Wireless infrastructure providers are increasingly turning to software to differentiate their networks, and video optimization software is a particular focus. Mobile video now represents more than 40% of wireless network traffic, according to Ericsson CTO Ulf Ewaldsson.
Ericsson has announced a unified software solution targeting...
Now that the mobile industry’s largest show is over, it is a good time to digest the fire hose of information that is Mobile World Congress. And I’m happy to say that I believe we will
The network functions virtualization market received a boost today as the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and the Open Networking Foundation announced a strategic partnership to further the development of NFV specifications.
The organizations noted that the agreement will focus on how software-defined networking can enable...
Huawei continued its push into the software-defined networking space, showing off what it terms a prototype SDN virtual transport platform with a built-in “APP” system. The infrastructure giant said the platform is part of its SoftCOM solution targeting next-generation networks to provide a greater...
Small cells, software-defined networking, cloud networking and the move toward 100G networks are among the major trends in telecom right now, and RCR Wireless News spoke with a series of companies recently on the impact of those technologies.
At last week's Telecom Exchange event in Denver,...
Network virtualization is creating a growing buzz across the wireless telecommunications space as carriers look for ways to trim network build out costs as well as grasp for ways to rollout services faster to compete against the rising tide of over-the-top applications.
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AirWatch CEO John Marshall did not look like a man who had just spent four days at a trade show when he met with RCR Wireless News at the close of the recent Mobile World Congress 2014 event. Marshall is clearly energized by his...
The recent Mobile World Congress 2014 event was stocked full of news announcements, though thankfully a good selection of industry analysts and observers were in tune with the events to make sense of all the noise.
The biggest news to come out of the...
Software-defined networking is definitely on the radar screen of carriers, who are ahead of enterprises when it comes to adoption. The real promise of SDN is programmability
Virtualization is only the first step towards introducing network functions virtualization into a service provider’s network. More critical will be the “operationalization” of NFV that will make it successful.
This week, several service providers have announced the launch of new software solutions, including Verizon's Cyber Intelligence Center and WIT Software's new WebRTC platform.
Wireless carriers often take a back seat to infrastructure, devices and software at the annual Mobile World Congress event, but that does not mean they aren't there making news. This year's event saw a number of announcements surrounding advanced in LTE technology, tapping into...
A lot is going on this week at Mobile World Congress 2014, held in Barcelona, Spain. With a number of announcements, RCR Wireless News has separated those related to the Latin American region, from both carriers' and suppliers’ perspectives.
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Daniel Hajj, CEO of América...
--Cisco looked to put a cap on the rush towards virtualization at this week’s Mobile World Congress event with the launch of its Quantum Virtualized Packet Core software solution from its Evolved Services Platform that it said “virtualizes key capabilities” of its Aggregation Service...
