Red Hat, a leading provider of open-source solutions, has announced an extension of its collaboration with Bell Canada, Canada's largest communications provider. This multi-year agreement signifies the continued trust and reliance Bell Canada places in Red Hat's technologies to support the evolution of its networks. The focus remains on accelerating innovation and delivering world-class networks.
The collaboration will integrate Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus, Red Hat OpenStack Platform, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform. These technologies will enable Bell to adopt a unified telco cloud infrastructure, strengthening operational agility and supporting business predictability. The goal is to empower Bell Canada to maintain its 5G leadership and provide high-performance services at scale.
Gino Grano, global vice president, Americas Communication Service Provider Segment, Red Hat, stated that the unified hybrid cloud foundation helps customers like Bell Canada evolve their 5G and network services faster and more efficiently. Bell Canada emphasizes the trust it places in Red Hat's open hybrid cloud technologies to evolve its networks, deliver reliable, high-performance services, and continue innovating for its customers.
By establishing an open hybrid cloud that spans across IT, network, and media, Red Hat's solutions enable Bell to modernize virtualized workloads and establish a foundation for digital sovereignty. This includes maintaining ownership of data residency and infrastructure integrity across various environments, alongside expanded automation capabilities through the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
