SDN

In the context of ICT convergence, with the help of SDN/NFV, telecom operation is transforming from relatively simple traditional telecom services operation to a digital one. Consequently, the SDN/NFV-based new …

Windstream SDNow extends to 50 U.S. markets Windstream Wholesale, a Fortune 500 company and provider of network communications, recently announced it is expanding its SDNow transport service to encompass 50 …

Huawei boasts more than 560 NFV and SDN deployments worldwide for first half of 2017 Global network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) adoption is on the rise, as …

Playbook notes NFV deployment challenges and strategies for moving forward Openwave Mobility, a data plan management solutions provider for the telecom industry, recently published its “NFV Playbook,” highlighting some of …

Cisco debuts ACI 3.0 for customers managing multi-cloud environments Cisco recently updated its software-defined networking (SDN) offering solution, Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI), due to the growing embracement of multi-cloud environments. …

NFV, SDN and LSO Lifecycle service orchestration (LSO) is a buzzword on par with software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV), which the service provider community has embraced with …

TM Forum and MEF extend four open APIs with LSO Sonato software development kit TM Forum, a nonprofit industry association for service providers and their suppliers in the telecom industry, …

A three-phase process makes the most of investments geared toward delivering on 5G and IoT With the 5G New Radio specification, both non-standalone and standalone variants, tracking for finalization by …

  Complex and powerful, 5G is truly a transformational leap forward from 4G. With 5G on the horizon, companies are already actively developing and testing designs for this next gen …

AT&T sees open source software and hardware as fundamental to 5G Working with industry consortia Open Network Foundation and Open Compute Project on sharing open source software and hardware technology, …

Data center workloads create demand for enhanced processors at the edge Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP unveiled a new System-on-Chip (SoC) solution, dubbed LX2160A, which moves data center workloads to the …

Nokia pushes SDN into enterprise market Nuage Networks, a software-defined networking venture by Nokia, recently landed its first SDN-based, large enterprise project in China with China Pacific Insurance Company (CPIC), …

Per IDC, Fortinet takes title for shipping more appliances than any other vendor Software-defined networking (SDN) has extended to distributed enterprises and branch offices with the emergence of software-defined wide …

NFV, SDN and mobile edge computing, all major aspects of 5G, creates an opportunity for disruption of telecom vendor ecosystem The sheer complexity of 5G and attendant use cases–mobile AR/VR, …

Amdocs NFV targets service providers managing both physical and virtual features Amdocs continues to dip its toes into the network functions virtualization (NFV) market. The company recently unveiled Amdocs NFV …

Goal is to allow operators embracing SDN and NFV to reduce costs and speed-up development of new businesses HONG KONG–Huawei has released a new solution designed for SDN/NFV testing dubbed …

BSNL and Coriant enter MoU that lays the foundation for future 5G deployments in India India telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with U.S.-based …

Mosaic Alliance brings vendors together to improve NFV and SDN solutions In an effort to speed up the implementation of its software-defined access (SD-access) networks, Adtran Inc., a global provider …

Cisco’s ACI to move beyond data centers to customers managing hybrid networks Cisco recently announced it is devising a way to bring its software-defined networking (SDN) solution, Application Centric Infrastructure …

Nokia-led 5G-MoNArch focused on 5G for vertical markets including automotive, healthcare and media Network slicing, seen as a key 5G enabler, partitions a single physical layer into multiple virtual networks. …

The booming NFV and SDN market The network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) market is expected to be worth approximately $54.41 billion by 2022 with a compound annual …

Dell EMC and BT partner on PoC to use disaggregated switches to manage network traffic Dell EMC and BT announced they are collaborating on a trial centered on how disaggregated …

Verizon teams up with Amazon to deliver virtual services at global scale Verizon announced it has made its Virtual Network Services available on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. AWS …

InterDigital Flips platform uses NFV and SDN ‘fabric’ InterDigital, a mobile technology research and development company, announced its mobile edge computing (MEC) 5G network architecture trial in Bristol, U.K., was …

HPE to resell Big Switch’s Big Cloud Fabric and Big Monitoring Fabric Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) recently announced it will resell Big Switch Network’s Big Cloud Fabric  (BCF) and Big …