Insights | FutureNet World

News in Brief: Open RAN breaks into an autumn gallop

A brief look at developments in network automation in September by Contributing Editor Annie Turner. Telefónica had a busy month. It announced it will conduct Open RAN trials with NEC in its four core global markets – Brazil, Germany, Spain and the UK. The operator’s goal is to deliver commercial options to at least 800 […]

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

The Coming Storm: Why Open Standards, Vendor-neutrality & ‘Best of Breed’ are Critical for 5G Operations

In this podcast, Chris Neisinger, Chief Technology Officer, Guavus (a Thales company) is quizzed by... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks, Intelligent OSS

News in Brief: Rakuten looks to global sales, Nokia pauses O-RAN activities

August is often cited as the silly season when not much happens – but not... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

News in Brief: Microsoft acquires AT&T’s automation IP as operator moves 5G core to Azure

Contributing Editor Annie Turner rounds up the latest automation highlights. AT&T caused something of a... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

News in Brief: Hard to tell where telco ends and cloud begins

Contributing Editor Annie Turner rounds up the latest automation highlights. Google announced it has joined... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

Hear from the Winners

FutureNet World announced the world-beating winners of its prestigious industry awards during its eponymous, award-winning... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks, Service Assurance & AI, Zero Touch Automation

News in Brief

Contributing Editor Annie Turner rounds up the latest automation highlights. Blue Planet (a division of... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

FutureNet World selected as the WINNER of the Virtual Events Awards

We are delighted to announce that the 3rd edition of FutureNet World that took place... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks, Service Assurance & AI, Zero Touch Automation

April 2021 News

Contributing Editor Annie Turner rounds up April’s automation highlights. Automation everywhere: cranes, RAN and business... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

Panel: Dynamic Orchestration: Driving end-to-end network automation and service orchestration across multiple domains

Watch On-Demand. Broadcast live at FutureNet World on the 20th April 2021. Accelerating new service... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Service Assurance & AI

Getting the most out of the 5G Revolution

Watch On-Demand. Broadcast live at FutureNet World on the 20th April 2021. Zero-touch orchestration of... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration

How service orchestration and customer experience can be smarter than the network

Watch On-Demand. Broadcast live at FutureNet World on the 20th April 2021. Network orchestration: Breaking... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration

Learn to Love Your Network Again

Contributed by Christian Uremovic, Director of Marketing, Infinera. Top Six Key Learnings from Automated Orchestrated... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration

Airtel’s network automation is as inevitable as water obeying gravity

Airtel’s CTO Randeep Sekhon and Bradley Mead of Ericsson talked to Contributing Editor Annie Turner... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Intelligent OSS

March 2021 News

Operators embrace automation as a disruptive force Contributing Editor Annie Turner rounds up March’s automation... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

February 2021 News

Network automation market set to boom post-Covid Contributing Editor Annie Turner rounds up February’s automation... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

January 2021 News

Access networks are where the action is. Contributing editor Annie Turner rounds up AI and... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

AI and ML in the networks: risky business or critical to success?

STL Partners and Futurenet World are running a free survey for telecoms operators, benchmarking the... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks, Service Assurance & AI

December 2020 News

Automation moves up the agenda As we look forward to what 2021 brings, Contributing Editor... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

Betting on the automation clash: Sumo vs Kung Fu

Contributed by Stefan Walraven, Co-founder and CEO, Inmanta. Automation is all about change… The real... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

How will orchestration work across all layers: transport, core, access?

Telefonica, NTT DoCoMo and TEOCO talk orchestration and the key drivers for a new ops... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Service Assurance & AI

AT&T & Colt inter-operator commercial automation use case: Lifecycle Service Orchestration

Colt’s Global Head of Network on Demand shares insight into the interoperator use case with... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration

Zero Touch Operations – creating sustainable reductions in operational costs, managing the complexity and simplifying service introduction: what are the keys to success?

Listen to DT, Vodafone Egypt and HPE exploring the roadmap to Zero Touch operations and... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks, Zero Touch Automation

5G and Network slices to revolutionise Enterprise networks: Can we really launch and scale 5G without automation?

This case study focuses on Telia’s automation journey and how they are leveraging the 5G... Read more

5G Automation and Intelligent Edge, Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks

Automated AI-Enabled Networks: A competitive edge – Does the first mover win?

This panel features Elisa, TIM, Proximus and Nokia and focuses on the lessons learnt from... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Intelligent OSS

Zero Touch Automation: Myth or Reality

Listen to Blue Planet’s view on the role of Zero Touch in business transformation

Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks, Zero Touch Automation

Asa Nielsen Interview

Automated Service Orchestration, Uncategorised, Zero Touch Automation

Automated Service Orchestration: delivering true value and new capabilities in a 5G world

Orchestrating and automating network functions with agility from the core to the edge, and from private to... Read more

Automated Service Orchestration, Autonomous Networks