Vodafone hails Nokia and AWS-based IoT services trial | Computer Weekly

Vodafone completed a trial using AWS cloud infrastructure to run key IoT voice and data network services on Nokia core systems. The trial aimed to add extra capacity in days through a cloud-based architecture that scales with demand and expands reach with additional points of presence. In phase one, Vodafone, Nokia, and AWS deployed a proof of concept of Nokia’s mobile data core and voice core on AWS in Frankfurt, integrating with network components in Vodafone datacentres across Europe. The trial supported IoT services on Nokia’s IP Multimedia Subsystem for voice applications like emergency calling and on Nokia’s Packet Core for data services like smart metering. Cloud-native network functions for both voice and packet core were hosted on AWS. Security and sovereignty work will precede commercial trials later this year.

"Vodafone has announced the successful completion of a trial using Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud infrastructure to run key internet of things (IoT) voice and data network services on Nokia core systems. The purpose of the trial was to support the European comms operator's aim to add extra capacity in days by using a cloud-based architecture that scales with demand, further extending its reach with additional points of presence to deliver services to more customers on a worldwide basis."

"In phase one, Vodafone, Nokia and AWS deployed a proof of concept of Nokia's mobile data core and voice core on AWS cloud infrastructure in Frankfurt, Germany, integrating with network components in Vodafone datacentres across several European countries. The trial included support for IoT services on Nokia's IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for voice applications, such as emergency calling in vehicles and elevators, and on Nokia's Packet Core for data services, such as smart metering for utilities."

"Both voice and packet core's cloud-native network functions were hosted on AWS cloud infrastructure. The next phase will address security and sovereignty ahead of commercial trials later this year. In establishing the project, Vodafone, Nokia and AWS assessed lifecycle management, integration with the operator's existing systems and operational performance. They also evaluated costs and potential new business opportunities enabled by using the AWS public cloud for Vodafone's global managed IoT connectivity platform."

"The collaboration also supported Vodafone's multicloud strategy by using Nokia's cloud‑native network functions operating on AWS infrastructure. This includes Amazon's cloud platform Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) for managing containers that bundle and run applications, and Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) for compute workloads. The architecture was designed to deliver the elasticity, scalability and operational agility that modern telecommunications networks require."

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