Network Function Virtualization (NFV) – Global Developments (June–July 2025)
On June 12, 2025 Ericsson unveiled Ericsson On-Demand, a fully managed 5G Core-as-a-Service delivered as SaaS with Google Cloud, using GKE and AI-powered operations with pay-as-you-go pricing. On June 30, 2025 the U.S. DOJ approved HPE’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper Networks, conditioning divestment of Aruba Instant On WLAN and licensing out Juniper’s Mist platform source code to a third party and foreseeing a 2025 close. In July 2025 Deutsche Telekom formed a new internal cloud division focused on data sovereignty and European cloud independence. On July 2, 2025 Latvia’s LMT announced a collaboration with Ericsson to modernize its core
