accelerating the move to the cloud
Leading CSPs like AT&T are working with
Microsoft and Amdocs to move more of their IT
and BSS workloads to the public #cloud “to get
more agility and more exposure to fast-growing
developer ecosystems and toolsets that these
cloud players bring to the table....
Events & Webcasts
Recent and upcoming telecommunications industry events and webcasts featuring
Microsoft, customers, and partners.
TM Forum Digital Transformation World
2020
Now in its 20th year, Digital Transformation
World will continue its successful legacy by
providing a platform for the telecommunications
industry’s change-makers to share ground-
breaking innovation, market developments, major
announcements and learnings from their
transformation journeys. All digital this year!
Digital Transformation World Series -
The cloud native advantage
This session featuring speakers from AT&T,
Microsoft, CSG, Amdocs, AWS, Openet & more
will cover why cloud-native is a ‘must-do’ for
telcos & what the roadmap towards cloud native
IT looks like …
Digital Transformation World Series -
Laying the AI foundation
Innovating with AI to develop smarter networks
and enhance operational efficiency, featuring
Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk, Corporate Vice
President, Cloud & AI Security CTO, Microsoft
20. The IoT Unicorn Podcast with Pete
Bernard: The Past, Present, and Future of
5G with British Telecom
In this episode of The IoT Unicorn Podcast, Matt
Chatterley and Tom Bennett of British Telecom
discuss some of the benefits and challenges of
implementing 5G.
How Telcos and the Hyperscalers can
work together at the Edge, Edgenomics
Summit | TelecomTV
To embed our video on your website copy and
paste the code below: Major telcos have been
forging strategic edge partnerships with Azure,
AWS and Google Cloud over the past few years.
But what does this means for the telcos and their
public cloud ...
OPEN GENERATION 5G SUMMIT
Affirmed's Ron Parker will be participating in a
panel on ‘Accelerating The 5G Innovation
Ecosystem’ at the MITREengenuity Open
Generation 5G Summit. Register today!
5G Connected Edge Cloud for Industry
4.0 Transformation - 2020 ONF
December 10, 2020 - 8am PST | 11am EST | 4pm
UTC Don't miss Albert Greenberg, Corporate Vice
President, Microsoft Azure Networking on the
intersection of edge cloud, 5G and programmable
networks as the foundation for building exciting
and power ...
21. Virtual Africa Tech Festival On-Demand
AfricaTechFestival, delivered by InformaTechHQ,
kicked off today with talks from Microsoft,
Ericsson, and more!
INTELLIGENT CONNECTIVITY IN ASIA |
Telecoms World Asia | 27 - 29 October
2020
Starting today! We're glad to be part of
#TelecomsWorldAsia where our VP of APAC Sales,
Ray Tseng will be on a panel discussing Building
the next generation network.
5G Ecosystem Digital Symposium -
KNect365
5G offers unparalleled performance in
mobile/wireless networks. Microsoft / Metaswitch
is proud to be a gold sponsor for the #5G
Ecosystem Digital Symposium on Oct 19-21
CBRS Week Fall | Fierce Digital Tech
Events
It's CBRS Fall Week! Be sure to check out the
panel discussion on The Road to Private Wireless
Networks featuring Microsoft / Metaswitch SVP of
5G Solutions, Shubh Agarwal.
CCA Annual Convention
Microsoft / Metaswitch is excited to be presenting
at the CCA Annual Convention where our Director
of PLM Mobile Solution, Jorge Cañas, will provide
a session on a Flexible approach to 5G
22. Sharpen your AI Edge skills with
Microsoft Learn and Oxford University
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family, and the world on YouTube.
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