Articles & Insights From Mavenir

Jun 07

Mavenir and Big Switch Networks: Working Together to Bring the 5G Revolution

Salman Zahid, Director, Systems Engineering, Big Switch Networks A revolution is underway. Nearly every automotive company is developing autonomous self-driving vehicles. In fact, not long ago, an autonomous taxi service (Waymo), launched in Arizona. During the last few years, IoT applications have become increasingly commonplace across several industries, from retail to logistics to transport/automotive. According…

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May 20

THE 5G BUSINESS CASE THAT WORKS

Iain Gillott Founder, President of iGR 5G is now being deployed by select mobile operators around the world, but there is a problem: the initial cost to build a 5G network far exceeds the expected initial revenues, such that payback on the network build is not expected until 2022 at the earliest and 2023 or later (depending…

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Apr 29

MAVENIR AND THE ROLE OF MACHINE LEARNING

Black Swan Telecom Journal recently visited with Mavenir’s Ilia Abramov, GM, Security Business Unit and Marie Casey, Senior Product Manager, to discuss the virtues of Machine Learning-based fraud protection and some unusual and interesting fraud schemes Mavenir has uncovered. Are we ready to fight fraud when these advanced services are widely deployed? Consider International Revenue Share Fraud (IRSF), the…

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Apr

MAVENIR AND BT PROMOTE NEW SHARED vRAN SOLUTION

BT is hopeful of bringing operators together with an indoor coverage solution fit for 5G with virtualization support from Mavenir enabling flexible antenna sharing, subject to industry clearance. Working with network software developer Mavenir, BT has developed a virtual radio access node that can reportedly host up to four operators, with each able to control…

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Mavenir

Apr

RCS AS A CHANNEL IN BOT PLATFORMS

Even if the specifications of the RCS MaaP layer are fundamentally designed for chatbot interaction, they do not provide a definition of what a chatbot development system or framework needs to do. In fact, a MaaP implementation does not even need to include chatbot creation capabilities. The intention is to promote an open ecosystem where any chatbot…

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Carlos Aragon

Mar

THE DAWNING OF THE AGE OF THE CHATBOT

As Mavenir have already mentioned in our previous blogs, reach is key for brands, but once the connection between the brand and the consumer has been made, a fast and responsive bidirectional communication needs to be established. This applies also to mobile messaging. Businesses have always seen the potential of embracing technological advancements. With the…

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Carlos Aragon

Mar

RCS MESSAGING AND THE A2P/P2A CONUNDRUM

A joint effort by the GSMA, leading MNOs, suppliers of telecommunications equipment, and application developers led to the creation of the RCS standard, bringing forward a successor to SMS which enhanced the user experience with multimedia capabilities including: Audio, images, and video Messaging conversations Group chat Sent, delivered, and read notifications Rich cards and rich…

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Guillaume Le Mener

Mar

COMBATING THE CARRIER STRUGGLE FOR REACH

Since the dawn of civilization, in which commerce played a germinal role, businesses have always understood a simple principle: if you have something to sell, you have to find someone who wants to buy it. It meant you had to come up with a plan to make others aware of your product or service offering,…

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Carlos Aragon

Feb

Disruption in the Network Equipment Models and Vendors

A recurring theme in discussions with wireless operators about NFV and SDN migration is their frustration with traditional Network Equipment Providers for not moving fast enough to deliver native VNF solutions that run on COTS hardware in a standard way. While operators have always been focused on driving suppliers to lower price, the transition to virtualization and…

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John Baker

Feb

DISTRIBUTED CORE NETWORKS TO FOSTER NEW BUSINESS MODELS

To prosper in the 5G era, wireless operators must build cost-efficient, flexible, and agile networks to deliver innovative services and grow the top and bottom lines. The new model for wireless network economics is founded on dramatic savings in capital and operating expenditures through the deployment of distributed cloud-native architectures that foster new service models, standard…

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John Baker