Telefónica Deutschland completes migration on the Google Cloud Platform

Cellwize, a global leader in mobile network automation and orchestration, announced that Telefónica Deutschland has completed the migration of its Cellwize CHIME implementation to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to accelerate the journey to public cloud and be Open RAN and vRAN ready.

As part of its comprehensive OSS digital transformation strategy, Telefónica was looking to accelerate the move of its OSS infrastructure from an exclusively on-prem environment based on legacy systems, to a fully managed Kubernetes environment on Google Cloud Platform. The operator selected Cellwize CHIME to be the first to be migrated, further to it being cloud-native and for its ability to secure Open RAN and vRAN readiness.

With Cellwize CHIME capabilities for making the RAN programmable and with the agility that is enabled by GCP, Telefónica can now bring innovation to market faster than ever, assure greater cost savings, and reduce OpEx and CapEx.

Moving Cellwize CHIME workloads to GCP also enables the operator to leverage Kubernetes native features, and to modernize key OSS processes for enabling new experiences at the edge and monetizing 5G as a business services platform.

Additional benefits include unprecedented elasticity and flexibility in launching new services, unlimited capacity for hosting and processing data, and enhanced ability to maximize the value of AI and machine learning.

Dr. Mariam Kaynia, Director Tech Architecture, Strategy & Analytics, at Telefónica Deutschland, said, “The rate of change happening in the cloud brings a significantly faster time to market over traditional telecom infrastructures. This is why we adopted cloud and selected the Google Cloud Platform as one of our central pillars of our overall strategy both in the network and digital domains. Through our longstanding partnership with Cellwize in the RAN automation domain, transitioning the Cellwize solution to the cloud was a natural fit on our way to a full OSS cloud migration, driving scalability and powering innovation.”

Ofir Zemer, CEO at Cellwize, said, “We have a long-term partnership in place with both Telefónica Deutschland and Google Cloud, and are proud to play such a pivotal role in enabling the operator to be Open RAN and vRAN ready. CHIME was born automated and designed from day one for elasticity on GCP, and today, it is serving as an industry application marketplace for operators’ OSS cloud journey.”

Vivek Gupta, Director, Network AI and Telecom partnerships, Global Telecom Industry Solutions, at Google Cloud, said, “As part of the CSPs digital transformation, many applications that once resided in traditional telecom environments are now moving to our platform. This provides operators with cloud-based benefits that enable them to virtualize network functions for core communications networks as they improve operational efficiencies across telecom systems, reduce costs, and increase IT efficiency.”

CT Bureau