Partner Ecosystem Embraces Telecommunications Market

  • Partner program
    The Red Hat Telecommunications Partner Program involves working with ecosystem partners to build certified carrier-grade platforms made up of hardware, operating system and middleware that will be available as a commodity alternatives to proprietary Unix platforms.
  • Deep ecosystem
    Red Hat's extensive software and hardware certification programs reach out to influential telecommunications companies worldwide, expanding to 1800 Independent Software Vendor and 1100 Independent Hardware Vendor partners including applications, systems, storage, and peripheral hardware all certified to run on Enterprise Linux. Red Hat is leading the nurturing, development, innovation, and expansion of the open source ecosystem for the telecommunications industry.
  • Active participation
    Operators and equipment providers participate in the planning and definition of the feature road map for Enterprise Linux to ensure that future releases have the high-priority features required by the telecommunications industry.
  • Close alignment
    Red Hat increases the pace of innovation for the benefit of the telecommunications market without forking or deviating from the defined Linux path. Staying with the community reduces compatibility risks and takes advantage of the review, testing, and assurance provided by the open source development process.

Proven leader in open source and Linux solutions

  • Leader: Red Hat is the undisputed leader in Linux development and the open source software experts. Red Hat enjoys more than 80% of the Linux market share and is the Linux marketshare leader in the telecommunications space.
  • Distribution of choice: Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the operating system of choice for more than 100 independent telecommunications software vendors and has incorporated products shipped by eight of the top-ten network equipement providers (NEPs).