Arrcus is transforming 5G networks to
enable communication services providers (CSPs) to deliver new services
rapidly and monetize their infrastructure with a lower total cost of
ownership (TCO). With a fast growing Global 2000 customer base and
recent new investment, the company will be showcasing its innovative
Arrcus Connected Edge (ACE) platform and a number of networking
solutions at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 next week in Barcelona. A
series of customer and partner announcements will follow this one and
complement Arrcus' solutions exhibition at MWC 2023.
"MWC 2023 will bring together the communications industry's most
important network providers and users," said Shekar Ayyar, CEO and
chairman at Arrcus. "We look forward to demonstrating what makes Arrcus
networking unique for CSPs to unify and simplify their infrastructure,
lower their capital and operational networking expenses, and drive
greater value from their 5G network investments through new services."
"Today's network operators must move rapidly to software-defined,
programmable network infrastructure to monetize their 5G investment,"
said Krish Prabhu, the former CTO of AT&T. "Arrcus uniquely
addresses this with its versatile, unified and flexible ACE platform,
empowering operators to introduce more innovative and revenue-generating
services to their customers at a significantly reduced cost and time to
market."
ACE - a cloud-native, programmable platform that modernizes 5G networks
from edge to multi-cloud - is the centerpiece solution that Arrcus will
be spotlighting at MWC 2023. It brings together Arrcus' foundational
network operating system, 5G and multi-cloud connectivity, and analytics
and management technologies into a unified platform to address use
cases such as: multi-access edge computing; 5G-XHaul for Open RAN;
hyperscale data center networking with top-of-rack, leaf-and-spine
architectures; service provider aggregation, core and edge routing; and
multi-cloud networking. Complementing and building upon ACE, a number of
Arrcus PACE ("Partner with ACE") partners will also be at MWC 2023
showcasing the power of Arrcus' growing ecosystem.
"Network operators are faced with the challenge of monetizing their
infrastructure to increase the average revenue per user through
innovative services. This, coupled with the need to unify the networks
from edge to cloud, requires a more flexible, programmable approach. We
are excited to see Arrcus delivering new software-defined capabilities
with its ACE platform to help the operators overcome their challenges,"
said Roy Chua, founder and principal of AvidThink.
At MWC 2023, Arrcus will highlight innovations that allow CSPs to
deliver 5G services like network slicing, multi-access edge compute
(MEC), virtually distributed routing (VDR) and cell-site routing.
Network slicing allows CSPs to launch new services faster, easily
control and monitor those segments, and improve their network
scalability by setting unique policies for each network slice. MEC lets
CSPs put network resources closer to the point of consumption, enabling
low-latency and high-performance applications. VDR provides a "scale as
you grow" alternative to large chassis router solutions. Cell-site
routers significantly improve the economics of distributing the carrier
network through the access network to cell sites.
Working with leading telco cloud partners, Arrcus will also demonstrate
its flexibility to operate with multiple telco clouds as well as take
advantage of container networking. Arrcus is also working with major
hyperscaler partners and cloud operators to deliver cloud-centric
networking. CSPs and co-location providers attending MWC 2023 are
invited to visit with Arrcus to learn about how they can benefit from
multi-cloud networking using Arrcus' FlexMCN solution. FlexMCN
interconnects data centers securely and seamlessly with one or more
clouds, as well as provides cloud to cloud networking, with hyperscale
performance and cloud-native security. FlexMCN's multi-tenancy with
role-based access control allows CSPs and co-location providers to offer
multi-cloud connectivity-as-a-service and other managed services that
rely on cloud connectivity. And FlexMCN's API-first architecture makes
it easy to integrate with third-party orchestration and management
platforms.
"Networking, which remains locked into rigid hardware, is in dire need
of transformation," said Roy Chestnutt, the former executive vice
president and chief strategy officer at Verizon. "Arrcus enables that
transformation by virtualizing networking across switches, routers and
compute resources that may be in the cloud or on premises to free
network operators to have a choice of deployment models and hardware
infrastructure choices. The ACE platform's distributed, multi-cloud
network architecture increases efficiency and lowers latency, enabling
the end-to-end network transformation required by CSPs to deliver 5G
services such as autonomous driving, high-frequency trading, IoT,
gaming, telehealth and a whole lot more."