NFV

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we spoke with Frank Yue, senior technical marketing manager at F5, to garner insight into the importance and challenges facing NFV service orchestration for …

Ubiqube touts telecom focus in dealing with NFV, SDN requirements European-based network and security orchestration software vendor Ubiqube recently announced it is working with French operator Orange on a pilot …

Last week I attended the inaugural 5G Forum event that was organized by Informa in sunny Palo Alto, Calif. The location for this new event was interesting, especially considering that …

Verizon SDN plans tap Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper, Nokia Verizon Communications publicly announced its software-defined networking plans, stating partnerships with the likes of Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper Networks and Nokia …

Large data centers started using software-defined networking principles a few years ago to create interconnect “fabrics” out of many switches, something difficult to do with conventional routers and switches and …

Swisscom migrates to NetCracker’s Service Fulfillment platform Telecom vendor NEC and its subsidiary NetCracker said they had recently helped telecom operator Swisscom complete the build out of ICT capabilities designed …

IBM expanded its cloud data operations with its SoftLayer division opening of a second center in the Netherlands designed to support expansion of IBM Cloud services in the region. The …

Chris Rice, VP of AT&T Labs, explains carrier’s telecom software focus AT&T has built up a strong reputation as an industry leader in advancing software platforms designed to bolster telecom …

Orchestrate brings DaaS capabilities to CenturyLink Cloud Regional telecommunications provider CenturyLink bolstered its cloud platform with the acquisition of Orchestrate, which focuses on managed database services designed for rapid application …

OpenCloud touts “the power of open.” Being open is an important concept, but is not necessarily a new topic. Consider the context in which “open” plays a role in this …

AT&T looks to gain full Apache Project status for automated policy code AT&T continues to push its software focus, announcing this week that it has released software into an Apache …

Telecom NFV growth spurred by operational efficiencies, SDN by enterprise A new report from Mind Commerce finds that telecom network revenue tied to network functions virtualization could reach $8.7 billion …

ONOS project’s Blackbird SDN platform touts, ‘performance, scale, high availability’ The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project unveiled its Blackbird platform, the second release from the ONOS community …

Service providers, enterprises targets of IBM’s SDN, virtualization, automation centers IBM is set to open a pair of “network innovation centers” designed to allow clients to take software-defined networking, virtualization …

NFV demo through partnership with Intel, OpenStack Oracle Communications claims that through a partnership with Intel and parts of the OpenStack platform is has produced the first successful demonstration of …

Ericsson notes NFV, cloud conversations beginning, biz models set for fundamental change ATLANTA – The virtualization revolution that is hitting the mobile industry’s largest operators is not lost on smaller …

Demo tapped Huawei’s NFV platform to virtualized VoLTE The virtualization of mobile services continues to gain steam as Huawei, a Chinese equipment vendor said it has successfully demonstrated a virtualized …

Trade organization TM Forum recently announced a management change that saw interim president and CEO Bill Ahlstrom cede his leadership position to board member Peter Sany. The organization noted the …

NFV orchestration to bolster CenturyLink’s enterprise customers Regional telecommunications provider CenturyLink said it plans to tap Cyan for its Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator to provide network function virtualization-based services to …

Huawei said it has partnered with the Open Networking Foundation and Open Network Lab through its Open Network Operating System platform to build an open ecosystem designed to support commercial …

Ericsson and Opera offer marketing services for operators Telecom powerhouse Ericsson announced a partnership with software firm Opera that will provide mobile network operators with a new content-delivery solution. The …

Telco Systems launches program to provide SDN and distributed NFV to the network edge The telecom network virtualization movement received a new proponent with Telco Systems launching its Open Edge …

NFV, SDN drive rapid innovation BARCELONA, Spain – The notion of network function virtualization has to some extent confounded mobile network operators dependent on complex – and expensive – legacy …

Connectem’s V-EPC platform expected to bolster Brocade’s NFV, SDN services Virtualized telecom platform provider Brocade is set to bolster its offerings through a pending acquisition of privately held LTE virtual …

Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on …