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By now you will have heard of mobile virtualization and the potential benefits offered to mobile operators. Virtualization...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Yanzi Networks, in partnership with Intel, is preparing to launch a plug-and-play "Internet of Things" product that provides cloud-based monitoring of video cameras, temperature and humidity sensors, energy monitors and other data points.
Yanzi is located in Stockholm, Sweden, as is one of Intel’s IoT...
As the Signaling landscape changes to support next generation IP and other new services with DIAMETER, legacy interworking with SS7, ENUM/DNS and SIP increases to become a top priority. The challenge is to support service diversity, interworking and roaming requirements as well as real-‐time...
NFV predicted to dominate virtualized space
In a new report, Infonetics Research said it expects the global service provider software-defined networking and network function virtualization market to grow from less than $500 million in sales last year to $11 billion in sales by 2018.
For its...
A new white paper produced by UK-based Juniper Research projects wireless carriers will lose a staggering $14 billion in the next year as consumers give voice and message business to Over The Top (OTT) service providers including Skype, Facebook and WhatsApp.
Compared to paying a...
Few would argue that NFV has become the talk of the telecom space, with vendors, operators, standards groups and industry analysts all working on getting a handle on and advancing the move towards software-based network virtualization.
RCR Wireless News spoke with Ken Dilbeck, VP of...
NFV Laying the foundation for a new way to run mobile networks
Virtualization will change the way mobile operators run their networks and the way the mobile ecosystem works. In this webinar we will explore how the transition to virtualized networks with NFV will happen...
A conversation with Steve Shaw, Product Marketing Director, Juniper Networks
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Juniper Networks is a traditional networking vendor that is embracing NFV. Juniper has a three-layer product strategy to enable the transition to NFV in mobile...
Amdocs announced a strategy and ecosystem to enable further service virtualization by its customers. Within the announcement there are three topics which combined enable their strategic vision for an open network functions virtualization cloud.
The first new product is a Network Cloud Service Orchestrator or...
The ongoing move toward virtualizing network functions is growing to include such services as policy, routing and diameter. This move is seen as ideal for such functions, which are becoming increasingly taxed by the growth in mobile data traffic.
Oracle recently estimated that worldwide LTE...
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Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column where C-level executives and advisory firms from across the mobile industry share unique insights and experiences.
There are different ways to implement edge clouds, depending on the access technology. Macro cells vendors embed secured computing and...
Service assurance has been an ongoing struggle for wireless carriers as they look to balance their spectrum and network assets with growing consumer demand. Advances in software have become the latest tools used by mobile operators, including the move towards virtualization in order to...
Parallel Wireless co-founder and chairman, in what he called the first public discussion of the company's work in virtualizing the Long Term Evolution (LTE) access and core networks, described virtualization for the LTE RAN (Radio Access Network) in terms of both a step forward...
Download the complete report featuring Juniper Networks, Intel, AT&T, Telefonica, JDSU, KDDI, SpiderCloud Wireless, Ruckus Wireless, Metaswitch Networks, Hitachi and Mavenir Systems.
The transition to virtualized mobile networks is going to be a watershed in the way operators deploy, operate and financially benefit from their networks....
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades and enjoy the memories!
Report: T-Mobile US moves resonate with customers; Sprint...
A conversation with Diego Lopez, Head of Technology Exploration, Network Innovation and Virtualization Directorate, Telefonica
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Telefonica is an early mover and adopter when it comes to virtualization. It...
A conversation with John Healy, General Manager, Software Defined Network Division, Datacenter Group, Intel
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Intel is working on multiple fronts to ensure a smooth transition to SDN/NFV, but...
The Linux Foundation launched its Open Platform for NFV Project, designed as a “carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services.”
Founding members of the program include a long list of companies participating in the software-defined networking...
Sprint recently announced a multiyear expansion of an agreement with NetCracker Technology to use NetCracker’s operating support solutions platform to support the carrier’s Spark network initiative.
Sprint has been using NetCracker’s Resource Inventory, Order Management, and Discovery and Reconciliation solutions to support its rapidly expanding...
A conversation with Satyendra "Tripps" Tripathi, Director New Tech Prod Dev Eng, Services Design and Development, AT&T
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AT&T has been for a long time a very proactive proponent...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on the market. She’ll be...
