While huge progress has been made toward the development of NFV, a variety of challenges remain before widespread service roll out can commence.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 virtually upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on...
Open source platforms are set to alter the telecommunications landscape.
The convergence between the internet and telecommunications worlds is bringing to the forefront different approaches to deploying services. In the internet world, large cloud players built their data centers using white box...
NFV Interoperability Testing Initiative formed by Nokia, Cisco, Ericsson and Huawei in pact to accelerate commercial NFV implementations.
A cadre of high-level telecommunication vendors formed the NFV Interoperability Testing Initiative in a move to conquer continued multivendor interoperability testing challenges for network...
Gigabit-based services will become the norm in 2017, with pressure and support coming from VR, 5G, cellular IoT, SDN and SON.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 virtually upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on...
In a deal that closed late last week, VMware looks to have strengthened its OpenStack software position with purchase of Plumgrid assets.
VMware bolstered its position in the OpenStack software market with the purchase of some assets from Plumgrid. Details on the...
Former Mavenir CEO to lead new charge with bolstered messaging, VoLTE, Vo-Wi-Fi platform targeting 5G, IoT and with heavily reliance on software.
Xura is set to become a larger player in the mobile communications space, inking a deal to acquire Mitel’s mobile...
NFV, SDN and cloud platforms are seen as key components of the Broadband Forum Broadband 20/20 initiative, with a focus on driving revenue.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Robin Mersh, CEO at the Broadband Forum, on how it expects its recently...
AT&T ECOMP platform now counts Bell Canada and Orange as collaborators working towards carrier-grade SDN deployments, future 5G support.
AT&T continues to garner carrier interest for its software-focused enhanced control, orchestration, management and policy platform, with Bell Canada now on board to use...
ZTE made the case to combine work on cloud and fog computing at recent ITU-T CTO event in Thailand.
In a move to combine what it sees as similar technology attributes, ZTE offered up a support for combining work being conducted in cloud...
Standards challenges could impede the move towards 5G, though industry adoption of NFV and SDN could ease the transition.
Across a broad spectrum of industries, businesses are pinning their hopes for the future on the “internet of things,” and who can blame...
Carrier claims success in deploying 100 Gbps optical wavelength on the AT&T network in Dallas area using open ROADM technology.
AT&T claimed success in its move to redesign a network switch with software control and open hardware specifications.
Andre Fuetsch, CTO at...
A perceived lull in NFV deployment and development can be overcome with the right model in place.
When people run out of things to say in a conversation or a fierce storm dies down, we call that a “lull.” This is the...
The SD-WAN market is seeing considerable attention from across the telecom space, with VeloCloud scoring recent deals to support AT&T and Sprint efforts.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Mike Wood, VP of marketing at VeloCloud, to gain insight into the growing...
Sprint said its 2.5 GHz-powered LTE service hit 100M pops covered, while AT&T laid out its long-term NFV, SDN plans … 2 years ago this week.
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate...
Arrow to market and sell network services tailored for customer applications.
Arrow Electronics inked an agreement with Vodafone to market the latter’s “internet of things” services as part of its EVolve IoT offering.
The agreement between the two companies creates a new offering...
SDN, NFV and cloud will further network transformation necessitated by 5G use cases.
WASHINGTON – Emphasizing the key role of communications in global economic development, Sorabh Saxena, SVP of software development and engineering at AT&T, said collaboration and innovation are musts if...
Updates to Cisco Cloud-Scale Networking platform tap NFV and SDN to ease telecom operator moves towards updating central office deployments.
Cisco Systems said it has updated its IOS XR Cloud-Scale Networking platform for greater telecommunications operator support in central office deployments.
The updates include...
Nokia unveiled a “templating system” it said is based on ETSI NFV, TOSCA and OpenStack specs designed to simplify VNF management and orchestration.
The exceedingly complicated process of virtual network function lifecycle management could be gaining some help with Nokia publishing what...
Virtualization is critical to developing next-generation intelligent networks, with cloud central offices seen as an important part of bolstering SDN and NFV.
Communication service providers are facing challenges on multiple fronts in today's digital-first world. Operators need to find ways to cope...
NFV and SDN deployments remain sporadic, though development advances have bolstered platforms with the focus now on making them work better.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Michael Brenner, chief architect for Network Functions Virtualization at Gigaspaces, to discuss the firm's growing...
Learn how Huawei brings vast managed services experience to evolving IT landscape
Network operators are transforming the way they do business by using more agile methods to reduce opex and capex while accelerating time to market. Some of the approaches involved in this radical change...
Amazon Web Services set to include AT&T NetBond product in a move designed to increase security for SaaS providers Infor and Pegasystems.
AT&T deepened its work with Amazon Web Services through the integration of its NetBond product with the AWS Direct Connect...
Cable television giant Comcast joins the open source ON.Lab ONOS and CORD initiatives focused on SDN, NFV and cloud development.
The Open Networking Laboratory scored a significant new member as cable telecommunications giant Comcast joined the organization’s Open Network...
Computing giant Microsoft joins open source software focused group The Linux Foundation as ‘Platinum’ member, with board representation.
The Linux Foundation recently scored a significant new member in Microsoft, which joined the open source-focused organization as a “Platinum” member. The coup was announced...
