A recent news piece from 5GZORRO presents the AI-driven Zero-touch Operations, Security and Trust in Multi-operator 5G networks, addressing the challenges by 5G ZORRO Arch, and how these should be approached. The challenges are as follows: Sharing heterogeneous types of resources across multiple operators andinfrastructure / resource providers for truly pervasive 5G. Effective coexistence of…
The latest deliverables from 5GZORRO have recently been published. The design of the evolved 5G service layer solutions is the first deliverable specifying the architecture of data driven solutions for DLT for use in the 5GZORRO project. In particular, this applies to the key interactions of their constituent modules to implement the Zero-Touch SLA Smart…
Recent paper – ‘Centralized and Federated Learning for Predictive VNF Autoscaling in Multi-domain 5G Networks and Beyond,’ describes how two technologies in ‘Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) are expected to play a vital role in 5g and beyond networks. Particularly in multi-domain scenarios, the additional challenge of isolation and data privacy…
A recent article from 5GZorro – ‘Smart Contracts for Ubiquitous Computing/Connectivity’ discusses the enabling of decentralised trust for multi-party interactions and SLA management in trading of computing resources across edge and core parts of the network. As the use of Smart Contracts becomes more commonplace as a quick and efficient alternative to traditional contracts, it…
Are you interested in acquiring a better understanding of how blockchain automates wholesale connectivity? On May 12th at 2pm BST, Bartr joins a panel of leading industry executives in a discussion on the topic. Alongside Paul, will be Louisa Gregory, CEO of CBAN; Finn Kornbo, Product Director at CSG; Richard Gendal Brown, CTO at R3…
5GZORRO aims to build and deploy a zero-touch modular Trusted Execution Environment for the facilitation of commercial sharing of 5G spectrum and related network resources between and amongst untrusted 3rdparty enterprises. This week the Bartr team attended the 5GZORRO – https://5g-ppp.eu/5gzorro/ – consortium partner kick-off meeting at the i2cat – www.i2cat.cat – offices in Barcelona,…
A consortium of 13 telecom and technology industry organisations, including Bartr Group, Telefonica and IBM, have been confirmed as the successful project bid group to deliver 5GZORRO – Zero-tOuch secuRity and tRust for ubiquitous cOmputing – and connectivity in 5G networks. Bartr Group will provide Distributed Ledger Technology (“DLT”) expertise as the technology lead in…
The Euromoney Institutional Investor plc’s International Telecom Week (“ITW”) was for the first time held in July 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia, after many years of being held in May in Chicago, Illinois. The Bartr Connect team met with hundreds of technology and interconnect partners as Bartr Group continues to expand its global partnerships and transmission…
Bartr Connect commenced beta trading operations, managing a $2m credit line provided by APQ Global, an investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”).
Bartr Connect announced the appointment of Noaman “Nomi” Shaikh as head of global interconnect partnerships. Nomi has been active in the telecoms sector for over 15 years, and brings a wealth of experience to the Bartr Group team.
After the appointment of Martyn Taylor as CTO, Bartr Technologies continues to expand its engineering team with the appointment of Marc Savy as Lead Engineer. Marc joins Bartr Technologies from RedHat, the global leader in open-source software engineering and support recently acquired by IBM. Marc brings a wealth of experience as a senior full-stack engineer,…
Bartr Technologies announced the appointment of Martyn Taylor as Chief Technology Officer. Martyn joins the Bartr Group team from RedHat, the global leader in open-source software engineering and support company recently acquired by IBM. Martyn’s brings over 10 years of experience as an enterprise lead as a full-stack senior engineer, with a focus on middleware,…
Bartr Group continues to expand the in-house talent pool across its operating subsidiaries with the appointment of James Mackenzie as Head of Trading and COO of Bartr Connect, the global wholesale telecoms routing consultancy and operational specialist and sister company of Bartr Technologies. James is a 20 year veteran of the global telecoms sector, specialising…
The wholesale telecom market consultancy operating subsidiary of Bartr Group, Bartr Connect, today signed a Services Agreement which included the provision of a $2m credit line by APQ Global, an investment company listed on the London Stock Exchange (“LSE”). The credit line will be managed and deployed by Bartr Connect on behalf of APQ Global,…
Bartr Group has opened its UK head office at Spaces Crossway in Birmingham, UK. The office serves as the global hub for Bartr Group operations, and is headed up by Bartr Group founder and CEO, Paul Henderson.
i2cat and Bartr Group have signed a Memorandum of Understand (“MoU”) for co-operation on the medium and long-term commercialisation of R&D product applied to global networked environments, with a focus on the telecommunications sector. i2CAT Foundation is a non-profit research and innovation centre that promotes mission oriented R&D activities on advanced Internet architectures, applications and…
Whilst wholesale network interconnect may be an unglamorous part of the telecoms industry, it is the natural place for cryptoeconomic innovation. Martin Geddes article about Bartr. Read it in full here.
Internetworking needs quality interconnects; and many small ones, not just a few large ones. Internet is short for internetworking. Internetworking requires interconnection, an exchange of traffic and value. The way telecoms and computer networks exchange traffic has not changed in more than 25 years, yet the amount and types of traffic has exploded. The inherent…
Paul Henderson, founder and CEO of Bartr Group, presented the teams’ vision for the financialization of global connectivity markets to a group of 40 private and institutional investors at the offices of Brown Rudnick LLP, the US-based global law firm in Mayfair, London, UK.
Bartr Group released a document detailing the team’s vision for bringing standardization, transparency and efficiency to global connectivity markets. The document, entitled Bartr Group Declaration of Intent, outlines the need for a paradigm shift in global network operations management and the roadmap towards the financialization and democratization of global telecommunications markets, and beyond.
Bartr Technologies, the first company in the Bartr Group, was incorporated this month.