Telefónica Deutschland selects Ericsson 5G
core for network of the future
NEWS
elefónica Deutschland has selected Ericsson’s
T technology to enable it to experience one of the most
modern mobile core networks in Germany. Telefónica
Deutschland will be able to use the full potential of the 5G
standard for private and business customers.
As part of the agreement, Telefónica Deutschland, which
operates under the O2 brand in Germany, will implement
a completely independent 5G core network with full cloud
compatibility in its infrastructure by 2021, using Ericsson’s dualmode
5G Core. The capacities of the new core network are
dimensioned to optimally ensure the growing transport and
data transmission tasks in view of the massively increasing data
streams of its customers over the long term.
“With our cloud compatible 5G core network, we are entering
a new technology era,” said Mallik Rao, Chief Technology and
Information Officer of Telefónica Deutschland. “Gigabit data
rates, real-time communication and massive IoT – these visions
are now becoming reality. We have a clear plan for the further
development of our network infrastructure towards a standalone
5G network that can handle the massive data streams of the
future and open up new digital business models for all our
customers. In doing so, we are relying on the latest network
technologies that the market has to offer.”
Stefan Koetz, Head of Customer Unit Western Europe, Ericsson,
said: “The partnership between Telefónica and Ericsson in
the 5G core network underlines that all three German mobile
network operators rely on us in different parts of their networks.
With this, we are pleased to prove our ambition of technology
leadership when it comes to equipping 5G networks.”
Interxion partners with RStor to provide highperformance
storage solutions
nterxion, a leading European
I provider of carrier and cloudneutral
colocation data centre
services and a Digital Realty company,
has announced a new partnership
with RStor, a leading provider of
cloud services across any multi-cloud
environment. The partnership enables
Interxion customers access to RStor’s
performance-based cloud management
services, including easy-to-use tools
to manage backup storage, Disaster
Recovery and archival of data. This new
service offering is directly accessible
via Interxion’s London campus, where
RStor has positioned its first Point of
Presence. The service is also available
to all customers at all Interxion’s other
sites via Cloud Connect.
Using RStor, Interxion Cloud Connect
customers can now deploy scalable,
resilient network infrastructure and
benefit from enterprise performance
management across multiple public
Cloud Services Providers (CSPs) without
vendor lock-in or product complexity.
Designed for cloud-native workflows,
RStor connects customer environments
with cloud service providers through its
innovative fabric technology. It delivers
object-based, secure cloud storage
through a single interface that allows
customers to manage and scale data, and
unlike traditional CSPs, RStor provides
flexible access to multiple cloud
storage systems to help users increase
innovation and achieve unprecedented
cost savings in virtual environments.
Enterprises looking to invest in
emerging technology services, such as
AI and Big Data analytics, can produce
High Performance Computing (HPC)
environments at Interxion London while
also taking advantage of RStor’s agile,
cloud agnostic management portfolio.
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