MWC BARCELONA – Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that Japanese telecommunications operator KDDI Corporation has signed a contract to provide an open standards platform for mobile network services, including 5G core. announced that they had chosen Red Hat. . With Red Hat OpenShift, the industry-leading hybrid cloud application platform powered by Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenStack Platform, and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, KDDI is enabling new services and applications to meet evolving market demands. can be developed and deployed more quickly and flexibly.
The 5G core enables network slicing and additional attractive ultra-low latency services and applications. KDDI’s new platform is optimized for these services and adds features that provide higher bandwidth and improved reliability. Additionally, the new platform can host traditional workloads such as LTE, fixed line voice services, and value-added services. By working with Red Hat, KDDI aims to achieve the following benefits:
- Unified multi-tenant management across the entire platform from core to edge and support for legacy workloads to cloud native enables more efficient and unified operations.
- Improved resiliency, consistent core-to-edge operations, and the ability to deploy both virtual network functions (VNFs) and cloud-native network functions (CNFs) in your network using Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenStack Platform. They can be executed in parallel.
- Increased flexibility and agility in deploying network applications.
- It can be dynamically scaled as needed, reducing operational costs.
- Easily manage multivendor 5G core workloads and accelerate upgrades with automation and zero-touch provisioning.
Red Hat and KDDI share a common vision to accelerate 5G and edge workloads across any network environment by working together through a diverse partner ecosystem to drive innovation and rapid deployment of new services. Masu. KDDI recognizes Red Hat’s vast ecosystem and long history as an open source leader. This decision will enable KDDI to strengthen collaboration with ecosystem partners, drive open cloud-native innovation, and unlock new technologies to power next-generation 5G services. In the coming months, Red Hat and KDDI will be publishing a new white paper that dives deeper into platform design.
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Honoré LaBourdette, Red Hat Acting Senior Vice President, Global Communications, Vice President, Communications, Media and Entertainment Partner Ecosystem
“Red Hat is excited to work with KDDI Corporation to help them expand and modernize their networks. It’s clear the industry is moving toward an open, hybrid cloud approach, and Red Hat is excited to continue building on this momentum. This open standards platform will allow KDDI to benefit from new services, applications, and expanded revenue streams to advance our business in 5G and beyond.”
Mr. Tatsuo Sato (KDDI Corporation Managing Executive Officer Network & Cloud Platform)
“Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud technology enables KDDI to build an expanded ecosystem of service providers. By adopting an open approach, KDDI strengthens its platform and delivers higher quality with more efficient operations. We will be able to provide this service.”
