Orange’s Le Roux: IP MPLS layer at halfway point on ‘full softwarisation’ journey
Network X: Orange’s EVP of International Networks drills down into the work the operator is doing to move towards a stateless, disaggregated, new‑generation IP layer that is as‑a‑service by design.
This article includes:
- Themes: AI controlling; Application aware routing; Autonomous networks; Cloud infrastructure; Closed-loop automation; Customer provisioning; Data centre traffic; Digital twin; Disaggregated IP; Distributed disaggregation; Dual stack architecture; Fibre transmission; Full softwarisation; Huawei Cloud Stack; IP layer evolution; IP multiprotocol label switching (MPLS); Kubernetes orchestration; Network automation; Network flexibility; Network monitoring; Open application programming interfaces (API); Operator as a service; Platform transformation; Protocol stack simplification; Rancher Kubernetes Engine; Red Hat OpenShift; SaaS principle; Satellite transmission; Segment routing; Software defined wide area networks (SD WAN); Software as a service (SaaS); Sovereign cloud; Stateless IP; Submarine cable; Telco cloud; Traffic optimisation.
- Events: DTW Ignite 25; Network X.
- People: Jean-Louis Le Roux; Michaël Trabbia; Roberto Kung.
- Geographic: Africa; Bilbao; Copenhagen; Europe; Frankfurt; Middle East; Paris.
- Organisations: Huawei; Orange Group; Orange International Networks Infrastructures & Services (OINIS); Orange Wholesale; Red Hat; Sofrecom; Sylva; TelcoTitans; TM Forum.
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