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Broadcom Helps GCI Transform Operations and Services on the Alaskan Frontier

As the largest telecommunications company in the nation’s largest state, GCI Communications Corp. faces some unusual challenges serving Alaska’s diverse population. There are the geographic challenges: Rugged, mountainous terrain; extreme, sub-zero weather; island communities; and vast distances between towns and villages. Then there are the bears: Black bears, brown bears, polar bears—posing a challenge to […]

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Bouygues Telecom renews partnership with Broadcom to accelerate its IT transformation and scale up its private cloud

Bouygues Telecom, a French all-round operator of digital communications and services, has initiated an ambitious development plan to build its private cloud powered by VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF). This initiative will reinforce Bouygues Telecom IT network scalability and enhance its IT service delivery. By transforming its private cloud, Bouygues Telecom aims to modernize its IT […]

Alaskan buildings reflected on a lake

Broadcom Helps GCI Transform Operations and Services on the Alaskan Frontier

As the largest telecommunications company in the nation’s largest state, GCI Communications Corp. faces some unusual challenges serving Alaska’s diverse population. There are the geographic challenges: Rugged, mountainous terrain; extreme, sub-zero weather; island communities; and vast distances between towns and villages. Then there are the bears: Black bears, brown bears, polar bears—posing a challenge to […]

Color photography of high angle view, aerial view of beautiful French natural landscape in Bugey mountains, with small town of Culoz, the Rhone River and famous Lake Bourget in background. Shot from Grand Colombier mountain top at sunset, twilight time of the day in summer, in Bugey mountains, in Ain department not far from Jura and Savoie border near Culoz city, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region in France (Europe).

Nordnet Builds Critical Connectivity Infrastructure

The French government aims to promote careers in rural areas and remote work, but this requires strong rural connectivity. Nordnet is connecting rural France and using VMware Tanzu Platform to streamline service delivery with integrated microservices management. It may be many years before we understand the full impact on our workplace habits due to the […]

Technical Details of SoftBank Corp., NEC and Broadcom RAN Modernization

Following are additional supporting technical details for the “SoftBank Corp., NEC and Broadcom Jointly Validate RAN Modernization with Virtualization by Unifying O-RAN Architecture and Telco Cloud” announcement published on February 29, 2024. In this joint verification, the companies unified SoftBank’s infrastructure in vRAN, NEC’s applications, and VMware’s platform to conduct construction verification in a use […]

SoftBank Corp., NEC and Broadcom Jointly Validate RAN Modernization with Virtualization by Unifying O-RAN Architecture and Telco Cloud

BARCELONA—MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS—FEBRUARY 29, 2024—SoftBank Corp. (“SoftBank”), NEC Corporation (“NEC”) and VMware, recently acquired by Broadcom Inc., have jointly verified the virtualization of the radio access network (“RAN”), which is the front end of the mobile network. The companies confirmed the feasibility of RAN modernization by converging O-RAN architecture (1) and Telco Cloud (2). In […]

5G is Here: How your Business can Harness its Power

A key theme at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 held in Barcelona earlier this year was ‘5G Acceleration’. The global event focused on how 5G is redefining industries across the world with many capabilities showcased that could well accelerate the adoption of 5G networks. In our region too, 5G is gaining momentum. According to […]