ItsOn provides insight into how vendors are using virtualization technologies like SDN and NFV to bolster their carrier support platforms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chkkbLSuvFg
Telecom operators are feverishly working towards implementing virtualization technologies like software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and cloud platforms into their operations in hopes...
A new survey from IHS found 82% of carriers have SDN already deployed or planned this year
A vast majority of the world’s largest mobile operators have software-defined networking plans on their books, according to a new report from IHS.
The findings of its latest “SDN Strategies:...
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On last week’s episode of Coder’s features special guest, Haseeb Qureshi, CEO and Co-Founder of Audiohand. Audiohand is a mobile app...
Just ahead of releasing its latest quarterly results, Sprint revamps its leadership
In a strange move just hours ahead of its latest quarterly results, Sprint announced a major revamp of its leadership, including a new CFO, COO and CTO.
Current CFO Joseph Euteneuer is set to...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Andre Fuetsch, SVP of architecture and design at AT&T, to get an update on the telecom operators expansive network virtualization, NFV and SDN plans
AT&T is arguably one of the most prominent telecom operator...
Vast majority of OpenDaylight members targeting SDN, see NFV and cloud as top use cases
The Linux Foundation’s OpenDaylight program has been actively supporting the growing adoption of virtualized network technologies across the telecom space, with a recent survey by the organization showing strong uptake...
Oracle OSS update looks to tackle challenge of operating NFV across virtual, physical networks
Oracle Communications updated its operational support systems suite in a move to help communication service providers better handle the ongoing move toward virtualized platforms using network functions virtualization.
The update is said...
The cable business typically doesn’t feature high on lists of dynamic industries that rapidly adopt innovative new technologies in order to deliver compelling new products and stellar customer support.
Under the surface, however, cable operators are using virtualization technologies to achieve major changes in how...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Elias Aravantinos, principal analyst at ACG Research, on a new white paper looking at NFV ROI models
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-jc7EQJmPk
One of the bigger challenges facing mobile operators as they look to deploy virtualized platforms like network functions virtualization,...
IHS notes in a new report that poor LTE experiences tainting 4G, 5G pool
A new report from IHS found that half of global service providers surveyed have begun to deploy tenants of true 4G networks, however most consumers think they already have access to...
KDDI and China Mobile move forward on NFV PoC, SDN cloud deployments
Proof-of-concepts continue to be a major focus of vendors and operators looking to test the bounds of virtualized network components. The latest to join the PoC fray are Wind River and Japanese telecom...
A new report from IHS predicts the NFV market is set to explode 5-fold beginning this year
Analyst firms continue to report data backing growing demand for network functions virtualization across the telecom space.
The latest comes from IHS, which this week noted the global market...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Ken Dilbeck, head of collaboration program at the TM Forum on moving NFV and SDN from hype to reality
Few would argue that network functions virtualization, software-defined networking, cloud and the overall virtualization market has seen...
A new NFV study from ACG Research shows investment payback in 3 years
One of the bigger hurdles facing mobile operators as they look at deploying virtualized network functions is lining up capital and operational expense models with expectations.
A new report from ACG Research, sponsored...
A new security extension for network functions virtualization aligns businesses and carriers at the forefront of cloud computing
What is a network? That question was fairly easy to answer a decade ago. Today, it’s not so easy. A network encompasses enterprise infrastructure, carrier networks, cloud...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Simon Osborne, CTO for service orchestration at Comptel, on looking beyond capital expense and operating expense when moving towards virtualization platforms such as network functions virtualization and software-defined networking.
The move towards virtualized platforms is paved...
IHS report found only a small percentage of telecom operators are running IMS in NFV environments
IP multimedia subsystems are seen by many as a stepping stone into the world of network functions virtualization, although a recent report from IHS found just 8% of global...
Virtualization technologies have become a hot topic among telecom operators. Eyeing the benefits of network functions virtualization, Telefónica signed a memorandum of understanding with Alcatel-Lucent to test NFV technologies as part of the operator’s strategy to evolve its networking infrastructure. According to the companies,...
AT&T working on PoC for software-defined storage using SDN, NFV and cloud
AT&T is looking to take advantage of its push into network virtualization using software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and cloud to bolster storage opportunities.
The telecom giant said it has created a proof-of-concept technology...
1-year deals valued at $1.3B; include NFV, SDN and cloud support
Alcatel-Lucent signed a pair of contracts with China’s largest mobile operators to support the rollout of network functions virtualization, software-defined networking and cloud technology.
The one-year deals are valued at $727 million with China...
OPNFV Project now counts 60 member companies, adding Altera, Brain4 Net, CertusNet
The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform Network Function Virtualization Project welcomed in a trio of new members this week, pushing the number of OPNFV Project supporters to 60 companies.
The latest to join the project...
Huawei launches 9 NFV and SDN platforms; Masergy goes live; and OpenDaylight unveils Lithium
Network infrastructure provider Huawei continued its push into the virtualized world, announcing nine software-defined networking and network functions virtualization platforms at the recent Open Networking Summit 2015 event.
Three of the platforms...
There is agreement in the telecom industry that the future of wireless networks is “5G.” However, ask anyone in the industry to define 5G and you’ll get many different answers. As the industry works out what the next generation of wireless technology will ultimately...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with George Drapeau, director of partner solutions and strategy at Red Hat on how OpenStack and open source are being used to boost NFV and SDN performance as well as an update from this week’s Red...
