Amdocs acquires former foe Openet Amdocs has acquired Openet, an Ireland-based BSS supplier with which it previously tussled in court, for $180m. Openet has become the default 5G policy and charging supplier for Samsung and HPE core networks, and the firm made revenues of $140m over the past two years. It also has partnerships with NTT Data, AWS and Accenture, plus operator deals including those with BT, Iridium, VADSA, Bell Canada, Telkomsel and SaskTel. Telstra chooses Nokia SON to support 5G automation Australia’s Telstra is one of the most loyal customers of Ericsson, which supplies nearly all its equipment, but it has chosen Nokia’s SON solution, EdenNet Self-Organizing Network, to help centralize and automate network operations as part of 5G…