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Dell Technologies has announced new telecoms solutions and services to help communications service providers (CSPs) transition to open, cloud-native networks more economically.
As CSPs transition to cloud-native networks, the telecommunications industry's open ecosystem continues to flourish, giving them additional choices in technologies and partners. CSPs require the many technologies in this open ecosystem to work together seamlessly to offer innovative edge services and cut costs. Dell's Dell Telecom Cloud Foundation, Dell Open RAN Accelerator, and new telecom products and lab capabilities are designed to simplify and accelerate contemporary network deployments.
"Communications service providers are changing how they build and deploy open networks, establishing the foundation on which they can develop and deliver innovative services to capture the edge opportunity," said Dennis Hoffman, senior vice president and general manager, Dell Technologies Telecom Systems Business. "Our expanded telecom solutions portfolio brings the open ecosystem together for network operators, giving them the simplicity and reliability they need to modernise their networks and monetise new services."
Dell Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation speeds network modernisation, business growth
The Dell Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation is a turnkey, end-to-end, contemporary network infrastructure solution that enables CSPs to create and deploy open, cloud-native networks faster and more cost-effectively. Dell hardware, Dell Bare Metal Orchestrator management software, and the CSPs' choice of integrated telecom cloud software platforms, such as Red Hat, VMware, and Wind River, make up the Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation.
Dell's software now includes new Dell Bare Metal Orchestrator Modules, allowing CSPs to install and manage the whole cloud foundation stack lifecycle. CSPs will have a scalable cloud base for their open hardware and software environment, encompassing core, edge, and RAN, with the flexibility to develop and deploy open network functions and distinctive edge services once it is implemented. ACG Research estimates an up to 39% OpEx savings for CSPs deploying the Telecom Multi-Cloud Foundation in their networks. ACG Research found CSPs also save time on testing and certification, manual processes, server provisioning, software upgrades and cloud stack integration and testing.
Dell and Marvell collaborate on new hardware to accelerate Open RAN
With the introduction of virtualised and Open RAN architectures, 5G networks are transforming to bringtransforming to bring cloud scalability to the RAN. Existing virtualised and Open RAN alternatives have previously lacked the performance of established networks, hindering the ability for CSPs to implement cloud-native 5G.
Developed in collaboration with Marvell, the Dell Open RAN Accelerator Card is a new inline 5G Layer 1 processing card for vRAN and Open RAN solutions. Designed for Dell PowerEdge and other x86-based servers, the PCIe accelerator card brings the same Marvell OCTEON® Fusion technology and performance of today's leading 5G radio networks to the Open RAN ecosystem. CSPs can have better-performing systems that lower cost and power consumption, allowing them to affordably scale high performing, modern radio access networks with an open architecture approach.
"Marvell is delighted to partner with Dell Technologies to enable an open, virtualised 5G RAN architecture that delivers advanced features and performance built on our proven OCTEON® Fusion platform," said Raj Singh, executive vice president, Processors Business Unit at Marvell. "The new Dell Open RAN Accelerator Card is an innovative no-compromise, cloud-native, inline, Open RAN Layer 1 acceleration solution that addresses the shortcomings of existing vRAN alternatives."
"We're pleased to see Dell Technologies and Marvell come together to innovate and create technologies that will enhance Open RAN platform capability and vendor diversity for operators," said Andy Dunkin, Open RAN RF and digital platform development manager at Vodafone. "The promise of virtualised Open RAN platforms will be enhanced with the Dell Open Ran Accelerator Card that should offer network operators like Vodafone a less costly and more efficient path to Open RAN."
Dell and ecosystem partners help speed deployment of edge and core solutions
Dell continues to grow its open partner ecosystem with new telecom solutions for edge and core.
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Dell Validated Design for Services Edge 1.2 brings together edge compute resources with private wireless connectivity, enabling the ease of deployment, scalable operations and security capabilities required for large numbers of edge locations. Enterprises can place sensors and devices at the edge of mobile networks to capture and process data in near-real time, and use the data to generate insights, optimise operations and help increase productivity. The open standards-based design now supports Airspan 5G RAN for a fast deployment of enterprise private 5G networks.
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Dell Validated Design for the 5G Core with Oracle and VMware gives CSPs the choice to build a robust, scalable 5G core on industry standard infrastructure, in a more secure and reliable way. The solution can help reduce the time needed to design, test and integrate network components from multiple partners.
Dell expands telecom services and lab capabilities to drive faster ecosystem innovation
Dell is expanding its telecom services capabilities to help CSPs install and accept telecom solutions faster by leading partner integration. With Dell ProDeploy for NFVI, CSPs can swiftly deploy network infrastructure. The solution combines Dell factory integration and field deployment options to allow customers to construct the best NFV architecture for their network on the go. The service combines compute, networking, and telecom cloud software platforms to let CSPs launch workloads more quickly and at scale, saving time and money. ProDeploy reduces infrastructure deployment time by 68%, thanks to Dell's established practises.
The Dell Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab Solution Integration Platform enables CSPs and partners to securely connect their lab resources to the Dell lab and infrastructure, allowing them to develop and commercialise 5G and telecom edge services more quickly. The Solution Integration Platform employs the newest DevOps methodologies to execute tests faster than manual testing, allowing services to be brought to market faster and with less risk and cost. The new platform will enable CSPs and partners to conduct integrated testing and lifecycle management of Open RAN, 5G, and edge services and applications.
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“CSPs are eager to tap into the promise of 5G and bring new offerings to market as quickly as possible. Through teaming with industry leaders like Dell, we’re making that a reality and offering telcos a faster pace of deployment and a choice of best-of-breed options,” said Andrew Morawski, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Communications.
"At Red Hat, we believe that an open ecosystem is critical to driving innovation, from the datacenter out to the edge," said Honore LaBourdette, vice president, Telco, Media & Entertainment, Red Hat. "By collaborating with other industry leaders such as Dell, we are able to offer service providers greater choice and scalability for their edge deployments, based on open principles and open standards for optimal flexibility."
"A leader in the early 5G landscape, powering the majority of 5G RAN deployments, Wind River is delivering mature production-ready offerings on proven Wind River Studio technology that is live in deployment with operators such as Verizon and Vodafone," said Avijit Sinha, chief product officer, Wind River. "Delivering a major component to the Dell Telecom Cloud Foundation and with our work on the Dell Open Telecom Ecosystem Lab Solution Integration Platform, Wind River is helping to address key operator challenges by providing fully cloud-native, Kubernetes- and container-based architecture for the development, deployment, operations, and servicing of distributed edge networks at scale."
Lakshmi Mandyam, vice president of product management and partner ecosystems, Service Provider & Edge, VMware, said, "5G network architectures prioritise openness and interoperability. Service providers have choice to work with more technology partners than ever before. But with more choice comes added complexity. Our work with Dell and Oracle aims to reduce this complexity by streamlining the testing and validation of partner solutions on top of our 5G Core validated design. We are providing the foundation on top of which 5G networks can rise."
