SHARE IBM Corp. is expanding its portfolio of automation software with a new offering for communications service providers that’s meant to help them to stand up and manage new 5G networks faster and more easily. The offering was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2021 event in Barcelona, where IBM also revealed it will partner with some of the world’s leading telecommunications firms in areas relating to 5G, edge computing, artificial intelligence and blockchain. The IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation offering (pictured) allows CSPs to stand up new 5G networks on any cloud or on-premises environment of their choosing and scale it up in a matter of minutes, the company said. It provides a full suite of automation tools for implementing 5G and edge services that works by managing multivendor software-based network functions, IBM said.