ETSI creates ZSM group centered on management and automation
ETSI announced it has created a new branch dubbed Zero touch network and Service Management Industry Specification Group (ZSM ISG), which will focus on 5G end-to-end network and service management. The aim of the ZSM group,...
Network slicing and dicing
Network slicing is poised to play a pivotal role in the enablement of 5G. The technology allows operators to run multiple virtual networks on top of a single, physical infrastructure. With 5G commercialization set for 2020, many are wondering to what...
IBM premieres Agile Lifecycle Manager version 1.2
IBM recently deployed Agile Lifecycle Manager (ALM) version 1.2, which provides a design, test and automated deployment platform to address technical challenges anchored to network functions virtualization (NFV). According to the company, IBM ALM v1.2 enables automated operating...
End-to-end network slicing holds promise as the key to unlocking new business opportunities with 5G to drive revenue growth. So exactly how will service providers benefit from slicing? And how can they overcome technical challenges?
This webinar, developed by Strategy Analytics, will discuss where business...
Software company launches Cloudify 4.2
Austin, Texas -- Software company Cloudify unveiled Cloudify 4.2 at the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017 this week, which includes -- among other features -- interoperability and cross-cloud functionality through the new Kubernetes provider plugin. According to the company, the latest...
NFV and SDN deployments require automated service assurance that won’t compromise reliability
Service assurance is a crucial and increasingly complex task for communications service providers. Without granular insight into network performance metrics, a CSP cannot gauge customer experience, network reliability, find and fix failures or...
Huawei and Vodafone announce collaboration
Vodafone announced it has selected Huawei as an approved vendor to supply its FusionSphere OpenStack platform, supporting the company’s global rollout of network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN).
NFV and SDN are two budding though distinct technologies changing...
Barefoot Networks debuts monitoring system for total packet visibility
Barefoot Networks, a computer networking company, unveiled Barefoot Deep Insight today, which the organization claims to be the first network monitoring system to provide visibility into every packet in a network. The purpose of the solution...
DEL MAR, Calif.--5G will be supported by four "pillars" as the industry seeks to transition to the next generation of wireless technology, according to Andreas Roessler, technology manager at test company Rohde & Schwarz.
Roessler, speaking at the 5G Innovation Summit, said that those four...
A new network topology
The digital transformation of network infrastructure through network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) is anticipated to play a pivotal role with the respect to the commercialization of 5G. There are several major architectural obstacles facing 5G networks, which...
Adtran and TIM sign memorandum of understanding
Italy’s leading telco and ICT group TIM announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Adtran to review the company’s NFV and SDN technologies and platforms for network automation in the access network segment.
NFV and SDN...
Network slicing is seen as a key enabler for future 5G networks
5G boils down to three primary use cases: enhanced mobile broadband, massive support for the internet of things and mission critical communications that require ultra-low-latency and multi-gigabit-per-second throughput. But, beneath those three broad...
Cartesian report highlights challenges thwarting NFV adoption among service providers
Operational challenges and immature virtualized technologies are hindering NFV deployments among communications service providers (CSPs). That is at least the conclusion of a recent report titled “The Future of Networks: Dealing with transformation in a...
ETSI Open Source rolls out Open Source MANO THREE
ETSI Open Source MANO (ETSI OSM) group announced the general availability of Open Source MANO (OSM) THREE yesterday, keeping up to pace with the organization’s goal to release a new OSM every six months.
ETSI is the...
TIM Brasil to use Accedian’s SkyLIGHT virtualized solution as part of recent partnership
Accedian, a performance assurance solution specialist for mobile networks and enterprise-to-data center connectivity, announced it is teaming up with Brazilian national operator TIM Brasil. As part of the partnership, TIM Brasil will...
Amdocs launches new intercarrier service orchestration tool
Amdocs, a software and services provider to communications and media companies, rolled out a new intercarrier service orchestration solution, which enables Communication Service Providers (CSPs) to automate traffic scaling across multiple carrier networks.
The offering addresses issues CPS's face...
5th generation (5G) wireless technology is just around the corner promising secure and ubiquitous wireless connectivity at gigabit speeds.
As service providers prepare to leverage 5G, they are also faced with introducing new virtual network technologies such as software defined networking (SDN) and network functions...
How service assurance investments are changing the game
As service providers worldwide engage with a new set of competitors, face a challenging economy and attempt to master intensifying network and service complexity, they face service assurance challenges beyond any that most have ever experienced. What...
Verizon investing in virtualization to save $10 billion by 2020
Verizon sees network virtualization as a “robust opportunity” to cut the costs anchored to telcos by $10 billion over the course of four years, said John Stratton, EVP and president of global operations for Verizon...
Orange pushes NFV deployment with Red Hat deal
Red Hat announced Wednesday it is partnering with Orange, a major multinational telecom operator, to help the company virtualize its networks. In particular, Orange said it will use Red Hat’s OpenStack Platform to deploy virtual network functions...
BT and Cisco expand partnership with two new solutions
In another move toward network virtualization, BT announced it is extending its partnership with Cisco with the deployment of two new products: a Cisco-based customer premise equipment virtualization solution headed by BT dubbed BT Connect Edge;...
Telstra first to launch VeloCloud virtually through SD-WAN in Asia- Pacific
Telstra, an Australian telecommunications company, recently announced an update to the Telstra Programmable Network, collaborating with VeloCloud to launch a virtual branch software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) in Australia and globally. Telstra described the new...
Amazon seeks to move into hybrid cloud market with AT&T, AWS collaboration
AT&T recently announced it is expanding its cloud networking solutions with Amazon Web Services (AWS) with a focus on the cloud, security and the internet of things (IoT). As part of the expansion,...
Making an actual phone call is one of the last things most of us do with our smartphones, and when we do place a call, it's usually important. Voice calls are often reserved for the most personal, complex or time-sensitive communications - the ones...
