Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?

[Shane Ronan <shane () ronan-online com>]

Yes they are for 5G core.

On Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 11:28 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com> wrote:

> On 5/Aug/20 17:07, Shane Ronan wrote:
>
> > I think you'd be surprised how much of the 5G Core is containerized
> > for both the data and control planes in the next generations providers
> > are currently deploying.
>
> It's what I expect for new entrants that don't want to deal with
> traditional vendors.
>
> I'd be curious to see if legacy operators are shifting traffic away from
> iron to servers, and at what rate.
>
> Mark.