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Weekly Wrap: AWS Makes It Rain, Extends Credits to Open Source Projects


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Weekly Wrap for Oct. 18, 2019
Plus, Ericsson predicts a $700 billion enterprise 5G opportunity for service providers, and T-Mobile US got its FCC approval to buy Sprint
Many have questioned AWS' open source moves; Ericsson values the 5G-enabled enterprise space at $1.5 trillion by 2030; and the T-Mobile-Sprint deal clears a hurdle.
AWS Makes It Rain, Extends Credits to Open Source Projects
Ericsson Eyes $700B 5G Growth Opportunity for Service Providers
FCC Approves T-Mobile-Sprint Merger, Uncertainty Remains
Sprint Warns of Imminent Doom If Merger Fails
SDxCentral Weekly Wrap Full Transcript
Today is October 18, 2019, and this is the SDxCentral Weekly Wrap where we cover the week’s top stories on next-generation IT infrastructure.
This week’s episode of the Weekly Wrap is sponsored by Silver Peak. Learn more about the Silver Peak SD-WAN solution.
Amazon this week extended its promotional credits program toward open source projects that run within its cloud ecosystem.
The extension moves on Amazon’s already standing promotional credit offer.
To get the open source directed credits, a user needs an active Amazon account, and the company explained that eligible projects generally need be licensed under an Open Source Initiative-approved license.
However, it added that commonly-used licenses that are not OSI approved should also apply for possible recognition.
The company explained that the credits are typically used for upstream and performance testing, continuous integration and continuous delivery, or storage of artifacts on Amazon Cloud.
The move is notable as the cloud giant has racked up some bad debt with a number of open source companies regarding how it uses open source projects within the AWS cloud.
Ericsson released a new 5G for business report that predicts service providers could capture up to $700 billion in new revenue from enterprise-related efforts based on the new telecom standard.
The report claims that service providers will control 47 percent of the total 5G-enabled market that is expected to be served by information and communications technology players.
And that 5G-enabled revenues in the wider information and communications technology space will near $1.5 trillion by 2030.
The vendor is encouraging network operators to look beyond traditional mobile services for new revenues in areas like the internet of things, private networks,
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