Red Hat and Bell Canada have recently announced a collaboration extension for the purpose of driving network innovation in Canada. This is a multi-year agreement that extends a long-standing relationship between the two companies, which are industry leaders. Under the terms of the agreement, Bell Canada will be using Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus & Red Hat OpenStack Platform. These solutions will enable a consistent and scalable foundation for next-generation communications networks. Additionally, the collaboration will involve the use of Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization and Ansible Automation by Bell Canada. These solutions will enable the company to streamline its processes and achieve business predictability. The use of Red Hat’s open hybrid cloud technologies will enable a unified telco cloud environment. As a result, Bell Canada will be able to accelerate its 5G leadership and provide high-performance services.
Modernizing Infrastructure to Support 5G and Digital Sovereignty
In addition, the agreement allows Bell Canada to modernize its virtualized workloads. The agreement ensures the integrity of the infrastructure through the migration of traditional workloads to the dual foundation. This is a perfect platform for digital sovereignty. As a result, Bell Canada owns all the data on all the systems. Therefore, to conclude, this new partnership is a major milestone in the connectivity field. The two companies are committed to delivering the best networks to their subscribers. Bell Canada uses workflows to improve their technical agility. This is a major move for the company, as it helps them stay ahead of the game in the dynamic environment.
Gino Grano, global vice president, Americas Communication Service Provider Segment, Red Hat: “Telecommunications has evolved into a high-stakes technology race. For our customers, including Bell Canada, leveraging a unified hybrid cloud foundation enables faster and more efficient evolution of next-generation 5G and network services. Red Hat continues to work with service providers all over the world, helping them turn technical agility into market leadership, deploying next-generation 5G and network services with speed and efficiency.”
Mark McDonald, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Bell, “Extending our collaboration with Red Hat underscores the trust we place in their open hybrid cloud technologies to support the evolution of our networks, helping Bell deliver reliable, high-performance services and continue innovating for our customers.”
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