--- title: Telco solutions description: Open source makes telco projects more cost-effective and innovative. Navigate the complex landscape of telco software with confidence, and scale with Canonical. url: https://canonical.com/solutions/telco?format=md --- # Transform your infrastructure with security-maintained, cloud-native telecom solutions Canonical is the trusted and agile partner you need to boost network performance, optimize costs and achieve digital transformation with open source. Get enterprise-grade security and support to innovate with confidence. --- [Contact us](https://canonical.com/contact-us) --- ## Why choose Canonical for telco? * Improved agility and reduced costs * Experts to help optimize your systems * Long-term support and security updates --- ## Gain flexibility and innovate at speed with open source Open source software frees you from proprietary features and puts you in control. Staying true to the upstream also lets you harness the latest open source technology. Canonical offers the best of open source with enterprise-grade security and support. [Learn about open source adoption ›](https://canonical.com/open-source-adoption) --- ## Canonical is active in key open source initiatives for telco --- ## Enabling 5G adoption with industry leaders See how BT and Canonical deliver 5G to UK stadiums Canonical partnered with BT Group and its consumer division, EE, to modernize and improve in-stadium connectivity across the UK, contributing to a nationwide 5G roll out strategy. --- [Read the story ›](https://canonical.com/blog/bt-group-and-canonical-deliver-5g-to-uk-stadiums) --- Trusted by telco vendors around the world *“In the last year, we’ve moved the entire mobile base for EE onto this infrastructure. So if you’re on EE, you’re on Canonical.”* --- ##### Gary Roberts Director, Network Cloud BT Group --- *“We wanted to ensure that we wouldn’t be bogged down with license fees long-term. Most of the open source vendors we looked at charged steep per core or per server license fees, which would have meant escalating costs as we scaled up. Canonical was the exception.”* --- ##### Jahanzeb Arshad VP Operations Nayatel --- [Read the case study ›](https://pages.ubuntu.com/rs/066-EOV-335/images/Nayatel+Case+study.pdf) --- *“We’re reinventing how we scale by becoming simpler and modular, similar to how applications have evolved in cloud data centers. Open source and OpenStack innovations represent a unique opportunity to meet these requirements and Canonical’s cloud and open source expertise make them a good choice for AT&T.”* --- ##### Toby Ford Assistant Vice President of Cloud Technology, Strategy and Planning AT&T --- ## Carrier-grade open source for telcos, from cloud to edge Canonical offers trusted, modular and interoperable solutions. Ideal for public and private clouds, multi-cloud or hybrid-cloud environments at centralized or distributed sites. --- ### Trusted operating system Ubuntu is the standard trusted Linux for telco workloads running on servers and virtual machines. It offers the widest open source software library and supports the fastest, largest, and most successful digital operations. Ubuntu is also widely tested on the world’s leading silicon to optimize resource consumption. 66% of experienced developers prefer Ubuntu. Chiselled Ubuntu images drive optimal and minimally-sized containers. --- [Learn more about Ubuntu for telco ›](https://ubuntu.com/telco) --- ### Optimal virtualization infrastructure Build your own cloud and use powerful automation tools to lower your maintenance burdens and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Choose [Canonical OpenStack](https://canonical.com/openstack), Canonical’s highly customizable cloud platform for data centers, or [Microcloud](https://canonical.com/microcloud), our lightweight, low-entry barrier solution, to build small private clouds and edge environments. [Canonical Kubernetes](https://ubuntu.com/kubernetes), which runs on top of both of these solutions, provides repeatable and trusted deployment and operations of CNFs. [Discover our infrastructure portfolio  ›](https://canonical.com/solutions/infrastructure) --- ### Full security coverage Offload the compliance, security, and support of your entire open source telco stack with Canonical’s comprehensive subscription designed for those challenges: Ubuntu Pro. Ubuntu Pro gives you access to a trusted open source repository, compliance profiles for the most stringent security standards, platform, and fleet management tools, seamless integration into the largest public cloud platforms, and up to 15 years of timely vulnerability fixes for your OS, infrastructure, and applications. --- [Learn more about Ubuntu Pro ›](https://ubuntu.com/pro) --- ## Automate operations to lower your total cost of ownership Navigating uncertainty of next-generation infrastructure investment can be overwhelming. Canonical gives you the tools to mitigate risks and control costs. --- * Bare metal provisioning with MAAS * Kernel patching with Livepatch * Machine administration * Apps and infrastructure Bare metal provisioning with MAAS Kernel patching with Livepatch Machine administration Apps and infrastructure MAAS discovers your hardware, provisions your network and deploys and manages the OS of your physical and virtual servers. [Deploy your data center with MAAS ›](https://canonical.com/maas) Livepatch prevents unplanned maintenance windows for high and critical severity kernel vulnerabilities by patching the Linux kernel while the system runs. [Reduce downtime and unplanned work with Livepatch ›](https://ubuntu.com/security/livepatch) Landscape automates security patching, auditing, access management and compliance tasks across your Ubuntu estate. [Take control of your infrastructure with Landscape ›](https://ubuntu.com/landscape) Juju deploys, integrates and manages the lifecycle of your applications at scale. [Revolutionize the speed and quality of software operations with Juju ›](https://canonical.com/juju/) --- ‹ Previous Next › --- ## Enhance performance with a cloud-native stack Enhance telco workloads security, power efficiency and performance with our cloud-native technologies integrated into one comprehensive solution. --- * Self-healing infrastructure * Highest level of compliance Self-healing infrastructure Highest level of compliance Integrating all the cloud-native management functions into one platform enables repeatable and reliable cluster deployments and operations. Starting with the bare metal provisioning, MAAS provides comprehensive automation to effortlessly commission, deploy, manage and retire physical servers. It relies on industry standards infrastructure-as-code automation frameworks such as Terraform and Kubernetes Cluster API. Terraform enables consistency and reproducibility across the hybrid cloud stack and lets you integrate with CI/CD pipelines. Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI) automates declarative deployment of clusters and manages full-stack environments with both VMs and containers. Get FIPS 140-3 encryption and a trusted software foundation, including up to 15 years of extensive security patching and expert support, as well as tools, hardening profiles, and configurations needed to meet compliance with NIST 800-53, PCI DSS, DISA STIG, ISO 27001, and NCSC TSA/TSR. --- ‹ Previous Next › --- ## Get more system efficiency with Canonical's silicon partnerships Canonical collaborates closely with leading silicon vendors, including AMD, ARM, Intel and NVIDIA, to fine-tune solutions for 5G, edge computing and AI/ML. --- * Harness the full potential of the latest hardware supporting Hugepages and DPDK * Take advantage of optimized real-time and low-latency kernels * Supercharge your performance and efficiency with cutting-edge technologies such as Smart NICs, DPUs, and GPUs --- [Check our partner programs ›](https://canonical.com/partners) --- ## Gain a competitive edge with the latest advances in open source * [Achieving ultra-reliable low latency for 5G with Intel FlexRAN and Real-time Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/intel-flexran-and-real-time-ubuntu-for-5g-urllc) * [Ubuntu's real-time kernel reduces latency in telco edge clouds](https://canonical.com/blog/how-a-real-time-kernel-reduces-latency-in-telco-edge-clouds) * [SmartNICs in telco: benefits and use cases](https://ubuntu.com/blog/smartnics-in-telco-benefits-and-use-cases) --- ## Learn more --- ### Watch our webinars * [Telco edge cloud automation at scale](https://ubuntu.com/engage/telco-edge-automation-cloud-native) * [Kubernetes on bare metal: ready for prime time!](https://bit.ly/3FW2QR2) * [Telco cloud implementation](https://ubuntu.com/engage/telco-cloud-implementation) --- ### Access our blog * [Building new revenue streams: 3 strategic cloud opportunities for telcos](https://ubuntu.com/blog/new-telco-cloud-opportunity) * [How to build carrier-grade infrastructure using enterprise open source solutions](https://ubuntu.com/engage/telco-cloud-implementation) * [Bringing automation to telco edge clouds at scale](https://ubuntu.com/blog/bringing-automation-to-telco-edge-clouds-at-scale) * [Safeguarding your telco infrastructure with Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/blog/telecom-security-how-to-safeguard-your-open-source-telco-infrastructure) * [How enterprises are responding to the growing demand for 5G edge computing](https://ubuntu.com/blog/omdia-report-5g-edge-computing) * [BT Group and Canonical deliver 5G to UK stadiums](https://canonical.com/blog/bt-group-and-canonical-deliver-5g-to-uk-stadiums) --- ### Download our whitepapers * [Unlock the full potential of Kubernetes for telco performance](https://ubuntu.com/engage/kubernetes-for-telco-performance) * [How to run workloads on bare metal Kubernetes with MAAS](https://ubuntu.com/engage/bare-metal-kubernetes) * [Overcome the telco dilemma: reduce 5G infrastructure costs with open source](https://ubuntu.com/engage/telco-dilemma-reduce-5g-infra-cost) --- ### See our UK Telecommunications Security Act Security Declaration * [Canonical NCSC TSA Security Declaration](https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/cb812ad4-Canonical%20TSA%20Security%20Declaration_Signed.pdf) --- Canonical provides a full stack for your telecom infrastructure. 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