Service Provider Mobility (4G/5G)

Accelerating Open RAN Adoption: The Role of the Systems Integrator

As the industry moves toward 5G, Radio Access Network (RAN) will become increasingly software-driven and built with a variety of vendors. This brings added complexity to consuming this transformational technology and places an added emphasis on supply chain and integration services.

White Paper

• Jun 3, 2020

Edge Computing

10 Key Questions to Determine Your Role in the Edge Ecosystem

A back-to-basics approach for telecoms service providers looking to identify their best-fit edge computing proposition.

Article

• Sep 11, 2020

Critical Security Considerations When Deploying Software-Defined, Open 5G Solutions

The cloudification of service provider networks is leading to a new paradigm of mobile network security. Open elements of the network will change how telcos operate security within their organizations and their networks.

Article

• Nov 9, 2020

Leverage a More Reliable and Controllable Network with Private LTE

Private LTE networks will help enterprises increase in-building capacity, provide a better end user experience and begin to leverage the Internet of Things for industrial applications or smart cities, while also preparing them for the broader adoption of 5G.

Article

• Dec 11, 2020

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Service providers are under immense pressure to transform into more agile operators while continuously driving costs out of the business. A more software-centric approach that drives efficiency and dynamically introduces new services with compelling economics will be crucial.

Evaluate

The disaggregated nature of 5G enables service providers to leverage best-of-breed solutions to meet business objectives. Validating these solutions is challenging. And time is of the essence.

Software-Defined Mobile Network Solution Briefing

Mobile operators face an increasingly competitive and demanding business environment in which technology is changing more rapidly than ever, which makes it imperative to implement future proof, end-to-end open network solutions to innovate and compete. The Software-Defined Mobile Network (SDMN) solution is a multi-vendor, software-based end-to-end 4G/5G mobile network that includes Virtualized RAN (Open vRAN), telco cloud infrastructure, transport and mobile core solutions — each virtualized and residing on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. This briefing — available for both the Option 2 and Option 7-2x Split RAN architectures— provides a blueprint for a disaggregated, virtualized, best-of-breed and fully open 4G/5G mobile network. A Cisco transport network is placed in between these data centers to connect these applications together to achieve end-to-end voice and data connectivity for subscribers.

Briefing

• 2 hrs

Open RAN

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VMware TCP RAN

The VMware Telco Cloud Platform Radio Access Network (TCP RAN) lab is designed to provide customers and OEMs the ability to demo and validate workloads operating in the VMware TCP RAN reference architecture.

Briefing

• 2 hrs

Private LTE (over 3.5GHz CBRS) Network Solution

Private LTE delivers a controllable, cost-effective network that bolsters security while providing a wider and more reliable coverage area to enhance productivity and foster innovation. Service providers are using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) to replace last-mile fiber access and deliver fixed wireless services to end customers while augmenting existing capacity. Enterprises and managed service providers are utilizing the 3.5 GHz band to deploy private LTE for IoT connectivity and deliver a quality of experience that Wi-Fi cannot guarantee.

Briefing

• 1 hr

Design

New solutions are not being delivered as a thing, but a component of things — a combination of multiple services within the network that live in the cloud or at the edge of the network. We help identify, design and validate multi-vendor solutions to ensure interoperability within your network architecture.

ATC Lab Services

Cut your proof of concept time from months to weeks, if not days, by leveraging the ATC's testing and automation infrastructure.

Service

Open RAN: A Journey Worth Taking

Open RAN promises to simplify the RAN, but only for those who understand the network and best practices. Systems integration, security, and validating new and emerging vendors will be key.

Article

• Oct 22, 2020

Server Infrastructure

Dell PowerEdge Server Lab

Dell PowerEdge Servers are designed to deliver flexible infrastructure for the modern data center. They offer the very best integrations from leading infrastructure OEMs to adapt to any workload. The newest 15th generation PowerEdge servers come in a variety of processor, PCIe bus, edge and ruggedized configurations.

Foundations Lab

• 28 launches

Implement

The sheer size of service providers' networks demand massive rollouts. Our deep team of engineers, software developers, security architects and cloud architects help integrate the solution into your ecosystem and deploy the solution at scale anywhere in the world via our Integration Centers.

Nine Steps Telcos Can Follow to Deploy End-to-End Open RAN

This white paper details key steps operators must take to deploy an end-to-end Open RAN solution that ensures a smooth transition between old RAN systems and innovative new Open RAN solutions.

White Paper

• Sep 14, 2020

Edge Computing

Edge: Discovery Workshop

Workshop

• 4 hrs

Make 5G Work

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Supply Chain and Integration Services

Simplified IT deployments that accelerate time to market, predict workflows and reduce costs.

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Operate

As service providers continue to innovate, the need for additional development and testing grows. Customers can leverage the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) to accelerate new product development and innovation while also generating new sources of revenue.

ATC Lab Services

Cut your proof of concept time from months to weeks, if not days, by leveraging the ATC's testing and automation infrastructure.

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Creating software that uses an agile and outcomes-based approach delivers value early and often.

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Matching the best talent to your needs. Delivering the right support at the right time to drive outcomes.

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Internet of Things (IoT)

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We've compiled 11 of the most popular smart city use cases WWT customers have deployed in their smart city initiatives.

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• Mar 4, 2020

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Optimize Performance With 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® CPUs and the Right Built-In Acceleration

Learn how the Intel Xeon Scalable processor generations have evolved since the first launch in 2017 and how choosing the right solution with these enhancements can help achieve sustainability goals.

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Private LTE & 5G

CBRS Technology Overview

In this 37 minute video, we discuss the technology of CBRS and how it relates to the unlicensed Wi-Fi we know as 802.11 or Wi-Fi 6.

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Nokia Passive Optical Networks (PON)

The Nokia Passive Optical Networks learning path introduces Nokia's devices and controllers for Passive Optical Networks (PON). The user will learn how Altiplano Access Controller (AAC) manages and controls Lightspan devices and how AAC can monitor a PON system.

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Network Security

F5 DDoS Protection with Intel SmartNIC

Protecting networks against volumetric Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks is challenging enough, but for software-based infrastructure the challenge is even greater. In the past stopping multi-gigabit DDoS attacks has required dedicated network security hardware, but recently WWT was asked to test a virtual DDoS solution from F5 powered by the Intel SmartNIC FPGA.

ATC Insight

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Nokia Altiplano Access Controller Lab

This lab provides users access to Nokia's Altiplano Access Controller for managing Passive Optical Networks (PON). It gives users access to a live network while providing an overview of Altiplano Access Controller and its applications.

Foundations Lab

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Manage and Contextualize What's Happening On Your Network with Cisco EPNM

Evolved Programmable Network Manager (EPNM) is management tool for carrier-grade networks. WWT's Tyler Tappy and Josh Hogan discuss the benefits of EPNM, its ability to help usher in the age of 5G and how it can bridge the gap between taking traditional SONET and MPLS IP.

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• 25:32

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Network Transport With Segment Routing Briefing

As modern networks have grown in complexity and scale, they require more stringent tolerances and demanding services, which has spawned the need for a more straightforward and optimized method of transmitting data. And as 5G becomes more widely adopted, such latency standards will only become more desirable. Moving to a next-generation Network Transport based on Segment Routing enables organizational agility and unprecedented control over network path optimization and end-to-end Service Level Agreements (SLA). This briefing is intended to be used for architecture validation, proofs of concepts (POCs), demonstrations, and functional and interoperability testing.

Briefing

Take Control of the Packet Path with Segment Routing Traffic Engineering

Segment Routing Traffic Engineering or SR-TE in conjunction with Automated Steering dramatically simplifies the Traffic Engineering configuration model and eliminates the RSVP soft state requirement, in favor of a Source Packet Routing model also known as SPRING.

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• May 7, 2023

Segment Routing: The Future of MPLS

Segment Routing accomplishes the same thing as MPLS, but is less complex, extremely robust and can be scaled without any limitations.

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• May 7, 2023

How SR-MPLS Is Changing the Way We Think About IP Networking

Learn how SR-MPLS, or Segment Routing Multiprotocol Label Switching, changes the way we think about traditional IP networking.

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• May 7, 2023

Unmatched Capabilities for a Cloud-Native 5G Core & RAN

Learn about Intel's mission to move the world's networks out of fixed-function hardware onto programmable, software-defined platforms.

Article

• Apr 13, 2023

WWT & Intel Discuss vCMTS

Michael Lafser, Technical Solutions Architect for Global Solutions Development at World Wide Technology and Thuy Nguyen Head of Cable Segment, Networking & Edge Solutions Group at Intel Corporation discuss vCMTS Operations at World Wide Technology.

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• 6:47

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The Future of RAN is Virtualized and Open

Mobile networks see a future where upgrading their 5G network infrastructure is as easy as upgrading your device.

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• Apr 4, 2023

Server Infrastructure

Optimize Performance With 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® CPUs and the Right Built-In Acceleration

Learn how the Intel Xeon Scalable processor generations have evolved since the first launch in 2017 and how choosing the right solution with these enhancements can help achieve sustainability goals.

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• Mar 29, 2023

Key Findings From MWC Barcelona and the Future of Mobile Connectivity

After three years of social distancing and "virtual" events, Mobile World Congress (MWC) was back with a vengeance in 2023.

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• Mar 24, 2023

Data Center Energy Efficiency and 5G Edge Computing Among Key 2023 Challenges for IT Leaders

Take a look a three overarching challenges data center leaders will need to address in 2023.

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• Feb 20, 2023

TEC37 Carrier Networking Series E01: Private LTE and CBRS

Private LTE networks will help enterprises increase in-building capacity, provide a better end user experience and enhance the capabilities for enterprise level applications of Internet of things, while also providing a platform for the broader adoption of 5G. Enterprises undergoing digital transformation can use Private LTE on the new CBRS band to improve in-building connectivity complementing WiFi6. This high-speed, low-latency local area network allows them to connect all devices and "things" (robots, drones, sensors, machinery, buildings), automate operations, gain insights from customers and innovate new business models that position them to lead the digital economy.

Webinar

Jan 27, 2021 • 11am

WWT and Partners Deliver Next-Generation Telco Cloud for Virgin Media O2

Learn how WWT, working with Arista and VMware, was able to test, validate and deploy a next-generation Telco Cloud for Virgin Media O2 as part of its ongoing plans to modernize its 5G UK Network.

Case Study

• Mar 8, 2022

Investors are apparently hot for 5G

Telecoms.com: Technology solutions provider WWT asked some big shot financial investors where the smart money is in relation to 5G speculation.

News

• Feb 14, 2022

How to Win at 5G

Daniel Valle, chief technologist for WWT's EMEA Service Provider group, speaks at 5G World in October 2021 details the top five factors in success regarding 5G and how telcos can make the promising use cases of 5G into reality.

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