Microsoft moved to strengthen its ability to work with operators on 5G deployments, inking a deal to acquire Affirmed Networks, a provider of virtualised mobile networks.

Yousef Khalidi, Microsoft’s corporate VP for Azure Networking, said in a blog the move will allow it to “extend our cloud offering to operators everywhere” and provide “new and innovative solutions,” including the ability to manage network workloads in the cloud.

“We believe that software can play an important role in helping advance 5G and deliver new network solutions that offer step-change advancements in speed, cost and security.”

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Originally posted by:

Diana Goovaerts

www.mobileworldlive.com

March 26th, 2020