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Within data centers and 5G broadband infrastructure systems, the 'more, faster, better' ambitions continue. While there are many elements to delivering on these objectives, enhancing the functional performance of electronic systems plays an integral role. This paper provides practical application examples about how smart thermal strategies can maximize system performance and lifetime.
This paper explains the technology evolution of SONET and lays out the case for why service providers should consider migrating their legacy networks to IP-based transport.
This paper highlights how an innovative and economical access-to-core Optical Transport Networking (OTN) switching solution can enable service providers to provision these lucrative services rapidly, speeding up time to revenues, maintaining customer satisfaction, while also guaranteeing service availability.
This paper explains the benefits of both and how service providers can reap the rewards of disaggregated networks regardless of which approach they choose.
This paper explores how service providers can quickly capitalize on all of the benefits of 400G ZR+ and essentially change the economics for IP and Optical transport.
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>How do you turn the Rip and Replace program into a serious network advantage? By replacing your at-risk components with Open RAN equipment. Now that Open RAN solutions are eligible for reimbursement by the FCC, you can. Don't just replace equipment - Revitalize your network for faster innovation and future growth with Open RAN.
How do you turn the Rip and Replace program into a serious network advantage? By replacing your at-risk components with Open RAN equipment. Now that Open RAN solutions are eligible for reimbursement by the FCC, you can. Don't just replace equipment - Revitalize your network for faster innovation and future growth with Open RAN.
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This white paper addresses the challenges designers face in ensuring that 5G RAN infrastructure is efficiently and effectively powered, with a focus on the capabilities of DC-DC modules.
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Learn how Nokia 400G everywhere enables operators to upgrade their IP optical networks to 400GE speeds across the network, from metro access and data center interconnect (DCI) links, to metro/regional aggregation and core networks.
This white paper takes a closer look at pluggable coherent 400G router optics technology advances, and their impact and applications.
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This ebook offers insights that will enhance your understanding of how advances in 400G transport will support the next generation of IP services at 400 Gigabit Ethernet. It also explains how you can implement efficient IP-optical solutions for every application that runs on your network - from the metro edge to subsea communications.
This white paper examines different network architectures such as active DAS and how to test them in all phases from planning and installation to verification.
This executive brief explains that with full deployment flexibility that includes virtualized network functions (VNFs), cloud-native network functions (CNFs), physical network functions (PNFs) and pre-integrated and modular server-based appliance solutions, Nokia's CPC solution will enable service providers to deploy without limitations and host whatever they envision to profit from opportunities.
In the 5G era, a universal adaptive core becomes the critical key, freeing Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to thrive by offering different services to everyone and everything. This white paper examines how CSPs can simplify the core, allowing them to innovate, execute, and take advantage of new opportunities.
How are BSS-to-cloud journeys progressing? Where are CSPs focusing their efforts? This 2021 Futurum Research report, based on a survey of 324 CSPs, explores BSS cloud journeys, providing a status overview and detailing key patterns and different perspectives.
What are the key elements of telecom agility? Which activities must be pursued by service providers to achieve it? This 2021 STL Partners report examines the concept of agility to see how it's evolved since it first interviewed service providers about the topic in 2015.
Do legacy billing systems limit a service provider's ability to target enterprises? Which new services and use cases are driving billing requirements? These questions are considered in the 2021 TM Forum report, Future Enterprise Billing.
Gaming, fixed wireless access and enhanced video are three 5G consumer use cases showing strong growth. This ebrief discusses the various BSS capabilities, including 5G consumer charging and billing, network slicing, and partner management.
Learn more how you can make most use of policy management in a cost-efficient way.
Learn more about CI/CD today and tomorrow in telecom networks. Fully automated software pipelines are the future, and as it requires both technological and organizational changes, the best time to start is now.
Our holistic strategy for the cloud native transformation offers CSPs the possibility of decreased time to market combined with opex reductions, along with a more modern operational model where software flows continuously from development to production environments.
Do you question yourself 'How to best prepare my network to a cloud native 5GC?'. If so, this guide will help you identifying the different network domains to be impacted and finding solutions to tackle the challenges along the transformation journey.
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This paper covers everything you need to know about building an end-to-end network slicing architecture. It's a complete guide for communication service providers who want to put network slicing into action already now.
This paper explores key steps and considerations for communication service providers who want to start, and accelerate, their network slicing transformation journey.
This new report analyzes more than 400 digital use cases in 70 industries and identifies the top 10 industry segments and use cases that will drive the majority of the revenue potential.
This new report analyzes more than 400 5G use cases and isolated the network slicing value potential. How can CSPs get a slice of the action?
This white paper describes the structure and application of an integrated and transparent methodology to characterize mobile network performance.
Service support is about answering inquiries and resolving problems. B2B customers of communications services have needs that go well beyond the typical B2C customer care approach of FAQs, chat boxes, instructional videos, and general agent dialogs. Download this IDC Analyst Connection and find out why B2B customer care needs to be different.
As the telecom ecosystem expands, it has become increasingly complex to deliver high-quality, reliable service. But for an industry that increasingly relies on service assurance as one of its competitive differentiators, getting it right has never been more critical. Find out how to deliver superior service by connecting network and customer workflows.
Find out how CSPs can bring the old and new worlds of network resources together in order to deliver proactive experiences and automate service assurance.
Download this TM Forum report and find out how the role of CSPs in this era requires reimagining operational and business support systems, and embracing automation and AI in service assurance.
The confluence of 5G, software-driven networks, near real-time analytics, automation and open architectures is giving CSPs an opportunity to add value to connectivity. This is the concept behind Connectivity as a Service (Caas). Download this TM Forum Benchmark Report for find out what CaaS is - and what it is not.
