Santa Rosa, California: Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced that Vodafone, a leading global communications service provider with more than 330 million customers, is using Keysight’s 5G network visibility solutions to ensure its subscribers receive the most reliable and highest quality mobile broadband experience during the transition to 5G.
According to the Ericsson Mobility Report, the number of global 5G subscribers is expected to more than triple, from 1.6 billion in 2023 to 5.3 billion by 2029. With the adoption of cloud technologies, Vodafone needs robust monitoring tools that can accommodate this significant increase in traffic and associated subscriber sessions, while maintaining a high quality of service.
Keysight’s 5G network visibility solution meets this challenge with automated, real-time, end-to-end visibility of subscriber-level traffic across physical, virtual and cloud infrastructure. Vodafone is using MobileStack 5G network visibility software in combination with Vision Series network packet brokers as a flexible, cost-effective solution to help it scale its 5G network and deliver the quality of experience it needs to compete for subscribers.
The solution provides the following benefits to Vodafone:
- Enabling cost-effective surveillance at scale: Streamline management of real-time data flows by offloading them to downstream systems.
- Adapting to new 5G technologies: It features network slice awareness and advanced correlation of 5G protocols across virtual and physical environments.
- Scale and orchestrate with distributed CUPS: Control Plane and User Plane Separation (CUPS) is used to enable scalable orchestration across distributed 5G environments, enabling low-latency applications for a responsive experience.
- Enhanced 5G Security: It provides strong, customized security measures to protect 5G networks, infrastructure, and subscriber data.
Simon Norton, Head of Digital and OSS at Vodafone said: “Vodafone is building a scalable, innovative network that can handle more traffic and a multitude of more complex services for the B2C and B2B sectors. Keysight is providing Vodafone with automated, scalable visibility tools that are essential to improving the performance of our 5G network, helping to ensure the best possible quality of experience for end users and a more reliable, resilient and secure network for the future.”
“Keysight’s network visibility solutions are a game changer,” said Recep Ozdag, vice president and general manager, network visibility solutions, Keysight. “The transition to 5G is changing the game for network operators like Vodafone, bringing with it unique challenges and opportunities,” said Vodafone CEO Robert L. “Keysight’s 5G visibility platform delivers unmatched performance and flexibility, enabling operators to significantly reduce operational costs while ensuring the highest levels of subscriber satisfaction in secure and robust 5G networks.”
