Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), the leading cloud platform-as-a-service company, is preparing to take on Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia in the standalone 5G base-stack industry with its cloud-native interoperability solutions and from multiple providers. Previous “Gs” relied on proprietary, vertically integrated systems from a single vendor, but 5G offers the ability to migrate to open, cloud-native platforms, allowing telecom operators to monetize innovative new services faster. Phil Mottram, vice president and general manager of product management at HPE Communications and Media Solutions (CMS), told TechRadar Middle East that the true value of 5G can only be achieved when radio access networks are combined with an autonomous core network. 5G. “All the 5G enhancements that have been making the rounds in the industry so far have been tied to radio access networks while the core networks are still on 4G. We have deployments that are in a non-standalone (NSA) configuration in the 5G space,” he said. He said that HPE had never played in the RAN business in more than 30 years of history, but only in the main network and serving the major global operators with 700 million subscribers in 38 countries who rely on its technology. In addition, he stated that 5G is a new technology and that HPE CMS is well positioned to bring its expertise to the telecom industry and has the potential to become a major disruptor in the telecom space and challenge big players like Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia . Going forward, he said the telecommunications vertical would become a key growth pillar for HPE, thanks to 5G, advanced computing, artificial intelligence and automation.
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"The 5G base stack will be available as an integrated hardware and software platform, based on the HPE telco base and base plans, so that operators can swap network functions as needed, allowing them to respond to market developments and avoid lock-in. vendors," said Phil Mottram, vice president and general manager of product management, HPE Communications and Media Solutions. (Image credit: HPE)
Openness is essential to the nature of 5G
HPE launches a portfolio of consumer-based 5G core batteries through its GreenLake (as-a-Service) offering so that telecom operators can easily build and deploy 5G networks and seamlessly integrate with WiFi 6 networks The service will be available worldwide in the second half of this year. American technology company aims to sell everything in GreenLake by 2022 and transform the business. "The 5G base stack will be available as an integrated hardware and software platform, based on the HPE telco base and base plans, so that operators can swap out network functions as needed, enabling them to respond to market developments and avoid the vendor lock-in," Mottram said. In addition, he said openness is essential to the nature of 5G for telecom operators to reduce operating costs, deploy functionality faster and remain open to multiple networks and technologies while avoiding being locked into a single vendor approach. The benefits of the standalone 5G core, he said, will help telecom operators offer network slicing, mobile computing, AI analytics and ultra-low latency networks to generate new business opportunities. for mobile operators,” he said. Telecom operators do not need to take large Capex investments and HPE will charge mobile operators based on consumption, he said. “The brain or backend is the heart of 5G, which means doing all the configuration , matching the different domains, providing good quality across different domains and end-to-end experience. That's why the network will become crucial in 5G. What we expect is that there will be different providers," he said.
HPE will be aggressive in UAE and Saudi Arabia
When Huawei faced trouble from the United States over its allegations of spying on its telecom equipment, the British government decided to have a Huawei radio access network and excluded the Chinese telecom giant from critical security core network and sensitive locations. . When asked what sets CMS apart from other big players, he replied that it was a pure cloud-native approach and all the software was rewritten using microservices and containerized. "What we see from traditional players, like Huawei, Ericsson and Nokia, is that they are trying to run different machines in containers, but the software is still the old architecture." Our software will offer much more agility, dynamics, performance and that's what will make the difference," he said. The second factor, he said, is the financial investment. "Customers need to deploy a core network on top of existing networks, additional Capex. We can build the backbone with no upfront capital outlay and help manage the time and sizing uncertainty of your 5G deployments. We believe 5G and WiFi 6 can bring many operational improvements to telecom operators," he said. HPE CMS activities are less present in Asia and the Middle East, but have large customers in North America and Europe. “We have a very established presence with the United Arab Emirates-based telecom operator - du - in 5G activity and we are already socializing with them the basic 5G battery on a consumption-based model. We will continue to be aggressive in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia,” he said.