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Verizon announces SD-WLAN Verizon Enterprise Solutions recently deployed its Software-Defined Wireless Local Area Network (SD-WLAN), which provides visibility into both corporate wireless network operations and Bluetooth-enabled devices connected to the …

Securing open distributed architectures Service providers have gravitated toward open distributed architectures over the past few years with the rise of network functions virtualization (NFV), software-defined networking (SDN), virtual machines, …

In December 2017, 3GPP finalized the non-standalone 5G New Radio (NR) specification, which uses the LTE radio and core network in tandem with a new 5G carriers. The standalone 5G …

Juniper Networks and TIM sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Italian mobile operator TIM and Juniper Networks are working together under a MoU on the research and development of cloud-oriented network …

Red Hat and Mycom OSI announce partnership Red Hat and Mycom OSI recently announced they are joining forces as part of an initiative to provide automated assurance across hybrid network …

AT&T brings dNOS project to open source community AT&T announced it is open sourcing its Disaggregated Network Operating System (dNOS) project, which will be hosted by The Linux Foundation. The …

Verizon announces Session Border Controller-as-a-Service Verizon announced it is expanding its SDN solution suite with the launch of Virtual Network Services – Session Border Controller-as-a-Service (SBCaaS). Verizon introduced Virtual Network …

AT&T and Equinix build on relationship AT&T and Equinix announced they are strengthening their relationship by making AT&T’s Switched Ethernet Service with Network On-Demand available to businesses in Equinix International …

  Deployment of 5G presents new operational challenges for service providers, especially in the wake of network virtualization. 5G will leverage software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) …

New ETSI group focuses on end-to-end network slicing As networks become increasingly complex, operators are tapping into network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) solutions to automate network operations. …

SNS Research report forecasts NFV, SDN market growth A new report from SNS Research suggests the service provider network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) market is expected to …

China Mobile to bring Huawei CloudFabric to OpenStack project Huawei announced it will use its CloudFabric solution to enable the development of a private cloud resource pool for China Mobile …

CableLabs opens SNAPS-Boot and SNAPS-OpenStack Industry consortium CableLabs recently announced two new open source projects associated with OpenStack, including SNAPS-Boot and SNAPS-OpenStack. The purpose of SNAPS (SDN and NFV Application …

5G on the horizon The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) recently released the first official 5G standard, dubbed 5G New Radio, marking a major step toward the commercialization of 5G. …

Victory Square to purchase 20% of Multapplied Networks Victory Square Technologies announced it signed a letter of intent to purchase 20% of software-defined wide-area networking (SD-WAN) blockchain company Multapplied Networks …

China Telecom selects ZTE for resource pool pre-commercial trial SDN project China Telecom has selected ZTE for the provincial cloud resource pool pre-commercial trial software-defined network (SDN) project. The project …

What is network slicing? Network slicing is a kind of virtual network architecture, which leverages the principles behind network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN). The technology allows operators …

Juniper releases OpenContrail codebase to Linux Foundation Juniper Networks is upping competition with Cisco, VMware and other enterprises taking up space in the cloud market with the introduction of Contrail …

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 …

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 …

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 …

  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 …

Big Switch addresses data center scaling issues with SDN Big Switch Networks, a data center networking company, unveiled a new capability of its SDN-based Big Monitoring (Big Mon) Fabric called …

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 …