Networks in the cloud: the next leap for telcos

Networks in the cloud: the next leap for telcos
Hardware is out and software is in as telcos look to the cloud for their next steps. (Image: Getty)
Ben Moore
Telecommunications has come a long way since Samuel Morse made the world significantly smaller with his dashes and dots, and now the cloud looks to be the next step for telco evolution.At Amazon Web Service’s (AWS) annual conference earlier this month, chief technologist for telecommunications Ishwar Parulkar gave BusinessDesk some insights into why telcos all over the world, New Zealand included, are increasingly hosting and managing their networks in the cloud.“In 2016-17, we started looking at what it means to get telco workloads...

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