1、#GetTheFutureYouWant“A mobile-telecoms revolution is under way one reminiscent of the way personal computers replaced mainframes in the 1980s,and cloud-based apps are replacing traditional software today,”wrote Tareq Amin,CEO of Rakuten Mobile,in 2021.1 Amin was referring to the telco cloud transfor

2、mation the transition to hosting network functions in software form and in the cloud,as opposed to physical storage in vast server farms.In 2020,Amin had led the rollout of the worlds first fully cloud-native mobile network for Rakuten Mobile.2 Since then,several telcos have stepped up to the plate

3、with plans to build and operate their own cloud-based networks:In April 2021,Dish the 4th-largest mobile network operator(MNO)in the US announced its partnership with Amazon Web Services(AWS)to host its radio access network(RAN)and mobile core on AWS Cloud.3 Dish plans to spend$10 billion overall,in

4、cluding on the deployment of its cloud-native network,on realizing its 5G network ambitions by 2025.4 In June 2021,AT&T announced that it will move its 5G mobile network to Microsoft cloud.By 2020,AT&T had already virtualized 75%of its network,and it aims to shift its network resources to Microsofts

5、 Azure for Operators platform over the next three years.5Spanish operator O2 Telefnica recently announced that it is working with Google Cloud and Ericsson to transition its 5G core network in Germany to cloud;6 given that the core network currently processes the mobile data and voice traffic of aro

6、und 47 million mobile subscribers in Germany,this is a significant operation.The transferal of mobile networks to cloud particularly,5G network core,which can be deployed in a cloud-native form has been a key driver of telco cloud transformation.Having already made a start on transitioning their net