Dish Network is just a month into the commercial launch of its innovative, cloud-based 5G network, but is already planning how it will expand that architecture to take advantage of multicloud and hybrid cloud environments.
During a company moderated question-and-answer session this week hosted on the carrier’s LinkedIn page, Sidd Chenumolu, VP of technology development and network services at Dish Wireless, provided some insight into the carrier’s current use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud resources.
Chenumolu said Dish’s 5G core was currently using three of AWS’ four public regions, was deployed in “multiple availability zones and almost all the local zones, but most were deployed with Nokia applications across AWS around the country.”
AWS Outposts GM Joshua Burgin had previously explained to SDxCentral that Dish would be using a mixture of AWS Regions, Local Zones, and Outposts, specifically the smaller form factor Outposts servers, to power its network. This includes the deployment of single 1U Outpost servers, some with an accelerator card, to run network functions in single-digit milliseconds at cell sites, he said in a phone interview.
AWS Local Zones, which are built on Outpost racks and span 15 locations around the U.S., some of which were deployed to meet Dish’s demands, run Dish’s less latency-sensitive functions, Burgin explained. Dish’s operations and business support systems will run on AWS Regions.
Chenumolu did not provide an update on Dish’s use of AWS’ Wavelength platform, which the cloud giant initially launched in partnership with Verizon to marry the network operators’ 5G networks with AWS’ edge compute service. Burgin had previously stated that support “could come down the line.”
Dish 5G Multicloud, Hybrid Cloud Journey to 6G
Chenumolu did hint that Dish was now looking to expand its underlying infrastructure to run in different cloud environments.
“Now what we are looking for is what’s next,” Chenumolu said. “We have done one public cloud, but how do we take it to the next public cloud? How do we do multicloud through hybrid multicloud? And that’s the journey we will take next.”
Most of the large public cloud providers like Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, offer similar telecom-focused platforms.
Dish should be able to horizontally transition its network services to one or more of those other cloud platforms based on its use of VMware’s Telco Cloud platform as the underlying cloud platform. The carrier is using the VMware platform as an abstraction layer running across multiple network domains that allows Dish to tap into hyperscale public cloud capacity while maintaining core control points.
That cloud broadening could also be part of Dish’s 5G evolution plans. Hyperscalers are already being hyped as potential accelerators of the typical 10-year wireless evolution model, which could play into Dish’s next-generation plans.
“5G is just a first milestone for us to achieve,” Chenumolu said. “After that we’ll probably have 6G and something beyond that. We are in the connectivity business, so this is a big step forward for us. I know we are a new operator, we have done something amazing to change the history here, change the landscape, but again, looking forward to see how we will change the communication landscape in the future.”
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