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SES Pioneers Cloud Based Network Automation

and Service Orchestration

SES announced it will create an open,
standards-based network automation
and service orchestration platform, built
on Open Network Automation Platform
(ONAP) and powered by Amdocs’ network
functions virtualization (NFV) technology.
With today’s announcement, SES is the
first satellite network solutions provider
to adopt ONAP, an open software platform
designed for orchestrating the creation
and delivery of new services in an
automated operational environment. SES
is implementing ONAP with Amdocs on
Microsoft Azure, the industry’s scalable
and flexible cloud services platform
supported by Microsoft’s expansive global driving open networking initiatives into a seamless and wholly integrated part of
network. With ONAP operating on Azure, the satellite industry, advancing its vision a global, cloud-scale network ecosystem.
SES can extend network services and to make satellite networks a seamless Central to this vision is an open, automated
activate virtualized network functions extension of the global communications operational environment that allows our
quickly and at scale, accelerating time- ecosystem. SES is a founding member of customers to easily create and deliver
to-market and improving service agility Linux Foundation Networking (LFN), which new, innovative services anywhere,” said
for customers anywhere on the globe. In hosts the ONAP project, an initiative with JP Hemingway, CEO of SES Networks. “To
addition, SES is partnering with Amdocs, a widespread adoption as the preferred make our vision a reality, we are pleased
leader in developing and integrating ONAP platform for open network automation to be the first satellite operator to develop
solutions on Microsoft Azure. Together, and orchestration. By standardizing on the ONAP with Amdocs on Microsoft Azure.
Amdocs and Microsoft represent best- same orchestration platform as leading SES envisions delivering cloud-scale
in-class ecosystem partners to deploy telcos and mobile network operators, connectivity services and virtualized
open, cloud-based network automation SES will make it easier and faster for its network functions such as SD-WAN,
and orchestration. As the first satellite customers to deliver services over its high- virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC),
network solutions provider to adopt performance satellite-based network. “Our security and more, creating massive value
ONAP, SES is continuing its leadership in vision is to make satellite-based networks for our customers well into the future.”

Syniverse and LG Uplus Collaborate to Offer first

5G Roaming Service between Korea and Finland

Syniverse, the world’s most connected Uplus, in partnership with Elisa, Finland’s end quality of service to ensure roaming
company, announced it is working with LG leading wired and wireless operator with and interworking for mobile services, with
Uplus to offer a 5G roaming service with more than 6 million subscribers, provides a secure and reliable network connected to
mobile operators around the world. As 5G roaming service to its customers using more than 750 mobile operators in over 150
part of this, mobile customers of LG Uplus LG Electronics V50 ThinQ smartphone at countries. Syniverse’s work with LG Uplus
from Korea will be able to access Elisa’s 5G 5G data speeds in Finland. LG Uplus has on its 5G roaming service builds on a long
services while traveling abroad in Finland. launched the world’s first commercialized history of collaboration in which Syniverse
LG Uplus recently completed the world’s 5G service in Korea and is leading in has helped enable LG Uplus to go-to-
first commercial testing of 5G roaming in wireless and wired technology with 13 market with other industry firsts, such as
Finland. Elisa Finland’s 5G network is now million subscribers. Syniverse is using its voice over LTE (VoLTE) roaming service.
available for LG Uplus customers, and 5G IPX Network as a core solution to enable LG Uplus plans to actively collaborate with
roaming service has been available on LG Uplus’ 5G roaming service. The solution other mobile operators around the world to
this network by LG Uplus since July 19. LG reduces complexity and delivers end-to- gradually expand the number of countries

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