The Five Nine: Alianza’s CEO talks what’s next for the mobile core

This week, we’re taking a look at what the future holds for operators when it comes to the mobile core.  

The march to the cloud has been a steady but rather slow journey for operators. And nowhere is this more true than for mobile core services. But that could soon change, thanks to a recent deal Alianza struck to acquire Metaswitch from Microsoft.  

Here’s what Alianza’s CEO Brian Beutler had to say about the state of the market today and what’s on the horizon. 

This podcast is written and hosted by Diana Goovaerts. It is edited by Diana Goovaerts and Matt Rickman. Liz Coyne is our executive producer. 

To learn more about the topics in this episode: 

• Exclusive: Alianza buys Metaswitch from Microsoft in deal years in the making https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/exclusive-alianza-buys-metaswitch-microsoft-deal-years-making  

• Exclusive Op-Ed: Alianza resurrects Metaswitch from Microsoft grave https://www.fierce-network.com/cloud/exclusive-op-ed-alianza-resurrects-metaswitch-microsoft-grave  

• Beyond VoIP: Alianza, AWS partner to push legacy telco ‘crap’ to the cloud https://www.fierce-network.com/apps-services/alianza-aws-partner-push-legacy-telco-crap-cloud 

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