Sorry for the click-bait title, I couldn't resist.
In this blog post I will describe online charging and go in depth on the Credit-Control message, what it is used for, what it contains, and where it is sent.
In today's digital age, cybersecurity is an ever-increasing concern for organizations worldwide. It's imperative to keep sensitive information safe from cybercriminals - especially as a telecom mobile core network. That's why we're thrilled to announce that Working Group Two has achieved the ISO 27001:2022 certification - a globally recognized standard for information security management systems. This latest accomplishment marks a significant milestone for our organization in ensuring the security of our telco core network and edge sites, protecting our customers' confidential data from any potential threats.
Trailblazing product developers like OnRelay, ElitNet, Voxist and more help mobile operators differentiate and innovate on WG2's platform. Keep reading to find out how.
Last year we upgraded from flux v1 to v2, flux v2 being a full rewrite, splitting the single binary into a number of dedicated controllers to improve performance. We installed flux v2 to each of our clusters, and let it run for a while before revisiting it to see what needed tuning, and what improvements could be made.
Recently, as any other engineer on the planet, I asked ChatGPT what is needed to build a private 5G network. Here’s what it said.
Many enterprises, telcos, and vendors mention that private and public 4G/5G can be confusing, hard-to-procure, and manage. In many cases, getting started requires a large capital outlay, which organizations may not want to commit to given their unfamiliarity with private cellular technology.
Picture a secluded spot deep in a Norwegian fjord. As you wander past the main farmhouse, you come across a barn. Inside, there are no animals in sight. Instead of hay and manure, you're greeted by the aroma of freshly made hot chocolate. And there, sitting behind a computer, surrounded by screens and a lightning-fast internet connection, is Karl Johan Heimark.
(OSLO, NORWAY, JAN 9, 2023) – Working Group Two today announced it has joined Competitive Carriers Association (CCA) as it continues to build its presence in the United States.
WG2 delivers a cloud-native 4G/5G core network as-a-service and as-a-platform for operators and developers. This drives the dual benefits of cost savings and revenue growth for the mobile industry. To help operators grow and differentiate, WG2 also offers a product marketplace that takes advantage of the programmable core network to create app stores of products for operators and users alike.
The AWS Snowcone is a small form factor server that was originally meant for data transport to AWS data centers. However it can also be used as a small device running compute workloads. We wanted to evaluate the performance of the Snowcone as it is a quite intriguing piece of technology which we might want to use as a an on-premise UPF (User Plane Function) in low-throughput 5G networks (think IoT or Proof of Concept deployments).
If that headline was slightly incomprehensible to you, it means that we’ve now made it possible to call pretty much anyone from a 5G-enabled handset that is connected to the Working Group Two 5G core via a 5G antenna. To be clear, we’re not talking about making a “first” Voice over New Radio (VoNR) call (those took place way back in 2021), but about making VoNR calls from a set of major commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) 5G devices to other mobile and fixed handsets.
Just as October was about to close, we ran a hackathon, aptly named "Hackoween" 🎃
Hackdays are a great way for everyone in the company to work together in creating new innovative solutions for everyday problems.
From: HR of WG2 <w272r84d4q @gmail.com>
To: Your Name yourname@wgtwo.com
Subject: Action required now for holiday party
Date: Oct 21, 2022, 6:29 PM
Hi!
Working Group 2 is celebrating the holidays. To do so we need all WGTWO employees to sign up if they would like to receive a FREE gift. We have a limited number so need to here from you quickly. The wgtwo HR needs to know your answer by the end of this week so please signup on the link immediately HERE.
Thanks for your participation and patience. HR and CEO of WG2
Our big belief is that the telecom industry should start building global platforms with the aim of achieving network effects - like many of the adjacent industries in devices and apps. To enable this, we’re building a mobile core from the ground up, running it in the public cloud and offering it as-a-service globally. To make it even harder (and fun) for ourselves, we’re also developing a full, API-based global product ecosystem to give telecom operators new revenue and differentiation opportunities.
One of the questions we get from operators is how to distribute products to their subscribers. There are multiple ways to go about it, but in this post, we'll show how an operator can enable products for their subscribers in what we call bundling.
Atos and Working Group Two (wgtwo) are teaming up to provide operators with a simplified, end-to-end mobile network solution. It is based on wgtwo’s 4/5G cloud-native mobile core and on Atos’s full Next Generation Telecom Network portfolio, including cloud computing, edge and Open RAN technologies. Atos and wgtwo will jointly deliver “core-network-as-a-service” solutions.
Meet Sigve Brekke (CEO, Telenor Group), Adam Selipsky (CEO, Amazon Web Services) and Erlend Prestgard (CEO, Working Group Two). They recently sat down to discuss questions like: How do you build a strong technology culture in tandem with a customer-centric culture? How do you think long-term but execute in the short term? How can companies in legacy industries transform themselves?
