The Telecommunications Industry Embraces Cloud-Native Engineering

Cloud-based or cloud-native applications have long been the standard for most enterprises. However, 5G networks have become the focus for communications service providers (CSPs) over cloud-native applications in vertical applications, as they leverage technology and modeling approaches such as network function containerization, service-oriented architecture, software-defi ned networking, network-as-a-service, cloudifi cation, etc.

Network function virtualization (NFV) was introduced in 2012, and most CSPs adopted emerging network virtualization methodologies by replacing physical network functions (PNFs) with virtual network functions (VNFs) and replacing legacy appliances with virtual machines (VMs) running on cloud or standard IT hardware.

The Telecommunications Industry Embraces Cloud-Native Engineering