WISPAMERICA_2021_Daily_2

1 2 WISPAMERICA 2021 I APRIL 26 - 29, 2021 www.bekabusinessmedia.com DAY 2 Nokia Launches Platform to Drive Open RAN Innovation F innish telecom gear maker Nokia announced its service enablement program (SEP) platform, which delivers radio network programmability and AI/ML capa- bilities across the open RAN ecosystem, is available for communication service providers. This comes with Nokia’s radio interface controller (RIC) xApps, including advanced traffic steering and anomaly detection which are in proof-of- concept and trials with major communication service providers. Nokia is working closely with CSPs to commercialize use cases (xApps) during 2021. Nokia SEP combines near-real-time RIC and MEC together on a single platform to provide new use cases. It also adds programmability with AI/ML technologies, enabling innovative RAN use cases, including Automated AI/ML-based network optimization xApps and enterprise- specific RAN adaptation. The SEP can use Nokia’s AirFrame servers to run on the edge and share infrastructure with cloud RAN and virtualized network functions while the RIC xApps is a suite of plugins that provides advanced control to CSPs over 5G radio network use cases. m Visit Nokia at WISPAMERICA booth #830. Pick up Your VoIP Pirate Stop by Atheral’s WISPAMERICA booth #506 to pick up extra “Victor the VoIP Pirate” stickers (the first one is in your show bag). While there, check out Atheral’s new Management Portal (AMP) filled with tools for its white-label VoIP resellers, or chat with director of engineering, Dustin Cortez, about your VoIP challenges. IPpay Unveils Partner Referral Program Leading credit card and payment processing company IPpay is partnering with ISPs to increase their customer stickiness and ARPU. The process for its new referral and revenue share program is simple. ISPs refer their commercial customers to IPpay’s specially trained retail division, and IPpay works with those commercial customers to enhance their current payment processing solutions and miti- gate added merchant fees. “Let IPpay help optimize your base by providing credit card and automatic bank draft services in three easy steps,” said the company. Referrals of ISPs’ commercial customers to IPpay can be made via one phone call. A payments professional will then provide first- class consulting and craft a credit card and ACH solution for their business. “Once the merchant is approved and online, IPpay will monitor and support the customer for the life of their account while you sit back and enjoy the income for many years to follow,” said the company. m Visit IPpay at WISPAMERCIA 2021 booth #628 or go to www.ippay.com.