India’s Vodafone Idea has contracted Ericsson to deploy a cloud packet core to enhance its existing core network. The deployment forms part of the operator’s ongoing network modernization program. It is aimed at enabling speedier introduction of new services…
Huawei said it has become the first vendor to pass China’s 5G Non-Standalone (NSA) core network test, which constitutes an important part of the country’s 5G R&D trials for operators that hope to deploy 5G commercial networks early and quickly. The test,…
China Mobile Hong Kong has migrated its services to an NFV-based cloud core network provided by Huawei. The operator has migrated its legacy networks to cloud networks based on the 3GPP system. Working closely with Huawei, the migration took only around six…
Thailand’s Dtac has become the market’s first mobile operator to implement an SDN-ready IP/optical network using equipment from Nokia. Dtac is implementing the technology to replace its existing IP core routing and DWDM infrastructure, in order to achieve the…