NFV

The increased focus and adoption of open source software is bolstering telecom operator plans, forcing vendors to rethink strategy SANTA CLARA, California – Open source software continues to gain support …

Look inside AT&T’s Austin Spectrum Lab with RCRtv AUSTIN, Texas – In an unassuming building in Austin, Texas, AT&T engineers can recreate virtually any network condition in the high-tech Austin Spectrum …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with Accedian Networks about network QoS related to SDN, …

ONOS-based transport SDN super controller from Huawei wowed judges SANTA CLARA, California – Huawei walked away with the SDN Idol 2016 award at this week’s Open Networking Summit. The Linux …

Network virtualization technologies using SDN and NFV platforms have slowly begun to creep across networks. This report garners insight from telecom operators, industry analysts and vendors to look at where …

Carriers are taking different tracks in NFV, SDN and cloud deployments The current move by telecom operators towards virtualization platforms has broken into two groups: those that are moving aggressively …

AT&T continued to drive SDN and NFV development, noting an upcoming CORD trial and unveiling its ECOMP initiative AT&T continues to lean on software in an attempt to drive efficiencies …

AT&T expects ‘significant savings’ and cash flow tied to SDN and NFV technology AT&T’s ongoing push to gain software control of its telecom network at its core is move to …

Three major trends currently shaping the telecom industry — the mobile data tsunami, cloud computing and software-defined networking — are all fueled by availability of bandwidth. As service providers evolve …

The ONOS project’s CORD initiative includes carrier interest from AT&T, Verizon and SK Telecom The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project this week touted continued progress on its …

Ericsson and NEC tout their support for NTT DoCoMo’s multivendor NFV deployment Ericsson and NEC both came out as vendor partners for NTT DoCoMo’s network functions virtualization plans, including the …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with the Open Networking Foundation about telecom benefits from …

Standards work on “5G” technology began in late 2015, and the first commercial networks probably won’t launch until 2020 at the earliest. But it’s not too early to begin pondering …

Cisco and Verizon said they plan to target enterprise and government users, while Verizon mulls data center future Cisco said it was partnering with Verizon Enterpriser Solutions to offer its …

Wipro sees great change and opportunity in network assurance from NFV deployments Network functions virtualization has brought the capability of the telco networks on commodity hardware and software. Never before …

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with A10 about DDoS attack security for NFV- and …

Hitachi joined the OpenDaylight Project as a ‘silver’ member, boosting the organization’s presence in Japan The OpenDaylight Project welcomed Hitachi as a “silver” member and named a new member to …

OPNFV unveiled its second NFV platform, promising greater interoperability and testing The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform Network Function Virtualization Project launched its second platform release dubbed Brahmaputra. OPNFV, which teased …

Affirmed Networks, Procera, ACG Research, Vasona weigh-in on NFV Network functions virtualization has come a long way in the last year, according to experts, who have noted movement from discussion …

The Japanese firm plans to start deploying the NFV technology on its network this month NTT DoCoMo said it has completed development of what it claims to be the world’s …

Firms explain the MEC demo taps edge video orchestration to support streaming content Nokia Networks and U.K.-based operator EE demonstrated a pair of mobile edge computing-enabled services run over a …

Beryllium is the fourth platform release from OpenDaylight targeting open source SDN In keeping with its periodic table-inspired naming architecture, the OpenDaylight Project recently rolled out its latest open source …

Huawei offers systems integration solutions to help operators quickly commercialize NFV Tier 1 operators accelerate adoption of NFV to increase agility and openness while reducing operating costs The growing need …

ETSI said it has tasked its OSM group to use open source software for MANO tied to NFV The European Telecommunications Standards Institute this week said it have begun work …

AT&T said its working to update its network in Mexico to the same network standards the carrier has in the U.S. market BARCELONA, Spain – Ralph de La Vega, vice …