Thread by @TelcoDR

We're nearing the end of 2021 & what a year it's been! I said 2021 would be the year of the public cloud in telco. Was I right, or not?

Check out my top 10 telco cloud stories of 2021! 👇

10. First up, it’s @SpaceX Starlink + @googlecloud to deliver data, services & apps to the #networkedge via its #satellites. Not surprised @elonmusk skipped @awscloud; he hates @JeffBezos. 🚀

prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

9. OF COURSE I'm going to mention #CLOUDCITY at #MWC21. We took over @Ericsson’s booth and #publiccloud took over the show! It marked a turning point in #telco, the public cloud is here! Watch my keynote all about it:

telcodr.com/cloud-city-on-…

8. The biggest public cloud anti-pattern has to be @Rakuten and operator 1&1 who are building a virtualized #mobile network on #OpenRAN on a #privatecloud which will cost 2x as much as it needs to. Not recommended. 👎

global.rakuten.com/corp/news/pres…

7. “..future #BT is going to run on the cloud and a big part of that is going to be on the #publiccloud.” Love the boldness of @HarmeenM @BTGroup and proof that even the world’s oldest #telco can change. I wonder what @neilmcrae thinks of that? 🤔

telecomtv.com/content/digita…

6. @Verizon is the first telco to complete the trifecta of hyperscaler agreements for their edge:
🥇@Azure with Stack Edge
🥈 @awscloud and Outposts
🥉 @googlecloud with Distributed Cloud

Here's the GCP PR, pretty much a copy of the other 2:
verizon.com/about/news/ver…

5. Love the gauntlet being thrown by Aussie #telco @Telstra’s #T25 strategy of having 90% of its applications running in #publiccloud by 2025 to achieve 1/2 a billion in savings. This is a business-wide transformation that will drive #customerlove. 💜

exchange.telstra.com.au/introducing-t2…

4. @VodafoneGroup is the first group to have #AWS Wavelength in more than one country with the UK & Germany, using it at the #4G & #5G #networkedge. As #Vodafone’s @JDidoni said, people are hungry for #cloud services. Let's do it. 🍽

aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

3. Another mainstream hit for #publiccloud: @ATT sells its Network Cloud to #Microsoft #AzureForOperators in a deal that saw @Microsoft gain access to IP, talent, and assets. It’s the mega-deals like this that prove the public cloud has come to telco. 👏

about.att.com/story/2021/att…

2. This one blew the roof off @AWSreInvent! Two words: #Private #5G. Hassle-free procurement, managed services, PAYG. What’s not to love? Telcos - make it easy as pie to integrate with your network and you can do this too! 🥧

aws.amazon.com/about-aws/what…

...and coming it at NUMERO UNO and the telco #publiccloud story of the year: @dish & @awscloud. The trailblazer is building a #5G #ORAN #mobile network on @AWS using #Outposts & #LocalZones.

They are for sure riding that public cloud dragon! Yeehaw! 🐉

press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/…

Did I miss any? What's on deck for 2022? More edge deals? More workloads moving to the public cloud? Another DISH?