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”...
A conversation with Masashi Usami, PhD, Executive Director, KDDI
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Faced with an increase in traffic volume and complexity, KDDI looks at NFV as a way to get the...
A conversation with Sameh Yamanu, CTO of Assurance and Analytics, and Rob Marson, Strategic Marketing Director, JDSU
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Virtualization does not change only the way mobile operators build their...
A conversation with Art King, Director of Enterprise Services and Technologies, SpiderCloud Wireless
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SpiderCloud takes NFV to the edge – in carrier-driven small-cell deployments in the enterprise,...
Brocade rolled out new support for the burgeoning software-defined networking space, introducing its Vyatta Controller that the company said is designed to help telecom operators move toward greater support of all-IP infrastructure.
Brocade said the controller is a “keystone” product in its SDN portfolio and...
A conversation with Steve Hratko, Director of Service Provider Marketing, Ruckus Wireless
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Ruckus Wireless takes NFV to the managed WLAN services that operators are increasingly keen to...
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”...
Network function virtualization continues to permeate the telecommunications space, with the Broadband Forum hosting a session specially dedicated to NFV and the organization touting continued progress with its previously announced relationship with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
According to the Broadband Forum, NFV will have...
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Hitachi’s focus is squarely on virtualization of the control plane with its recently announced, fully virtualized MME/SGSN that supports the NFVI. It is an evolution of...
Metaswitch Networks in the NFV ecosystem: Bringing NFV to the IMS core.
A conversation with Martin Taylor, CTO, Metaswitch Networks
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At Metaswitch, virtualization is part of a natural...
Mavenir Systems® in the NFV ecosystem: Virtualized VoLTE and RCS functions.
A conversation with Ian Maclean, Head of Strategy, Mavenir Systems
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In the first conversation for our upcoming...
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”...
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.
In most industries, every now and then, something comes along that has the capacity to rewrite the rules and change...
Support continues to roll in for the mobile telecommunications industry’s move toward virtualization, with the latest coming from Radisys. The company said it will begin offering support for Intel’s fourth-generation Core processor technology across its x86 product portfolio to meet growing processor demands from...
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”...
Nokia Networks announced what it claims is the first commercial carrier-grade telco cloud set to go live by the end of the year. Although the location and operator involved were not named, the announcement describes a launch that will utilize network function virtualization to...
Partnerships have become an important aspect shaping the telecommunications software market, as companies look to bolster their ideas in the space with the help of friends.
The latest to expand its network is Wind River, which announced Hewlett-Packard had joined its Titanium Cloud partner program launched...
Tapping NFV to support 5G
SK Telecom reported a deal with Ericsson-LG to collaborate on development to verify cloud orchestration technology in the carrier's continued move toward developing support systems for so-called “5G” technology.
The memorandum of understanding calls for the two companies to evolve Ericsson’s...
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”...
Opera Software’s Skyfire division updated its Rocket Optimizer platform with a streaming audio optimization feature designed to help wireless operators handle the increasing amount of digital music content traveling across their networks.
The update taps into the network function virtualization-ready platform’s embedded mobile video traffic...
China Mobile, China Telecom, Telus and Verizon in on testing
A handful of telecommunication operators have partnered with a pair of standards bodies to test transport software-defined networking technology, which when combined with advances in network function virtualization are expected to shape the future of...
The telecommunications industry’s increased focus on software-based solutions tapping into software-defined networks and network function virtualization is set to impact router purchasing decisions, according to a new report from Infonetics Research.
The firm found that three-fourths of the operators surveyed were planning to move services,...
The move to the cloud for enterprises continued to accelerate, with a new report from the Harvard Business Review and commissioned by Verizon Communications finding 70% of those surveyed had adopted cloud computing into their operations.
Of those firms that have adopted cloud computing, the...
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”...
