DAY 1 22 WISPAMERICA I MARCH 4 - 7, 2024 www.bekabusinessmedia.com Adtran Announces Telstra Trial of FSP 150 for Edge Compute Services Adtran announced that Telstra successfully trialed its FSP 150 edge compute device, opening the door to enhanced network services for business customers across Australia. By incorporating Red Hat’s OpenShift software directly onto Adtran’s hosting platform, Telstra succeeded in facilitating the management and operation of small applications at the device’s edge. The solution will enable multiple applications to run on a single device, reducing the need for additional hardware investment. This approach empowers businesses to derive new value from existing hardware, leading to a reduction in inventory sprawl and power use while also making operations more environmentally friendly. The collaboration shows the potential for Telstra customers to benefit from operational efficiency gains while also delivering enhanced control over network security and data usage. “This initiative pushes the boundaries of how device edge capabilities will enhance the way businesses operate, helping them do more with less and generate more value from existing hardware,” said Channa Seneviratne, a technology development and innovation executive with Telstra. “Alongside simplification, this trial demonstrates how we can enable a more distributed and intelligent network with better resiliency, performance and workload distribution. It’s another step forward in our ambition to unlock more value for customers and continue to drive technology leadership.” Telstra’s trial of Red Hat’s Linuxbased OS and the OpenShift container platform on Adtran FSP 150 devices makes it possible to leverage new capabilities from hardware already sitting in customer networks. This approach reduces additional investment need and enhances operational efficiency. Hosting applications at the network edge also brings about stronger security, better data management and improved network reliability, all while streamlining the deployment and management of applications. Of note, the strategy promotes innovation and equips businesses to adapt to future technological changes and market demands. The edge hosting device utilized in the trial – the FSP 150-XG304u, powered by an Intel Xeon D processor – offers substantial bandwidth and processing power for hosting multiple at-the-edge applications. “Together with Telstra and Red Hat, we’re helping transform traditional edge hardware into versatile devices capable of running multiple applications,” said Adtran APAC CTO, Anthony Camilleri. “By enabling operators like Telstra to host VNFs directly at the network edge, we’re optimizing response times and reducing the need for extensive backhaul bandwidth, leading to significant energy and opex savings. Bringing cloud capabilities to the edge also eliminates the need for additional network elements and extra space at the customer premises, ensuring a more streamlined and cost-efficient infrastructure. Our FSP 150 series merges toptier carrier Ethernet functionality with the flexibility of open hosting for edge cloud applications. This empowers operators to provide reliable business-class data services alongside innovative end-user services, all within a single carrier-class device.” J Visit Adtran at WISPAMERICA booth #417. Preseem launched a series of new features to help fiber and hybrid ISPs more easily manage subscribers across access technologies and hardware vendors. Hybrid ISPs, in particular, provide services via a mix of access technologies, among them fiber and fixed wireless. Preseem’s new features will provide seamless access across operational data from a single location, reducing the need to log into multiple systems for each access technology and vendor. This also helps to improve support and network operations team efficiency, reduce staff training costs and increase support for introducing new vendor equipment without costly integration work. Since its 2017 launch, Preseem has built a worldwide customer base consisting of hundreds of regional ISPs, most of which providing highspeed internet services to rural and underserved areas via fixed wireless access (FWA) networks. As fixed wireless providers increasingly add fiber to their networks, this allows them to meet new challenges from major telcos in the FWA space and participate in government funding initiatives. “We are delighted to deliver these new features for fiber and hybrid operators,” said Dan Siemon, co-founder and CPO, Preseem. “For years, our award-winning technology has helped fixed wireless operators understand and proactively improve the subscriber experience. We’re thrilled to now offer the same level of insightful data and metrics to regional ISPs running multi-vendor fiber and hybrid networks.” J Visit Preseem at WISPAMERICA booth #425. Preseem Intros Tools for Fiber and Hybrid ISPs
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