VMware is a leading innovator among 5G Telco Cloud Native Platforms. The company offers a telco-specific offering, VMware Telco Cloud Platform, which is being rapidly developed to meet specific CSP needs through enhancements such as VMware Telco Cloud Platform – Public Cloud and VMware Telco Cloud Platform – RAN. VMware offers strong multi-vendor capabilities through a rigorous certification program that includes a broad and diverse range of vendors. In addition, its virtualization layer provides the required level of abstraction for multi-vendor management and container security. Being purpose-built for telcos, VMware Telco Cloud Platform offers a wide array of telco-specific features, including RIC, SD-WAN, orchestrators, and service assurance.