Microsoft has been working with telecommunications operators to bring their networks and services to the cloud through Azure for Operators. In June 2021, AT&T announced it would move its 5G mobile network to Microsoft's cloud. Microsoft Research also created Project Arno to help telcos adopt public cloud technologies. Additionally, the newsletter provides updates on Microsoft's partnerships and customers in the telecom industry.

1. NEWSLETTER Microsoft in Telecom Customers Partners Events
MICROSOFT IN TELECOM
Project Arno: How Microsoft Research created the technology and
industry momentum for Azure to empower telecom operators in
the cloud
Traditional telco equipment vendors wanted operators to build their own
dedicated “telco clouds,” arguing that public clouds were inadequate. But in
2020, Microsoft unveiled Azure for Operators to bring carrier-grade cloud
and edge technologies to telco operators and to partner with them to
create new opportunities and provide core infrastructure. And in June 2021,
AT&T announced that it will move its 5G mobile network to
Microsoft cloud.

2. Digital experiences drive new revenue and differentiation for Telcos
Like 72 percent of organizations1, Telcos have long had customer
experience (CX) top of mind and been investing to drive revenue growth.
Perimeta SBC named a Leader in GlobalData competitor
comparison report
Metaswitch Perimeta Session Border Controller (SBC) was named a Leader
in GlobalData’s annual product comparison for SBCs. The analyst firm
compared SBC products from seven companies and Perimeta excelled in
platform capability, performance and deployability. It also rated Perimeta
“very strong” in the areas of feature and protocol support
MEF Elects Executives of Leading Global Digital Service and
Technology Providers to Board of Directors, including Microsoft's
Shawn Hakl
Azure for Operators (AFO) Research
As former systems & networking researchers and engineers at Microsoft
Research, we are now the Office of the CTO team in Azure for Operators
(AFO OCTO). We are building research & technology in distributed systems,

3. MEF, a global industry association of network, cloud, and technology
providers working together to empower enterprise digital transformation,
today announced the results of the 2021-2022 Board of Directors elections
at the MEF Annual Members Meeting.
mobile systems, network verification, security, wide-area networking, and
wireless networking to bring the power of the cloud to the 5G
telecommunications industry.
ADDITIONAL NEWS
• Perimeta SBC now certified for Azure Communication Services
• Microsoft, Rakuten, VMware Execs Reject Open RAN Criticism |
SDxCentral
• Microsoft, Intel, Google Ranked as Top Green Power Users | SDxCentral
• Verizon, Azure join DEG board of directors | Telecompaper
• A prototype implementation of 4G packet gateway Microsoft Catapult
FPGA platform
• CISA to partner with Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Verizon, AT&T and
more for cyberdefense initiative | ZDNet
• Mobile private network deployment growth brings wins for telcos| TM
Forum Inform
• Microsoft posts cloud-fueled Q4 blockbuster | Light Reading
• Digital optimism: Customers drive cloud and industry innovation with
Microsoft technology
• Microsoft Buys CloudKnox for Zero-Trust Security Boost | SDxCentral
• What’s up with… Microsoft, TIM, KPN | TelecomTV
• Why Microsoft uses the term ‘net zero’ carefully | Greenbiz
• Telcos Seek Killer App to Recoup Billions Spent on 5G | Bloomberg
• Cloud providers team with telcos as 5G offers new growth | S&P Global
Market Intelligence
• Networks follow OSS/BSS into the public cloud | TM Forum Inform

4. CUSTOMERS
BT and Microsoft announce strategic partnership
BT and Microsoft today announced a new strategic partnership to
accelerate innovation across enterprise voice, cyber security and industry-
focused services in sectors from digital manufacturing to health, setting
businesses in the UK and around the world back to growth..
T-Mobile adopts Power BI to transform reporting and support retail
frontline
The T-Mobile Retail Business Analysis team used Microsoft Power BI to
overcome a business challenge when harnessing large datasets that pulled
from disparate sources to provide accurate reporting for analysts
nationwide and retailers to see how they are tracking against goals. The
team now considers the entire data-transformation journey as they look to
reduce data latency and find ways to report in near real-time.
AT&T dials in the private connectivity service it envisioned and more with Azure Private Link
AT&T is known around the world as an innovative and dependable service provider. The iconic telecommunications
company was determined to find a way to consume and render services privately in a Zero Trust environment. It found
the granular network security solution it had envisioned when it worked with Microsoft to pilot Azure Private Link.
ADDITIONAL NEWS
• Vodafone signs MoU with Microsoft to launch Begin Platform to
Develop Youth’s Digital Skills in Egypt
• Telia Estonia zero-rates data for Microsoft 365 on business plan
• Lumen taps into Azure ecosystem with Microsoft edge deal

5. • Lumen and Microsoft Teams Keep Your Workforce In Sync
• Ukrtelecom boosts collaboration and security with Azure and Microsoft
365
• A1 Bulgaria partners with Artificial Solutions and Microsoft
• Microsoft and BT announce partnership to shape the future of voice
calling
• Macquarie Cloud Services achieves Azure Expert MSP status
• AT&T, BT tackle cloud-native 5G
• Etisalat unveils a suite of collaboration solutions in UAE
• AT&T clarifies Dish, Microsoft deals - and that free phone promotion
• Bouygues Telecom B2B arm offers direct routing for Microsoft Teams
• Euphoria Telecom now offers Microsoft Teams integration on its platform
PARTNERS
Avaya and Microsoft Announce Integration of Microsoft Azure
Communication Services with Avaya OneCloud™ CPaaS
Avaya (NYSE:AVYA), a global leader in solutions to enhance and simplify
communications and collaboration, today announced a strategic
relationship with Microsoft to create a powerful set of joint cloud
communications solutions to define the future of customer and employee
experience.
Tech Mahindra Expands Collaboration with Microsoft to Strengthen
Hybrid Cloud Capabilities
Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and
business re-engineering services, has expanded its collaboration with
Microsoft to strengthen hybrid cloud capabilities. The collaboration aims to
leverage Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, a new hyperconverged infrastructure
(HCI) solution to accelerate hybrid cloud transformation, consolidate
virtualized workloads and build enterprise resilience.

6. STL delivers Cloud-Native OSS/BSS Solution Powered by Microsoft
Azure
STL an industry leading integrator of digital networks, will provide cloud-
native OSS/BSS solutions for telecom service providers, leveraging
Microsoft Azure. This solution will give telcos the agility they need for
building future-ready applications through its Digital BSS Platform.
Wind River Joins Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Program to
Further Advance Mission-Critical Intelligent Systems
Wind River, a global leader in delivering software for intelligent systems,
joins the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program to offer its new
Wind River Studio platform running on Azure. Studio is a cloud-native
platform for the development, deployment, operations, and servicing of
mission-critical intelligent systems that require security, safety, and
reliability.
ADDITIONAL NEWS
• Mavenir Business Messaging Solution – Microsoft Azure Marketplace • Umbrellar partners with NTT to bring Microsoft Cloud to Kiwi customers

7. EVENTS
FutureNet Asia | Automation and the Public Cloud: Realising OSS
and network operations modernisation NOW
Increasingly CSPs are looking to host OSS on the public cloud and benefit
from the agility and scale that the public cloud offers. Featuring telco
industry leaders from across Asia-Pacific, this highly interactive panel
discussion will explore the challenges involved in migrating OSS to the
public cloud and how best to overcome them.
The Future Of Telco
In this session, participants from BT, Colt and Microsoft will cover:
• What will the telecom industry look like in 2031?
• Where will the opportunities be for CSPs to monetize?
• What are the steps CSPs need to take to ensure success?
• What will the future of wholesale telecoms and carrier-to-carrier
relationships look like in the future?

8. Microsoft Envision South Africa Telcos with Tecnotree
Microsoft Envision South Africa 2021 is no ordinary virtual event and during
the event we will share how Microsoft and our rich ecosystem of partners
can help telco organisations succeed in a marketplace that has forever
changed.
TM Forum Digital Transformation World Series 2021
Whether you have been to a TM Forum event before or if this is your first
time, get ready for a totally different event experience.
Edge AI Summit 2021
The 4th
annual Edge AI Summit unites the technologists tasked with
designing and developing real-world use cases that bring real-time and
secure AI to low-power applications from the sensor-edge to device-edge,
and to areas that have limited connectivity to the cloud.
Join Microsoft at the KTA (Kentucky) Annual Meeting
Join the Kentucky Telecom Association - the leading voice for Kentucky's
rural broadband providers - for the KTA Annual Meeting, August 11-13th
in
beautiful Lexington, KY!.
ADDITIONAL EVENTS
• Learn the Financial Value of analytics, artificial intelligence and
automation (A3)
• Low Code Solutions | Atos
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