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!
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!
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!
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 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 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!
2013 Global Trends in Technology, Media and TelecomsCM Research
This report offers a comprehensive, global view of the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sectors over the next 12 months. Our aim is to answer three questions:
What will be the big technology cycles over the next 12 months?
How will they affect each of the TMT sectors in the chart below?
Which trends are likely to influence investor perceptions going forward?
XR and the Future of Immersive TechnologyVincent Lau
Extended Reality (XR) is an umbrella term for Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and any other kind of immersive technology. In just the last 5 years alone, XR has seen rapid adoption and development of immersive applications that are used in many sectors from Edutainment to Medical. Looking at the state of XR today, let us compare the differences between the various immersive technologies to understand their current limitations and the sectors that they are poised to disrupt. As we begin a new year with hope of a global recovery from the pandemic, we observe some key trends in XR development that will determine the future of immersive technology in the post-COVID world.
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!
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!
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 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 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!
2013 Global Trends in Technology, Media and TelecomsCM Research
This report offers a comprehensive, global view of the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sectors over the next 12 months. Our aim is to answer three questions:
What will be the big technology cycles over the next 12 months?
How will they affect each of the TMT sectors in the chart below?
Which trends are likely to influence investor perceptions going forward?
XR and the Future of Immersive TechnologyVincent Lau
Extended Reality (XR) is an umbrella term for Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and any other kind of immersive technology. In just the last 5 years alone, XR has seen rapid adoption and development of immersive applications that are used in many sectors from Edutainment to Medical. Looking at the state of XR today, let us compare the differences between the various immersive technologies to understand their current limitations and the sectors that they are poised to disrupt. As we begin a new year with hope of a global recovery from the pandemic, we observe some key trends in XR development that will determine the future of immersive technology in the post-COVID world.
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!
The telecom companies took many initiatives and make many operational changes to improve customer experience and generate revenue consistently. The telecom companies will continue to lunch new projects, experiment with new business models, and improve network experience to stay profitable in the post-pandemic world.
The disruptive technologies will make many existing telecom industry trends obsolete and create many new telecom industry trends. The telecom companies have to invest resources and address challenges to adopt some of the emerging industry trends in 2021. We can prepare a list of telecom industry trends for 2021 based on the information and data collected from diverse online sources.
https://bit.ly/2NNtpQR
This overview is a compilation of my own storytelling experiences over the past 9 years, first assisting clients designing M2M devices and helping them navigate the carrier certification process, then aligning with emerging Middleware/IOT Cloud platform providers early in 2011. Since then I've consulted and assisted companies across many IOT market verticals and have delivered keynotes to many audiences including enterprises, Tier 2 and Tier 3 service providers, MSO's and Utility companies on how to deploy a carrier grade IOT service delivery model for the creation of new MRR models across all market verticals. Whether you are attempting to enter the market by aligning with an existing IOT ECO-System provider like AWS or would like to create your own, I hope you find this thought provoking and informative as we carve our way into the wild, wild future of digital transformation.
Ericsson Technology Review: Spotlight on the Internet of ThingsEricsson
The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a fundamental cornerstone in the digitalization of both industry and society as a whole. It represents a huge opportunity not only in economic terms, but also from a global challenges perspective – making it easier for governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to address pressing food, energy, water and climate related issues.
5G and the IoT are closely intertwined. One of the biggest innovations within 5G is support for the IoT in all its forms, both by addressing mission criticality as well as making it possible to connect low-cost, long-battery-life sensors.
With this in mind, we decided to create a special issue of Ericsson Technology Review solely focused on IoT opportunities and challenges. I hope it provides you with valuable insights about the IoT-related opportunities available to your organization, along with ideas about how we can overcome the challenges ahead.
Emerging Technology Trends in the Post-COVID WorldVincent Lau
Decades of digital transformation has been accelerated by the pandemic to mere months. While many industries have been disrupted and jobs lost, the impending green recovery will bring about new job opportunities fueled by emerging technologies. Therefore, it is critical that ICT professionals start preparing themselves for the jobs of the future, especially in key areas of Industry 4.0, such as smart manufacturing, smart energy grids, smart building infrastructure, smart retail, and e-mobility. The emphasis on lifelong learning will help better position oneself to make a meaningful impact on today’s society.
An Internet of Things blueprint for a smarter worldMarc Jadoul
Published October, 2015
This white paper discusses how to leverage machine-to-machine communications, big data analytics and the cloud to power a smarter world and monetize the Internet of Things.
DELL Technologies - The IoT Value Chain - Solutions for the Smart World (Hand...Smarter.World
In this presentation we will introduce various aspects of the Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and the associated challenges in implementing new digital services.
We also refer to IoT / Industry 4.0 terminology, market developments, factors and drivers, IoT platform components, but also to the differentiation and similarities of the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0.
Using various application examples, we will outline the range of DELL Technologies offerings.
Here, however, we remain at an overview level for the first time without paying attention to the details of the deployable DELL-EMC products and solutions.
We would continue this in downstream discussions depending on the identified topic segment.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | November 2020Rick Lievano
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 | 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 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!
The telecom companies took many initiatives and make many operational changes to improve customer experience and generate revenue consistently. The telecom companies will continue to lunch new projects, experiment with new business models, and improve network experience to stay profitable in the post-pandemic world.
The disruptive technologies will make many existing telecom industry trends obsolete and create many new telecom industry trends. The telecom companies have to invest resources and address challenges to adopt some of the emerging industry trends in 2021. We can prepare a list of telecom industry trends for 2021 based on the information and data collected from diverse online sources.
https://bit.ly/2NNtpQR
This overview is a compilation of my own storytelling experiences over the past 9 years, first assisting clients designing M2M devices and helping them navigate the carrier certification process, then aligning with emerging Middleware/IOT Cloud platform providers early in 2011. Since then I've consulted and assisted companies across many IOT market verticals and have delivered keynotes to many audiences including enterprises, Tier 2 and Tier 3 service providers, MSO's and Utility companies on how to deploy a carrier grade IOT service delivery model for the creation of new MRR models across all market verticals. Whether you are attempting to enter the market by aligning with an existing IOT ECO-System provider like AWS or would like to create your own, I hope you find this thought provoking and informative as we carve our way into the wild, wild future of digital transformation.
Ericsson Technology Review: Spotlight on the Internet of ThingsEricsson
The Internet of Things (IoT) has emerged as a fundamental cornerstone in the digitalization of both industry and society as a whole. It represents a huge opportunity not only in economic terms, but also from a global challenges perspective – making it easier for governments, non-governmental organizations and the private sector to address pressing food, energy, water and climate related issues.
5G and the IoT are closely intertwined. One of the biggest innovations within 5G is support for the IoT in all its forms, both by addressing mission criticality as well as making it possible to connect low-cost, long-battery-life sensors.
With this in mind, we decided to create a special issue of Ericsson Technology Review solely focused on IoT opportunities and challenges. I hope it provides you with valuable insights about the IoT-related opportunities available to your organization, along with ideas about how we can overcome the challenges ahead.
Emerging Technology Trends in the Post-COVID WorldVincent Lau
Decades of digital transformation has been accelerated by the pandemic to mere months. While many industries have been disrupted and jobs lost, the impending green recovery will bring about new job opportunities fueled by emerging technologies. Therefore, it is critical that ICT professionals start preparing themselves for the jobs of the future, especially in key areas of Industry 4.0, such as smart manufacturing, smart energy grids, smart building infrastructure, smart retail, and e-mobility. The emphasis on lifelong learning will help better position oneself to make a meaningful impact on today’s society.
An Internet of Things blueprint for a smarter worldMarc Jadoul
Published October, 2015
This white paper discusses how to leverage machine-to-machine communications, big data analytics and the cloud to power a smarter world and monetize the Internet of Things.
DELL Technologies - The IoT Value Chain - Solutions for the Smart World (Hand...Smarter.World
In this presentation we will introduce various aspects of the Internet of Things, Industry 4.0 and the associated challenges in implementing new digital services.
We also refer to IoT / Industry 4.0 terminology, market developments, factors and drivers, IoT platform components, but also to the differentiation and similarities of the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0.
Using various application examples, we will outline the range of DELL Technologies offerings.
Here, however, we remain at an overview level for the first time without paying attention to the details of the deployable DELL-EMC products and solutions.
We would continue this in downstream discussions depending on the identified topic segment.
Microsoft Telecommunications Industry News | November 2020Rick Lievano
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 | 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 | 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 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!
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.
ERIK EKUDDEN
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Technology
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 | 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 | 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!
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 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!
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.
Mobile World Congress 2019: 6 Key Factors that Will Change the PresentHavas Media
Imagine a horse-drawn cart traveling along a stony track. At this point, we pose three questions. What speed could it be going at? What is the load that it can take? How long might it take to accelerate? Now imagine a large five-lane motorway, full of powerful cars, with almost instantaneous acceleration. Here we again pose the three questions above. The difference in the answers is the essence of the Mobile World Congress.
Havas Village Spain reports back from this year's event and looks at how 5G is going to change the way we understand connectivity and opens up a world of possibilities. Machines will have more autonomy and the challenge will be in seeing how the human-machine combination will lead us to a more sustainable and connected future.
Mobile World Congress 2019: 6 Key Factors that Will Change the PresentHavas
Imagine a horse-drawn cart traveling along a stony track. At this point, we pose three questions. What speed could it be going at? What is the load that it can take? How long might it take to accelerate? Now imagine a large five-lane motorway, full of powerful cars, with almost instantaneous acceleration. Here we again pose the three questions above. The difference in the answers is the essence of the Mobile World Congress.
Havas Media Group Spain reports back from this year's event and looks at how 5G is going to change the way we understand connectivity and opens up a world of possibilities. Machines will have more autonomy and the challenge will be in seeing how the human-machine combination will lead us to a more sustainable and connected future.
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.
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 - 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 | 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 | 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.
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 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.
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.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
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.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5
Telecommunications Industry Newsletter | March 2019
1. Telecommunications Industry Newsletter
March 2019
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!
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 cloud, artificial intelligence, big
data, virtual network functions, and blockchain to accelerate the transformation to
digital services.
This month we have significant coverage from Mobile World Congress 2019, the
largest mobile event in the world, bringing together the latest innovations and
leading-edge technology from more than 2,400 leading companies, with a highly-
rated conference program assembling today’s visionaries to explore the hottest
topics influencing the industry.
Microsoft at Mobile World Congress
A summary of Microsoft’s participation in MWC 2019.
Microsoft at MWC19 Barcelona
MWC19 was incredibly exciting – learn about all
of our announcements, including the introduction
of Microsoft HoloLens 2 and Azure Kinect DK,
partner announcements, videos, and more.
2. 5G at MWC, here’s how this will change
the way you work and live | Windows
Experience Blog
Back in 1999, the first Wi-Fi-enabled laptop was
introduced, and it wasn’t long before connectivity
became a driving force in how the workplace
evolved. Laptop sales began to overtake desktop
PCs. As people realized the benefits of portability,
open…
MWC 2019: Azure IoT customers,
partners accelerate innovation from
cloud to edge
Microsoft Azure Stack is an extension of Azure—
bringing the agility and innovation of cloud
computing to your on-premises environment and
enabling the only hybrid cloud that allows you to
build and deploy hybrid applications anywhere.
Microsoft announces latest Windows
IoT innovations for intelligent edge
devices at Embedded World
At Microsoft, we’re focused on simplifying the
Internet of Things (IoT) by making it easier to
quickly build secure, smart devices that leverage
the intelligent cloud while harnessing the full
power of the intelligent edge, including artificial
intelligence…
Connected Computing Initiative and
Digital Identity: Microsoft’s collaborative
offerings at MWC19, HPE & Intel
Erin Chapple discusses the corporation’s
connected computing initiative and the expansion
of “Digital Identity”, demonstrated for the first
time this week by Microsoft and HPE, using HPE’s
Device Entitlement Gateway (DEG), a software
product that enables…
3. MWC Barcelona 2019: Foldable Devices,
“Real” 5G, and Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 -
IEEE Spectrum
The biggest show of the year for the mobile
industry converges every February in Barcelona—
MWC Barcelona, held by the cellular industry
group GSMA. As an industry analyst, the show
always gives me a perspective on the state of the
global cellular industry that I might not get
otherwise.
Microsoft at MWC Barcelona:
Introducing Microsoft HoloLens 2
This evening at a press event to kickoff MWC
Barcelona, I had the pleasure of joining CEO Satya
Nadella and Technical Fellow Alex Kipman
onstage to talk in depth about Microsoft’s
worldview for the intelligent cloud and intelligent
edge.
HoloLens 2 gives Microsoft the edge in
next generation of computing
Chelsey Potts felt so much pressure to succeed
when she first stepped from the manufacturing
floor into the cab of a Kenworth truck. “When you
get a job at Kenworth, most people are doubling
what they made at their last job. And, you know,
they’re ne…
Microsoft: 5G's Killer App 'Is Staring
Telcos in the Face' | Light Reading
Microsoft sees pervasive connectivity as the killer
app for 5G - and Microsoft's golden ticket to
becoming a major telco vendor.
4. ‘AI can bring together digital and
physical reality into a work environment’
says Microsoft’s AI exec
Dr. Rashmi Misra, head of business development
of AI at Microsoft, shared with IoT Times her
views on the state of this exciting technology and
how Microsoft is helping customers to leverage
its potential.
8 top announcements at Mobile World
Congress 2019 (Foldables, 5G, IoT) -
wire19.com
MWC 2019 (Mobile World Congress), the biggest
mobile exhibition of the year, has already kicked
off in Barcelona. On 25 th morning, thousands of
attendees filled the hallways of the venue to
experience the innovations..
Ericsson | Mobile World Congress 2019
– Interview about 5G with Microsoft
We caught up with @digitaldad at #MWC19 to
discuss Microsoft's 5G journey! Watch on for the
latest.
Microsoft, Daimler bosses talk
transformation - Mobile World Live
Microsoft and Daimler chiefs took to the stage to
share their experiences of transformation, as well
as addressing some of the key challenges faced
by businesses in the digital age. Daimler chairman
Dieter Zetsche acknowledged the automotive
industry…
5. AT&T and Microsoft Collaborate to
Enhance Connectivity to Cloud Services
Our proof of concept seeks to bring network
edge compute capabilities into the AT&T 5G
network with Microsoft Azure.
LightReading | AT&T & Microsoft Team at the Edge
Telefónica and Microsoft establish
strategic partnership to design the telco
of the future
MWC, Barcelona, Feb. 25, 2019 — Today at
Mobile World Congress, Telefónica and Microsoft
Corp. announced a strategic partnership to
collaborate on projects to accelerate Telefónica
innovation and transform the telecommunications
industry.
Microsoft | Telefónica and Microsoft establish
strategic partnership to design the telco of the
future
Fierce Telecom | Telefónica and Microsoft team up
on AI, blockchain and edge computing
LightReading | Telefónica, Microsoft Strengthen
Their Tech R&D Bond
LinkedIn | How Telefonica is putting AI at the
center of its business
The Record | New Telefónica and Microsoft project
to transform telecommunications
AT&T Brings the Power of 5G to Life
with its 5G Innovation Program
AT&T 5G Innovation Program Participants Include
Cisco, Ericsson, Infosys, Intel, Magic Leap,
Microsoft, Nokia, Samsung and WarnerMedia
AT&T | AT&T Continues to Work With Industry
Leaders To Create Future Experiences Today
6. MWC Barcelona 2019: Foldable Devices,
“Real” 5G, and Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 -
IEEE Spectrum
This is a guest post. The views expressed in this
article are solely those of the blogger and do not
represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE.
The biggest show of the year for the mobile ...
Microsoft in the News
Telecom industry news featuring Microsoft business, products, services,
and hardware partners.
Subsea pushes innovation and close
collaboration with over-the-tops -
Capacity Media
Claim your path. This was one of the key
overarching messages during Subsea Americas in
Florida. The event saw the inaugural launch of
Women in Subsea, a new networking initiative
chaired by Amy Marks of Xsite Modular and Naaz
Bax of Seaborn Networks
Microsoft and Facebook’s record-
setting undersea cable sets another
record
The world’s highest capacity undersea cable could
be capable of speeds that are 20 percent faster
than thought theoretically possible. A recent
experiment using 16QAM modulation achieved
record transfer speeds of 26.2 Terabits per second
on a 4,000..
Microsoft opens first datacenters in
Africa with general availability of
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure Stack is an extension of Azure—
bringing the agility and innovation of cloud
computing to your on-premises environment and
7. enabling the only hybrid cloud that allows you to
build and deploy hybrid applications anywhere.
Microsoft collaborates with Telecom
Egypt to extend its global cloud
network to Egypt
Network collaboration will further enhance
delivery of services to customers in Egypt, North
Africa and the Middle East.
PR Newswire | Microsoft collaborates with
Telecom Egypt to extend its global cloud network
to Egypt
MCGH | Telecom Egypt and Microsoft announce
Egypt’s first Cloud Network
Inmarsat and Microsoft Azure IoT join
forces to deliver cloud services via
satellite
About Inmarsat. Inmarsat is the world leader in
global, mobile satellite communications. It owns
and operates the world’s best global portfolio of
satellite networks, specifically designed for
customer mobility, and holds a multi-layered,
global spec…
Transform your applications with AI -
Case study introduction
Learn how one of the largest telecommunication
companies in the world is strategically thinking
about AI from Chema Alonso, Telefonica's Chief
Data Officer.
8. Microsoft soldiers on with its TV white
spaces initiative | FierceWireless
Microsoft is a big believer that TV white spaces,
the unused spectrum between TV channels, can
be a gamechanger in terms of bringing
broadband to rural America.
Microsoft splashes compression
algorithm and hardware specs for Azure
into open source | FierceTelecom
Microsoft's compression algorithm, which is
called Project Zipline, and the hardware
implementations were developed to more
efficiently address the management and storage
of data at scale in a cloud.
Facebook, Microsoft join forces to form
Co-Packaged Optics Collaboration |
FierceTelecom
Facebook and Microsoft want to get ahead of any
potential data center and switch issues by
outlining common design elements for suppliers
and the manufacturing of co-packaged optics.
Microsoft Azure Chief Jason Zander
Talks Intelligent Cloud And Edge,
Drones, HoloLens And Quantum
Computing -
Microsoft Azure Chief Jason Zander Talks
Intelligent Cloud And Edge, Drones, HoloLens
And Quantum Computing ‘What we’re working
on at Microsoft is more analogous to like the
transistor that ...
9. Microsoft Ziplines Into Open Source
Storage, Facebook Launches AI
Hardware - sdxcentral.com
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Facebook announced new
hardware for artificial intelligence (AI) and
Microsoft open sourced Project Zipline for cloud-
scale data storage and management today during
the ...
Partner News
Telecommunications partner press releases, highlights, and more.
Qualcomm Revolutionizes Smartphones
and Computing Devices with Game-
Changing Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1
Connect
Microsoft is excited to be working with
Qualcomm Technologies on Wi-Fi 6, allowing
more Windows customers to benefit from the
latest improvements in security, speed, and
robustness of Wi-Fi networks as part of the rich
suite of connectivity support..
Sigma Systems Advances Integration
with Microsoft Dynamics 365
Sigma enhances the integration of the Sigma
Create-Sell-Deliver Portfolio with Microsoft
Dynamics 365 to support communications service
providers.
10. Panorama | Launch of Necto Telecom
on Microsoft Azure
Barcelona February 25th, 2019—Panorama
Launches Necto Telecom on Microsoft Azure to
Enable CSPs to Achieve Digital Transformation
Through Advanced Analytics on the Cloud
Panorama launched their world-leading telecom
analytics solution, Necto Telecom,
Vivo Launches Samsung Galaxy eSIM-
enabled Watch in Record Time with
Amdocs Solution
Vivo reaches pivotal milestone in the company’s
digital transformation, positioning one of Brazil’s
largest operators to realize the full potential of
the IoT opportunity across a rich ecosystem of
device manufacturers
Ingram Micro targets Microsoft Teams
with Switch Connect partnership -
Collaboration - CRN
Ingram Micro has partnered with Australian
unified communications specialist Switch Connect
to provide new collaboration products via the
distributor's cloud marketplace. Of particularly
note is ...
SAP on Azure | Relocate SAP to the
Cloud | NTT Communications
The time is now to start planning your SAP move
to the cloud. With the mainstream support for
SAP ECC platform ending in 2025 and all the core
SAP products being re-optimized for the SAP
HANA database, the time is now to consider
transforming your SA…
11. Improving Field Services with GIS and
Microsoft HoloLens
Increasingly advanced holographic and
visualization technologies present new
opportunities for organizations. This presentation
reviews the latest in holographic visualizations
and how they can be leveraged to magnify the
value of GIS systems to ...
Ribbon’s Microsoft-Certified SBC
Powers Pure IP’s New Direct Routing
Offer
Ribbon Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: RBBN), a
global leader in secure and intelligent cloud
communications, today announced that Pure IP, a
specialist provider of custom-built, fully
supported and secure voice networks, is
leveraging Ribbon’s...
Enghouse: Moving Contact Centres to
MS Teams - UC Today
Enghouse Interactive is a leading name in the
customer communications sector, often
commended for their pioneering approach to the
contact centre.
Avanade | Smarter sales and service with
the Microsoft Bot Framework
Learn more about implementing chatbots - one
of the exciting technologies that can help
organizations offload the burden of small jobs
from resources by use of intelligent bot agents.
12. HPE | 5 reasons to choose HPE for your
Microsoft® Azure® Stack solution
HPE ProLiant for Microsoft® Azure® Stack
simplifies the development, management, and
security of your hybrid cloud platform. But how is
the HPE solution different from the rest? Learn
the top 5 reasons the HPE solution is the best
choice for your bus…
SAP | Microsoft and SAP extend
partnership to Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming
mainstream. Companies are seeing market-
making benefits from IoT and deploying at scale –
from transforming operations and logistics,
remote monitoring, and predictive maintenance
at the edge to new consumer…
ZDNet | MWC 2019: SAP unveils Leonardo Internet
of Things for industrial IoT
IDEMIA | Microsoft and IDEMIA team up
to make eSIM the future of enterprise
connectivity
Microsoft and IDEMIA team up to make eSIM the
future of enterprise connectivity Interview with
Shai Guday, Partner Group Program Manager at
Microsoft and Emir Aboulhosn, VP Digital
Domains Connectivity and IoT Security at IDEMIA
qiio | End-to-end IoT solution on Azure
Sphere, SIM
An end-to-end IoT solution is ideal for customers
because they only work with one partner. In this
article, we will introduce what the key elements
are in a good IoT solution. qiio 365 When
companies want to have business and process
tools, the major…
13. InMobi Unveils TruFactor With Sprint as
Debut Customer - adweek.com
The telco-focused martech offering is a joint
effort with Microsoft. On the opening day of
Mobile World Congress, the telecom industry’s
largest trade show, InMobi has introduced a new
unit to aid telcos in monetizing their data assets.
Cubic enables Microsoft Connected
Vehicle Platform
Cubic Telecom is a global connectivity platform
company that offers mobility solutions that power
connectivity for leading Internet of things (IoT),
machine-to-machine (M2M) and mobile device
companies across the globe.
Barefoot Networks to Showcase
Programmable Data Plane Use Cases
with SONiC and Other Solutions at
Open Compute
Barefoot Networks, a provider of high-
performance and fully programmable networking
solutions, today announced that it will be
sponsoring Open Compute…
Huawei Brings OCP’s Open Rack Into Its
New Public Cloud Data Cent
Open Rack will increase the environmental
sustainability of the vendor’s future data centers
and will improve its operational efficiencies.
Customer Stories & Case Studies
New telecommunications customer stories, case studies, and more.
14. SK Telecom to launch data analyzer with
Microsoft
Korea’s No. 1 mobile carrier SK Telecom said
Wednesday it will collaborate with U.S. software
giant Microsoft for big data solutions to expand
its…
Telenor Norway offers Microsoft Teams
UC - Telecompaper
Telenor Norway said it is offering voice
integration with Microsoft Office 365 through the
Teams unified communication (UC) platform,
enabling people to use their desktop computer in
the same way ...
Tata Comm | Operational Efficiency.
Increased Agility. Intelligent
Connectivity Makes Anything Possible
At MWC19, discover how Tata Communications
MOVE IoT Connect™ helps Surbana Jurong with
secure connectivity to Microsoft’s Azure cloud
platform for its predictive lift monitoring system.
Celcom Axiata Berhad and Microsoft
(Malaysia) sign MoU
At #MWC19, Celcom Axiata Berhad and Microsoft
(Malaysia) Sdn Bhd signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) for a strategic collaboration
between both parties to accelerate their shift to
Cloud and re-imagine...
15. Singtel inks IoT partnership deals with
China Mobile, Microsoft
Citing figures from industry group GSMA, Singtel
said the Asia-Pacific IoT market was the world's
largest and projected to reach US$386 billion by
2025, chalking up 11 billion connections.
Telstra bringing eSIM functionality to
Windows 10 devices - zdnet.com
Starting Thursday next week, users of certain
Windows 10 hardware with eSIM functionality will
be able to use and purchase mobile plans from
Telstra.
Microsoft, Vodafone to develop Turkish
AI assistant
Microsoft and Vodafone Turkey will develop an
AI-based digital assistant, the tech giant's general
manager said on March 15. A Turkish version of
Vodafone's digital assistant TOBi is being
developed using Microsoft's natural language
understanding te…
Events & Webcasts
Upcoming and recent telecommunications industry events and webcasts
featuring Microsoft.
16. Business Applications Release—April |
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Join us for the Microsoft Business Applications
Virtual Launch Event April '19 on April 2, 2019.
Learn about updates and new features at this free,
online event.
Liquid Telecom To Host Azure Backup
Webinar
Every business faces a catastrophe. Whether it’s a
disk drive failure, natural disaster that shuts down
a data centre, ransomware that locks up your files
or a legal demand to produce data from ...
For more information on the Microsoft Telecommunications industry visit:
microsoft.com/telco @MSFTTelco