Mavenir last week announced that its extended Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Analytics portfolio to enable closed-loop automation and drive digital transformation.
Mavenir, which provides cloud-native network software for the wireless industry, aims to be the lead disruptor in opening up the telecom industry to more competition and paving a highway to faster advancements.
Platform9 and Mavenir revealed today that Platform9’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for managing Kubernetes environments is being extended to manage container network functions (CNFs) deployed on Mavenir’s network infrastructure. The goal is to make it simpler for telecommunications carriers to replace virtual network functions (VNFs) with lighter-weight CNFs that are easier to deploy and manage on an open radio access network (RAN).
Mavenir joins forces with Digital Catapult and Ofcom as part of the SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre (SONIC), to test interoperability and integration of open networking solutions.
The software aspects of the network will be prominent with numerous suppliers participating and Mavenir will deliver cloud-native voice, data, and messaging services software over 5G.
Mavenir and Red Hat are collaborating to certify Mavenir applications for mobile networks with Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, creating solutions and platforms to transform the mobile infrastructure towards 5G and containerization with a portfolio of 5G products that target 5G Core, vRAN and IMS workloads.
In the 4G era, the legacy vendors dominated the mobile core space but in the 5G era, that’s changing with companies like Mavenir.
Telefónica is working with Mavenir and Amazon Web Services (AWS) on a pre-commercial managed IoT connectivity service that the operator expects to offer using Mavenir’s packet core solution and AWS’s cloud infrastructure.
Docomo formed a coalition of 13 international technology companies to collaborate on accelerating open RAN and pushing commercial launches of virtualized networks in 2022. In a statement, the operator said it joined forces with companies including the Japanese unit of Dell Technologies, Fujitsu, Nvidia, Mavenir and Qualcomm.
Hyperscalers gobbled up telco-centric workloads and services at the highest rate to date in 2020, and that hunger will increase in 2021.
