Securing the Future of Connected Work

whitePaper | April 19, 2021

The 5G vision, outlined in successive NGMN White Papers [1,2] sets out a framework for enabling digital transformation for society and across industry, with a wide range of use cases and associated requirements. Commercial deployments of 5G are now progressing around the globe, delivering new capabilities and improved performance for customers. For Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), a set of features that underpin 5G, including disaggregation, softwarization, cloud-native design and operation, autonomous and distributed computing and intelligence, and a multiaccess composable core, are enabling new technologies and business models.

whitePaper | July 9, 2021

At the end of 2019, Heavy Reading surveyed 77 communications service providers (CSPs) on their plans for virtualization overall, and virtualized radio access networks (vRANs) specifically. A lot has happened since then that could throw the carriers off course – like data centers and central offices going zero-touch and lights-out virtually overnight. Heavy Reading checked in with the carriers in Q2 2021 to see how their plans have changed. This report highlights the results of our 2021 survey, comparing and contrasting them with the results from our 2019 survey.

whitePaper | March 10, 2020

More than ever, communications service providers need to rely on the latest solutions related to 5G, (hybrid) cloud, artificial intelligence, edge computing, platform technology and blockchain to enable the digital transformation of the network needed to thrive in today’s environment. IBM has an extensive global network of telecom solution labs, research labs and innovation centers to support its industry offerings. With more than 22,000 subject matter experts in the communications industry, we work with more than 200 major communications service providers across the globe. IBM continues to invest significantly in key acquisitions to add expertise and capabilities that enable clients in this industry.

whitePaper | September 23, 2022

The Cisco HyperFlex™ HX Data Platform revolutionizes data storage for hyperconverged infrastructure deployments and makes Cisco HyperFlex Systems ready for your enterprise applications—whether they run in virtualized environments such as Microsoft Windows 2016 Hyper-V

whitePaper | June 9, 2021

Telecommunications providers have talked up what a difference 5G will make for both individual consumers and big business, due to its many benefits. But although it was scheduled for 2020, its release is still being held up by providers, governments, and other issues.

whitePaper | March 22, 2022

As a digital transformation journey focused on the customer experience is underway, new opportunities are arising for satellite players to join terrestrial and wireless carriers who have already gravitated towards multi-domain strategies.