Fabio Cerone, Managing Director for AWS Telco Business Unit, is presenting along with Amir, who leads the product management efforts at AWS.
They will discuss the 5G Core Network project with Telefonica Germany, which is one of the most iconic projects since the Telco Business Unit was created.
The presentation will cover the mental models, architectural choices, and lessons learned during this journey.
Key Takeaways
The Flywheel Effect
The flywheel effect is a mental model used at Amazon, focusing on three immutable things customers care about: better cost, better selection, and better convenience.
This flywheel effect has been consistently applied in AWS's work with Telcos, resulting in 134 unsolicited price level reductions and AWS becoming the center of innovation.
Organizational Transformation
Monolithic organizations tend to deliver monolithic software, while federated DevOps-based organizations can provide more agility.
The key aspects for a modern organization are agility, autonomy, and automation.
Telefonica Germany's Journey with AWS
Mallik Rao, CTO of Telefonica Germany, shares his vision of using cloud technology to disrupt the telecom industry in terms of technology, operating model, and culture.
The collaboration with AWS has enabled Telefonica to scale quickly, deploy software with in-service upgrades, and innovate on services.
The journey has been a learning experience for both Telefonica and AWS, and they have worked together to overcome challenges and deliver a successful 5G standalone deployment.
The Vision for Telco Networks
Telco networks need to be able to "breathe in and breathe out" - providing the necessary infrastructure agility to scale up and down, meet low-latency requirements, and ensure security and regulatory compliance.
AWS's Cloud Continuum, which includes regions, Local Zones, and Outposts, aims to provide the same infrastructure, APIs, and services across the Telco network topology.
The key architectural considerations are continuous cloud infrastructure, architectural uniformity, and cloud automation.
Building 5G Core on AWS
The benefits of building 5G core on AWS include cost improvements, operational resilience, and business agility.
AWS's infrastructure, from regions to Outposts, provides the necessary capabilities to meet the requirements of Telco networks.
The presentation emphasizes the importance of working closely with Telcos to understand their design considerations and help them make the right architectural choices.
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