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Telcos vs. Hyperscalers: Should Telecom Operators Take a Stand or is Collaboration the Key to the Future?

Global Data

With the digital landscape continuing to evolve with the emergence of 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud-native technologies, hyperscalers are becoming more influential in shaping the future direction of telecommunications. This can both create benefits for telcos (e.g., Another example is between Vodafone and Google.

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News in Networking: SD-WAN for $3.3B and Facebook’s Free Open/R Networking Tool

Kentik

Facebook uses Open/R to support its wide-area networks, data center fabric and wireless mesh topologies. Alibaba’s next-gen data center uses Cisco tech (SDxCentral). The newest Alibaba Cloud data center in Beijing uses Cisco technology. Automated networks are a must for 5G, says Vodafone (TotalTelecom).

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