O2 Telefónica’s move to start porting live 5G traffic into a public cloud environment hosted by Amazon Web Services and Nokia marks a significant step.

“We see this in terms of stabilization as one leg of the stool,” Hughes COO Paul Gaske said.

“I think the power of VMware is not because of the VMware technology, it is because of the network effect," Forrester's Naveen Chhabra said.

Private 5G progress remains paced for the most successful, poor for others.

That path selection will be important for Amazon Web Services as it looks to carve out a niche in the artificial intelligence ecosystem.

Vendors have not been shy about expressing their exasperation in the continued slowdown in telecommunication equipment spend.

The latest updates are across its Marvis and Mist product lines.

Rival AT&T is showing enterprise traction, while Dish Network is pushing off market plans until at least next year.

Standards bodies have embedded a lot of potential for private 5G and it's just a matter of teasing out what is really needed.

"There's a lot of virtual machines that are consuming more resources or accessing more resources than they need," NetApp's Matt Watts said.

Will its extensive spectrum portfolio be its financial lifebuoy?

The carrier completed first-phase certification of Nokia’s Digital Automation Cloud to run on the Verizon Business Private 5G Network offering.

A trio of Asia-Pacifc-based operators are leading the way, according to Omdia.

But, VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services is not going away.

However, most legacy operators remain averse to moving more of their cloud-based 5G network components to a public cloud environment.

The deal is significant for Verizon Business, which has been under increased focus following a roller-coaster start to the year.

The Federal Communications Commission stated the funding shortfall fosters “risks to national security, network reliability and small businesses."

The carrier hinted the Turbo service is the “first step in modernizing and preparing our mobile network for future innovative use cases.”

"Because of the width of Nokia, we understand the network end to end," Raghav Sahgal, president of Nokia’s Cloud and Network Services division, said.

Synergy Research Group reports that Amazon Web Services continues to lead the cloud revenue race with 31% market share, but Microsoft has the most to celebrate.

Microsoft launched licensing benefits and discounts to help VMware users migrate and run workloads on its Azure VMware Solutions service.

The vendor posted a steep drop in revenues and net income, with its artificial intelligence-powered Mist product line the only bright spot.

European Union antitrust regulators have reportedly asked Broadcom about recent changes the company has made to VMware licensing provisions.

CEO Börje Ekholm Ekholm dampened enthusiasm toward full-year growth, noting estimates of the market declining 4% this year “may prove optimistic.”