Telco Bits & Bytes – 11 February 2021

Our regular roundup of the technology news that matters

Welcome to the next edition of our ‘Telco Bits & Bytes’ news blog. Here we share news and insights from across VMware and the technology industry that caught our attention, so you don’t miss a beat. Enjoy!

VMware Bits

• Accenture Launches New Business Group with VMware to Help Organizations Move to the Cloud Faster
• VMware, Dell Technologies & SK Telecom to Collaborate on an Integrated MEC Solution
• NTT DOCOMO spearheads new 5G Open RAN Ecosystem
• VMware learnings from DISH 5G rollout with Sachin Katti
• Webinar replay ‘Why 5G matters in a world of IoT, VR, AR, AI and Edge’ with Shekar Ayyar
• Podcast: Automation & AI to drive operational efficiency: Intelligent operations for 5G with Stephen Spellicy
• VMware Telco Capabilities Brief: Digital Transformation in Action
• VMware Podcast: A chat with Pat Gelsinger
• VMware’s Sustainability Team Receives Global Recognition

Upcoming Events:

• Webinar: Automation & AI driving operational efficiency: Intelligent operations for 5G with Stephen Spellicy, 23 February 2021
• 5G Transformation Forum 2021 Fireside chat with Sachin Katti: The journey toward network autonomy: AI- and ML-based network automation, 23 February 2021
• ET India 5G Congress 2021 featuring Shekar Ayyar and Sachin Katti, 25 & 26 February 2021

Technology Bytes

• 2021 is the fifth ‘year of 5G,’ and possibly the most interesting
• Open RAN sales could hit $10B by 2025 – Dell’Oro
• Looking ahead in India: 5G, open RAN and fiberization
• 6G’s implications for electronics are “enormous,” analysts say

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