The future of cloud-native technology: exploring WebAssembly for telecoms operators

WebAssembly (Wasm) is a portable, high-performance binary format for executing code on various platforms, and is considered to be the next step in cloud-native technology after containers and virtual machines. Wasm is still maturing, but it offers promising use cases for communications service providers (CSPs) to trial, with potential future applications for the entire network.

Information included in this report

• An introduction to WebAssembly (Wasm)
• An overview of the challenges that operators face when undergoing their cloud-native transformations and how Wasm can help
• Current and future use cases of Wasm within CSP networks and IT
• Case studies of CSPs that are already trialling this technology
• Recommendations for CSPs