The OpenDaylight Project, an open community focused on software defined networking and virtualization solutions, recently announced the availability of its first open source software called Hydrogen.
Ericsson executive vice president Johan Wibergh became head of the company's networks business in 2008, just before the global recession and the emergence of low-cost Asian competitors delivered something of a one-two punch to the largest part of Ericsson's business. But the company's networks...
Telecommunications infrastructure giant Ericsson announced plans to launch a new lab in support of the OpenDaylight Project community, which is looking to propel the development, testing and verification of software defined networking services. The Ericsson lab, which will be run in conjunction with the...
In an industry that is constantly and rapidly evolving, the bar to earn the title of “transformative moment” is high. And yet, we are at just such a moment.
Enterprise network demands have exploded in recent years as more organizations adopt cloud computing and bring-your-own-device plans. In addition, companies remain on the lookout for any opportunity to improve their internal communications - most notably, through videoconferencing tools. The cumulative effect of these investments...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. It's been a week of big deals and big reports in the telecom space. Verizon Communications acquired Intel Media, VMware bought AirWatch, Subex landed $10 million worth of contracts and Redknee signed a $5...
The wide range of benefits that could result from implementing SDN solutions should not be underestimated. As network resources become increasingly strained, organizational leaders will likely need this technology to alleviate disruptive bottlenecks.
In order for organizations to take full advantage of what software-defined networks have to offer, users must first understand what SDN means, what the process entails and how it can benefit their business.
A new report from Actix found that different devices interact with wireless networks in different ways, resulting in the customers experience varying across a carrier’s handset portfolio.
The report, which included information from more than 4.2 million data sessions, 85,452 voice sessions and 56,712 combined...
In the past few years the iOS and Android device revolution has firmly and irreversibly shifted consumer online activity to a mobile-first experience. The majority of consumer traffic growth,
Connecting us to one another may still be the most important thing that smartphones do, but their reach is steadily extending into other parts of our lives. Smartphones are poised to control the smart home, to pay for goods and services, and to collect...
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. Partnerships abound this week as it seems like everybody's shaking hands with everybody to create some great deals. AT&T was especially busy on this front, furthering its partnership with Amdocs for its connected car program,...
Attempts to unify developer work on software-defined networking and network functions virtualization received a boost this week as the OpenDaylight Project announced that Coriant and ZTE have joined the “community-led and industry-supported open source platform.” The group, which is a project spun out of...
The market for software-defined networking equipment is set to surge over the next five years as wireless carriers look bolster service offerings and cut costs, according to a new report from ACG Research.
The report predicts that annual spending on all SDN-related equipment could hit...
Editor’s Note: The RCR Wireless News Time Machine is a way to take advantage of our extensive history in covering the wireless space to fire up the DeLorean and take a trip back in time to re-visit some of the more interesting headlines from...
2014 will be the beginning of a seven-year enterprise transition from 80% capital expenditure to 80% operating expenditure spending on mobility, opening the door to a $100 billion mobile managed services opportunity for mobile operators.
The workplace as we used to know has forever changed as remote and mobile workers become the norm, not the exception. Businesses will respond to this new breed of worker by
RAD Data Communications and Nakina Systems reported product interoperability for a “major” North American cable operator that the companies claim is one of the first real-world examples of network functions virtualization, with software being using to control hardware deployment.
The interoperability was generated between RAD’s...
The push by telecom operators to implement software-defined network capabilities continued this week as wireless backhaul provider Ceragon Networks said it has received orders from two “leading national operators” in North America and India to provide its SDN-ready IP-20-based platform. The deals, which Ceragon...
It’s that time of year again – time to hop into our DeLoreans and make the short leap forward to 2014. What will the coming year bring for telecom? What technologies will make waves and
With the growth of data and devices rising exponentially, we’ve found ourselves in a world in which the idea of containerization – allowing users to separate their work and personal data within one device
Welcome to our weekly wrap-up of telecom software news. CES 2014 may be dominating headlines this week, but some of the biggest stories in software came from companies not participating in CES, like Oracle announcing its acquisition of Corente or Apple announcing the $10...
Last year was a defining year in the communications industry, thanks to the broader commercial rollouts of LTE networks, carriers trialing small cell deployments more extensively
For the last year the telecom industry has largely been in a holding pattern, with incremental developments slowly building toward a larger, mainstream transition to new technologies.
