--- title: Telco clouds reach new heights with Ubuntu OpenStack description: Ubuntu OpenStack is not only the world’s most popular OpenStack distribution, but also the most dominant among so-called “OpenStack super-users”. Canonical works with 7 of the world’s largest Telcos to roll out innovative cloud services for internal and external customers. In the past year, the portfolio of products and services Canonical […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/telco-clouds-reach-new-heights-with-ubuntu-openstack?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 18 August 2014 # Telco clouds reach new heights with Ubuntu OpenStack [BootStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/bootstack) [Factsheet](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/factsheet) [Jumpstart](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/jumpstart) [Private cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/private-cloud) [Public cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/public-cloud) [Telco](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/telco) [Telecommunications](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/telecommunications) --- Share the article Ubuntu OpenStack is not only the world’s most popular OpenStack distribution, but also the most dominant among so-called “OpenStack super-users”. Canonical works with 7 of the world’s largest Telcos to roll out innovative cloud services for internal and external customers. In the past year, the portfolio of products and services Canonical offers to Telcos and Service Providers has grown significantly, from training and proof of concept support, to design, implementation, and even management of an entire cloud environment. This factsheet summarises the offers available to Telcos and where to find out more information. As always, for immediate assistance, please visit [ubuntu.com/cloud](http://ubuntu.com/cloud "ubuntu.com/cloud") and use the chat function. ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### The next era of telco clouds: get open infrastructure choice with Sylva and Canonical Kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/the-next-era-of-telco-clouds-get-open-infrastructure-choice-with-sylva-and-canonical-kubernetes) Achieving vendor neutrality in telco clouds requires an infrastructure layer that respects open standards, without wrapping them in rigid platform layers. By combining upstream... [estelacarmona](https://canonical.com/blog/author/estelacarmona) 11 June 2026 [### Building new revenue streams: 3 strategic cloud opportunities for telcos in 2026](https://canonical.com/blog/new-telco-cloud-opportunity) PWC claimed the ‘fundamental challenge’ behind slowing growth is that telecom’s ‘core products and services’ are ‘becoming commodities.’ The way forward lies in modernizing and... [Isobel Kate Maxwell](https://canonical.com/blog/author/iso-maxwell) 10 February 2026 [### How telco companies can reduce 5G infrastructure costs with modern open source cloud-native technologies](https://canonical.com/blog/how-telco-companies-can-reduce-5g-infrastructure-costs-with-modern-open-source-cloud-native-technologies) 5G continues to transform the telecommunications landscape, enabling massive device density, edge computing, and new enterprise use cases. However, operators still face... [Benjamin Ryzman](https://canonical.com/blog/author/benjaminryzman) 8 December 2025 [### Canonical Kubernetes officially included in Sylva 1.5](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-kubernetes-officially-included-in-sylva-1-5) Sylva 1.5 becomes the first release to include Kubernetes 1.32, bringing the latest open source cloud-native capabilities to the European telecommunications industry. With the... [Benjamin Ryzman](https://canonical.com/blog/author/benjaminryzman) 13 November 2025