Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

TIM Brasil to use Accedian’s SkyLIGHT virtualized solution as part of recent partnership Accedian, a performance assurance solution specialist for mobile networks and enterprise-to-data center connectivity, announced it is teaming …

5th generation (5G) wireless technology is just around the corner promising secure and ubiquitous wireless connectivity at gigabit speeds. As service providers prepare to leverage 5G, they are also faced …

Verizon investing in virtualization to save $10 billion by 2020 Verizon sees network virtualization as a “robust opportunity” to cut the costs anchored to telcos by $10 billion over the …

Orange pushes NFV deployment with Red Hat deal Red Hat announced Wednesday it is partnering with Orange, a major multinational telecom operator, to help the company virtualize its networks. In …

BT and Cisco expand partnership with two new solutions In another move toward network virtualization, BT announced it is extending its partnership with Cisco with the deployment of two new …

Telstra first to launch VeloCloud virtually through SD-WAN in Asia- Pacific Telstra, an Australian telecommunications company, recently announced an update to the Telstra Programmable Network, collaborating with VeloCloud to launch …

Amazon seeks to move into hybrid cloud market with AT&T, AWS collaboration AT&T recently announced it is expanding its cloud networking solutions with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with a focus …

The evolution to 5G requires a new approach to network architecture In order to realize the 5G future, “We can’t just do more of the same to get more out …

As the world goes digital, people’s daily lives are increasingly dependent on easy access to data, wherever they are. High-quality mobile connectivity can influence where people decide to live, raise …

  October 19-20, ZTE Wireless & Services User Congress 2017 was held in Brussels, Belgium. At the congress, Michael Howard, Executive Director & Advisor of IHS Markit, delivered a speech …

In the context of ICT convergence, with the help of SDN/NFV, telecom operation is transforming from relatively simple traditional telecom services operation to a digital one. Consequently, the SDN/NFV-based new …

Playbook notes NFV deployment challenges and strategies for moving forward Openwave Mobility, a data plan management solutions provider for the telecom industry, recently published its “NFV Playbook,” highlighting some of …

MEF and ONAP join forces to develop LSO framework for physical and virtual network functions Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) recently announced it is collaborating with the Open Network Automation Platform …

NFV, SDN and LSO Lifecycle service orchestration (LSO) is a buzzword on par with software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV), which the service provider community has embraced with …

Lanner Electronics and 128 Technoly team up to ease SD-WAN deployments Lanner Electronics has partnered with 128 Technology to help deploy next generation software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) and virtual …

TM Forum and MEF extend four open APIs with LSO Sonato software development kit TM Forum, a nonprofit industry association for service providers and their suppliers in the telecom industry, …

WOW! to roll out Nokia’s virtualized Distributed Access Architecture WideOpenWest (WOW!) and Nokia announced the deployment of what the companies claim to be the first virtualized Distributed Access Architecture (vDAA). Nokia …

Operator prioritizing NFV MANO Proximus, Belgium’s largest telecommunications company, has selected Cloudify’s cloud-native orchestration platform in its push toward network functions virtualization (NFV). Proximus will leverage Cloudify’’s platform to provide …

A three-phase process makes the most of investments geared toward delivering on 5G and IoT With the 5G New Radio specification, both non-standalone and standalone variants, tracking for finalization by …

Data center workloads create demand for enhanced processors at the edge Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP unveiled a new System-on-Chip (SoC) solution, dubbed LX2160A, which moves data center workloads to the …

ETSI NFV ISG completes specifications to accelerate NFV interoperability and adoption The ETSI NFV Industry Specification Group (ETSI NFV ISG) said it is working to accelerate global network functions virtualization (NFV) …

Google takes virtual machines to a different level with nested virtualizations Google recently announced it has brought nested virtualization on Compute Engine virtual machine instances. The feature takes virtual machines …

Microsoft VMM Analytics takes pulse of on-site virtual machine Virtual machines (VMs) are one of the popular technologies among data centers today. Due to their widespread use, keeping tabs on …

Oracle releases survey noting main issues facing service providers and potential solutions Oracle recently conducted a new global survey titled “The Communications Cloud: CSPs Take on Tomorrow,” polling the top …

NFV, SDN and mobile edge computing, all major aspects of 5G, creates an opportunity for disruption of telecom vendor ecosystem The sheer complexity of 5G and attendant use cases–mobile AR/VR, …