Category: Communications Networks

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why NEC’s acquisition of Aspire Technology strengthen its hand in the nascent Open RAN market segments, boosts sales and marketing prospects for Netcracker, and can help advance integration and interoperability assurances across intricate Open RAN 5G environments.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Juniper’s expanded Cloud Metro proposition, including new capabilities such as Paragon Automation as a Service and new ACX7000 product enhancements, is well-positioned to power CSP sustainable business growth objectives including the acceleration of 5G SA network builds, more intelligent flexible edge cloud hosting, and service experience innovation.
Measures to Help Telecom Operators Keep Their Technical Staff, Agents, and Customers More Informed
The news that Qualcomm is likely to continue to supply Apple apparently caught the market by surprise, sending the company’s stock up despite a largely negative day for equities. Futurum's Daniel Newman takes a look at the partnership and what we can expect coming out of this announcement for both companies.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Render Networks new product additions to its Network Construction Platform amply position the company to capitalize on increased U.S. federal government funding of broadband builds, including FTTH, and play an integral role in allowing broadband operators and construction companies to optimize the overall fiber build process by operating from the same digital page.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Qualcomm’s acquisition of Cellwize can swiftly elevate Qualcomm’s 5G infrastructure proposition by integrating Cellwize’s cloud-native, multi-vendor RAN automation technology across its extensive 5G silicon portfolio, using AI-driven RAN automation and orchestration capabilities to help spur mobile network operator deployments in areas such as private networks and Open RAN.
On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President and General Manager at Qualcomm for a conversation focusing on the recent acquisition of Cellwize, 5G, and Open RAN.
New Network Technology Delivers Greater Performance, but Also Raises the Bar on Customer Expectations
Customer Service Relying Completely on AI and Automation Offers Benefits, but Questions Remain
Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses Lattice Semiconductor’s launch of the Lattice ORAN Solution Stack aimed at providing the secure communications, low-power hardware acceleration, and multi-component synchronization key to bolstering ORAN deployments across disaggregated, open 5G networks as well as fulfilling zero-trust security and eCPRI requirements.
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond looks at how Lenovo’s smartphone strategy is paying off for the firm as it isolates the 5G segment, coupled with what he sees in the future for rivals in the PC market.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Amdocs’ acquisition of MYCOM OSI provides the AI/ML-powered service assurance and Kubernetes (K8S) capabilities needed to deliver end-to-end service and network orchestration across CSP 5G SA and cloud environments, especially AWS, that also fulfill growing CSP demand for intent-driven closed loop operations delivered through AIOps and automated remediation.

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