I spent yesterday at Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs' annual FutureX Days. This event showcases the topics the research teams are working on to a mix of customers, partners, press and university professors. The top executives of the organization also share their strategic direction. I have to...
DALLAS – Even as the wireless industry pushes forward with exploring "5G" technologies, there are a significant number of barriers and challenges going on with current deployments, including voice over LTE, infrastructure implementations like small cells and the push toward network function virtualization.
Speakers...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
Nokia Networks and Hewlett-Packard this week announced a partnership to provide a telecommunications-focused cloud with network function virtualization designed to help mobile operators become more competitive in the market.
The new initiative is based on a combination of Nokia Network’s virtualized network functions, which allow...
Andi Mann, VP of strategic solutions for CA Technologies, stressed the importance of DevOps — the confluence of software development and IT operations — at CA World 2014 in Las Vegas, and laid out software solutions that power the growing mobile app economy.
Mann told...
Editor’s Note: Welcome to Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry.
By now you will have heard of mobile virtualization and the potential benefits offered to mobile operators. Virtualization...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
NFV predicted to dominate virtualized space
In a new report, Infonetics Research said it expects the global service provider software-defined networking and network function virtualization market to grow from less than $500 million in sales last year to $11 billion in sales by 2018.
For its...
When more than 1,300 global industry experts converged on Düsseldorf, Germany, last week for the SDN and OpenFlow World Congress, one of the hottest topics was network function virtualization.
(Although it's only three years old, NFV has become so important it apparently warrants its own...
Few would argue that NFV has become the talk of the telecom space, with vendors, operators, standards groups and industry analysts all working on getting a handle on and advancing the move towards software-based network virtualization.
RCR Wireless News spoke with Ken Dilbeck, VP of...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
NFV Laying the foundation for a new way to run mobile networks
Virtualization will change the way mobile operators run their networks and the way the mobile ecosystem works. In this webinar we will explore how the transition to virtualized networks with NFV will happen...
SÃO PAULO — This year's Futurecom trade show was bigger than last year's event with a total of 350 brands in attendance and an expected 15,000 attendees. Two major topics headlined this year Futurecom event: What will happen to Brazilian mobile operator Oi (check...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Computing giant Hewlett-Packard is looking to grow its network virtualization business, announcing a distributed cloud network platform based on software-defined networking technology. The SDN-based solution targets service providers and large organizations.
HP said the service will allow customers to automatically deploy “secure cloud networks” across...
The ongoing move toward virtualizing network functions is growing to include such services as policy, routing and diameter. This move is seen as ideal for such functions, which are becoming increasingly taxed by the growth in mobile data traffic.
Oracle recently estimated that worldwide LTE...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments through its weekly “Software”...
Collaboration has been a growing trend in the network virtualization space as vendors search for ways to work together on bringing more robust solutions to the market.
One of the latest moves in this direction was an announcement from Cyan, which provides software-defined networking, network...
Editor’s Note: In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this Reader Forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible, but we maintain some editorial control...
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 the sepia-tinted shades and enjoy the memories!
Report: T-Mobile US moves resonate with customers; Sprint...
Network Function Virtualization (NFV) has the potential to bring the same benefits attained in the data center to the network. Today NFV is being incorporated into wireless access infrastructure, from large macro cells to small indoor femtocells. This is unlocking new revenue opportunities for...
The Linux Foundation launched its Open Platform for NFV Project, designed as a “carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services.”
Founding members of the program include a long list of companies participating in the software-defined networking...
Sprint recently announced a multiyear expansion of an agreement with NetCracker Technology to use NetCracker’s operating support solutions platform to support the carrier’s Spark network initiative.
Sprint has been using NetCracker’s Resource Inventory, Order Management, and Discovery and Reconciliation solutions to support its rapidly expanding...
