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Kontron discusses the impact virtualization can have on network capacity, including how NFV bolsters voice and video efficiency Network capacity issues continue to impact mobile operators as consumer demand for …

GEANT taps ONOS SDN platform to connect European research facilities The Open Network Lab’s Open Network Operating System project scored a significant deployment win as European-based GEANT said it’s using …

NFV integration project conducted at Huawei Open Labs facility Infrastructure giant Huawei said it recently completed the first phase of an integration project with Red Hat that ties in multiple vendors’ mobile …

Metaswitch SBCs set to power LTE aspects of AT&T’s software push AT&T continues to push its software-based future, backed by a previously stated goal to virtualize 75% of its network …

How vendors are using virtualization technologies to meet carrier network service levels One challenge for telecom operators as they move towards the rollout of virtualized platforms using network functions virtualization, …

Total cost of ownership associated with telecom operators moving toward virtualized platforms continues to be debated, with various models showing savings on the capital expense side, operating expense side, both …

In case you missed the latest episodes of RCRtv, our weekly recap is bringing you insight on topics and guests featured on RCRtv’s weekly programing. August 7th was the series premiere …

Alcatel-Lucent’s Rapport software central to China Mobile VoLTE plans Alcatel-Lucent said the world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile, was set to deploy its network functions virtualization-based Rapport communications software in …

The bigger 5G bang will be in the network In the first of our series of articles, “5G is coming: Wireless telecoms is dead, long live wireless IT,” we identified …

ItsOn provides insight into how vendors are using virtualization technologies like SDN and NFV to bolster their carrier support platforms. Telecom operators are feverishly working towards implementing virtualization technologies like …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 One of the bigger …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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, …

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 …

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. …