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NEC Aspires to Accelerate Open RAN 5G Integration

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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.

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MWC 2022: Netcracker Digital Platform Enlightens Path for CSP Business Growth and Innovation – New Futurum Research Report

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Netcracker Digital Platform sets out to enable the creation of immersive digital experiences, provide innovative monetization solutions, and delivers the intelligent automation key to fulfilling CSP digitalization objectives. There is a lot of opportunity facing CSPs as they continue their digital transformation journeys. Futurum Research explores the capabilities of the Netcracker Digital Platform and why we feel the open, modular, digital-native solution is capable of powering the innovation that CSPs require to drive growth and overall business value.

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NEC and Netcracker Join Forces with ADVA and Juniper to Boost 5G xHaul Transport Automation

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NEC and Netcracker unveiled an integrated multi-vendor solution with ADVA and Juniper that targets packet optical automation and the streamlining of 5G transport. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the alliance bolsters NEC’s strong hand as lead integrator for Open RAN projects across broader Open 5G network builds, enhances Netcrackers’ Network Domain Orchestration credentials, and augments the 5G ecosystem prospects of ADVA and Juniper.

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MWC 2021: Netcracker, NEC, and AWS Triple 5G Core and Orchestration Bliss

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Netcracker and NEC announced the deployment of NEC’s 5G Core and Netcracker’s full stack Digital BSS/OSS on AWS to orchestrate and automate 5G digital services and how 5G services and network slices can be ordered on demand from Netcracker’s Digital Marketplace. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the three-way partnership using Netcracker orchestration systems bolsters and assures the dynamic placement of 5G workloads across AWS Local Zones as well as the 5G ecosystem and competitive implications of the trio’s alliance.

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Netcracker 2020 Galvanizes Service Provider Digital Transformation Renaissance

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Netcracker 2020 is redesigned and upgraded to accelerate the top-priority transformation goals of CSPs including personalization of digital services, customization of B2B commerce, secure multi-cloud flexibility, agile partner management, and broader automation. Through Netcracker 2020 adoption, CSPs become firmly positioned to play a far more strategic and central role across the digital value chain. Netcracker’s rivals must take heed.

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Amdocs: Paving the Way for eSIM Cloud Ecosystem Expansion

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The race is on to drive eSIM ecosystem influence among the major players, particularly in upping the operator’s game, and Amdocs is squarely in the lead. Challenges aside, Amdocs is establishing a sales and marketing lead in the eSIM Cloud realm, at least in relation to telco software rivals Ericsson, Nokia Software, and Netcracker. This will be an interesting one to watch.