Microsoft acquired 5G business acceleration, virtualization network solution "Affirmed Networks"

Microsoft has announced that it has acquired "Affirmed Networks", which offers a complete virtual cloud native mobile network solution ( * originally posted local time on March 26).The acquisition amount has not been disclosed.The acquisition will integrate the technology of Affirmed Networks to the company's cloud service, Microsoft Azure.Specifically, the company aims to develop a 5G network through the cloud, as well as hardware and software in the telecommunications industry.

Affirmed Netwokrs provides a virtual cride -native network called Evolved Packet Core (VEPC), enabling communication service promoters to expand mobile services in line with each demand.

Microsoft describes the company as "simplifying, reducing costs, and creating a new source of revenue."According to the company's CEO Anand Krishnamurther, the company already has more than 100 customers around the world.It is also possible to provide services that reduce costs by about 70%.

同社既存顧客（Vodafone, AT&T, Softbankなど）に対して買収による大きな変更はなく、以前と変わらない経営が続けられるとする。

Communication service providers are promoting their own strategies, focusing on 5G, the 5th generation communication standard.In addition, it has a variety of potential potential, such as autonomous driving cars, smart cities, and applied to VR and extension reality.When a telecommunications carrier upgrades each infrastructure, it is necessary to manage 5G network workloads on the cloud while responding to customer edge computing needs.(In recent years, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Service, and Google Cloud have clearly increased the number of contracts between telecommunications businesses.)

Affirmed Networks was established in 2010 and has completed $ 155 million.

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