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 from its networks being burdened with ever-increasing demand from consumers.
At this week’s Open Networking Summit,...
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 save the carrier money. At a recent investor conference, AT&T CFO John Stephens noted those...
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 their network architectures to support these trends and enable the promise of network virtualization,...
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 central office re-architected as data center initiative, including ongoing work towards the development of a...
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 telecom giant’s recently announced multivendor NFV platform.
Ericsson said its platform is based on the Open...
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 its updated Atrium SDN platform
On today’s show we have an interview with Dan Pitt,...
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 what 5G could mean for verticals such as health care, manufacturing, smart cities and...
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 Cisco Spark cloud-based collaboration service to Verizon customers as part of the telecom giant’s expansion...
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 was the pace of change so fast and so disruptive. The question being asked today...
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 SDN-powered networks
On today’s show we have an interview with Rene Paap, product marketing manager...
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 its advisory group, bolstering the open source-based organization’s work in software-defined networking and network functions...
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 the platform late last year, said Brahmaputra is the organization’s “first full experience with a massively...
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 to actual deployments on live networks.
ACG Research CEO Ray Mota joined Affirmed Networks CEO Hassan...
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 first network function virtualization technology that can run evolved packet core software from multiple vendors.
NTT...
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 MEC-enabled network at the recent Mobile World Congress event.
The demonstrations included the use of edge...
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 platform under the Beryllium name.
The platform, which targets programmability for software-defined networks, is the...
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 for operators to increase service agility, while reducing the cost of service, is causing them to...
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 on using open source software for management and orchestration of network functions virtualization in connection...
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 chairman at AT&T, said U.S.-based the telecom operator is working to update its network in...
Huawei, Linux Foundation, China Mobile among members of open-source project; touted as first of its kind initiative for China
BARCELONA, Spain – In order to lend agility and innovation to mobile operators, the Linux Foundation, China Mobile and Huawei announced the Open-O Project, which will...
Software migration gaining strength, paying customers; allowed AT&T unlimited data move
AT&T Mobility surprised many earlier this year when it re-entered the “unlimited” mobile data game, launching new rate plans tied to AT&T’s $48.5 billion acquisition of DirecTV. The telecom giant this week noted 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 Gigamon about visibility fabric needed for NFV deployments
On today’s show we have an interview with Andy Huckridge, head of service provider practice...
MWC set to showcase latest in 5G technology advances, IoT and some high-profile device launches
The mobile telecom world is set to again convene in Barcelona, Spain, for the annual Mobile World Congress event, with this year’s festivities expected to feature a strong dose of...
Firms looking to boost MEC technology advances, promise PoC demo at MWC
The mobile edge computing space is set to receive a boost as Quortus and Applied Computer Solutions said they plan to partner on technology supporting MEC, with plans for a proof of concept...
