In March of 2021, Tareq Amin, then CTO of Rakuten Mobile and now CEO of Aramco Digital, and I contemplated the question of how Rakuten Mobile could ramp itself onto a "brownfield" operator's modernization roadmap and drive Open RAN adoption. Of course, this would...
Network slicing is a primary feature of Standalone 5G but E2E orchestration of the network and services presents challenges
Operators are facing challenges along multiple vectors with the complementary yet distinct transitions to Standalone 5G, disaggregated network systems, and cloud-native operations. At the same time,...
A zero-touch operational model is becoming increasingly critical for communications service providers (CSPs) to realize the monetary benefits of multi-vendor digital services such as dynamic 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) offerings. However, considerable transformation is required for the CSPs to evolve the service...
Oracle sees NFV moving further into the mainstream with the help of orchestration
Editor’s Note: With 2016 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year.
Network functions virtualization has...
Oracle launches four new NFV platforms targeting CSPs
Oracle continues to bolster its virtualized platform that targets communication service providers, announcing four new products it claims are designed for network functions virtualization deployments.
The products, which were announced today at the LTE World Summit in Amsterdam, include its...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Amartus and Openet Labs on tapping analytics, orchestration for scaling automation and virtual network functions.
As the telecommunications world continues its evolution towards virtualized platforms, increased demands are being placed on network analytics in order for...
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Azmir Mohamed, head of product management at cloud infrastructure provider Plumgrid, to discuss the role of OpenStack in the telecom space. Mohamed touched on Plumgrid's latest Open Networking Suite 3.0 platform and its role in...
As mobile operators begin to roll out NFV, SDN and cloud platforms, there is a growing need for centralized orchestration in order to help automate information flow among the platforms and for on-boarding of services. This is also known as management and orchestration (MANO). This...
As mobile operators begin to rollout NFV, SDN and cloud platforms, there is a growing need for centralized orchestration in order to help automate information flow between the platforms and for on-boarding of services. This is also known as management and orchestration (MANO). This...
On this week's NFV/SDN Reality Check we spoke with Frank Yue, senior technical marketing manager at F5, to garner insight into the importance and challenges facing NFV service orchestration for telecom operators. This has become an important topic as telecom operators continue to look...
