The Slice: Hybrid cloud, RAN transformation and open API

Join TelecomTV’s Guy Daniels, Ray Le Maistre and Yanitsa Boyadzhieva for the second live show of the week, where we bring you the most relevant breaking news and discuss the latest industry announcements. On today’s show… Microsoft launches hybrid cloud platform for operators, Rakuten Mobile signs collaboration agreement with AT&T, Orange to sunset its 2G and 3G networks. Also today, the Telco Global API Alliance aims to develop an open API solution with access to operator capabilities; Qualcomm strikes a deal with Microsoft to simplify the deployment of 5G private networks; while Verizon and BT (EE) discuss how to monetise consumer 5G and build on CSPs’ billing relationships,

Plus, it’s all things RAN today, from vRAN to Cloud RAN, by way of the new RAN ecosystem, as we hear from Intel, Red Hat, Xilinx, Nokia and Ericsson.

First Broadcast Live: Tuesday 1 March