--- title: "Understanding containerised workloads for Telco\n | Ubuntu" description: On Tuesday 12th February, join our webinar, 'Containerised Workloads on Industry-Standard Hardware and Software for Telco'. url: https://ubuntu.com/blog/understanding-containerised-workloads-for-telco?format=md keywords: index, follow --- 1. [Blog](https://ubuntu.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 11 February 2019 # Understanding containerised workloads for Telco [containers](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/containers) [Intel](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/intel) [Telco](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/telco) [Telecommunications](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/telecommunications) [webinar](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/webinar) --- Share the article For telecommunications companies evaluating ways to transition and modernise their network infrastructure, cloud-native, container-based microservices architectures are a powerful solution in meeting requirements of compute needs through edge cloud and beyond. Understanding infrastructure implications and design considerations for open source hardware and software development platforms, while remaining carrier grade and maintaining operational excellence and capacity, requires careful planning. The path to success lies in the implementation of OpenStack infrastructure, with containers over the top for building private clouds. The modular nature of containers make them operationally friendly, portable, cost-optimised and infrastructure agnostic, and helps telcos “fast-follow” upstream innovation at the right pace of consumption. Leveraging Kubernetes, which automates container operations, eases the process of adding new services, upgrading, and maintaining security, whilst allowing for the maximisation of infrastructure and savings on hardware and operations costs. As there are multiple different challenges to solve and various layers of edge architecture, there is no one-size-fits-all edge cloud design. Edge architecture requires multiple substrates, including Kubernetes, to support low latency, high bandwidth use cases and optimise secure operations for the edge. On Tuesday 12th February, join us in our webinar, “Containerised Workloads on Industry-Standard Hardware and Software for Telco” to delve into deploying container technology into production. In this webinar you will learn about: * Infrastructure implications: Understanding VNF, virtual machines, Openstack and containers * Redevelopment path of VNF for containers * Laying the groundwork for container technology: proactive planning and preparation * The impact of containers on strategy for 5G, edge computing and AI * Components for core certifications, portability and kubernetes distributions * Use cases and deployments [Watch the webinar](https://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/6793/348094?utm_source=Blog&utm_medium=Blog&utm_campaign=CY19_DC_PartnerWBN_Intel) ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Ubuntu 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/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### AI harnesses for telco autonomous networks](https://ubuntu.com/blog/ai-harnesses-for-telco-autonomous-networks) As the telco industry transitions toward Autonomous Networks Level 4, a fundamental architectural challenge has emerged: how do you build a secure, reliable and interoperable... [estelacarmona](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/estelacarmona) 28 August 2026 [### The next era of telco clouds: get open infrastructure choice with Sylva and Canonical Kubernetes](https://ubuntu.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://ubuntu.com/blog/author/estelacarmona) 11 June 2026 [### Canonical partners with Snyk for scanning chiseled Ubuntu containers](https://ubuntu.com/blog/canonical-partners-with-snyk-for-scanning-chiseled-ubuntu-containers) Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, is pleased to announce a new partnership with developer-focused cybersecurity company Snyk. Snyk Container, Snyk’s container security... [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical) 20 March 2026 [### Building new revenue streams: 3 strategic cloud opportunities for telcos in 2026](https://ubuntu.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://ubuntu.com/blog/author/iso-maxwell) 10 February 2026