The CG-OR-19 specification is said to slash Verizon data center deployments from months to days, with benefit of simplified maintenance.
SANTA CLARA, California – Data center deployment and maintenance simplicity led telecommunications giant Verizon Communications to back a recently established rack standard taking...
Power management seen as a key component to growing the small cell footprint necessary for support of telecom industry’s 5G and IoT plans.
SANTA CLARA, California – The telecommunication industry’s move towards a greater reliance on data centers to serve the needs...
A complete software- and cloud-based reorganization of how telecom networks are constructed and operated is needed to meet 5G and IoT demands.
SANTA CLARA, California – Latency and a business model were cited as two significant overhangs to the telecommunication industry’s move towards...
Latin American telecommunication operators are in the process of deploying big data solutions, though monetization of those efforts remain a challenge.
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Verizon said it’s more cautious on deployment of mobile 5G services than rivals coming out of MWC, though does expect technology to be a game changer.
Verizon Communications is seen by many in a leadership position in terms of the move towards...
The SD-WAN space has received considerable attention from telecommunication operators, but what industry segment is set to lead the market going forward?
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Improved CEM, disaster recovery, business continuity, scalability and cost cited as reasons to move a contact center to the cloud.
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Ontology deal to provide EXFO with real-time network topology discovery and service-chain mapping to improve network visibility platform for operators.
EXFO said it has acquired privately held Ontology Systems in a deal valued at $7.6 million, net of cash.
U.K.-based Ontology works...
ZTE and Intel said they plan to collaborate on verification, evaluation and research of IoT technologies; tap SDN, NFV for 5G BBU.
ZTE and Intel signed a strategic cooperation agreement targeting the internet of things market and announced a collaboration on a...
Orange plans to initially focus on certain verticals including health care, public transportation and smart cities.
BARCELONA, Spain – Orange Business Services identified health care, public transportation and smart cities as three key verticals the company will target with its recently launched...
Latest agreement between Swiss telecom operator Sunrise and Huawei builds on initial strategic partnership from 2012.
BARCELONA, Spain – Swiss telecommunications operator Sunrise Telecom extended a previous partnership with Huawei as part of the company’s goal of creating a “defect-free” network. The deal...
AT&T is part of a group looking to tackle SDN standards, though the carrier’s AIC deployment looks to be behind schedule.
Looking to push the pace of development and adoption of software-defined networking services, a cadre of companies and organization led by...
Huawei claims the SOC 2.0 5G solution will provide on-demand services for all vertical industries.
BARCELONA, Spain – Huawei launched its Service-Oriented Core 2.0 platform, which it explained is a “5G” core solution for commercial use cases.
Huawei said the SOC 2.0 platform...
The telecom industry’s move towards 5G through greater use of virtualization technologies is set to change the view of service assurance.
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When digging into SD-WAN, why outer space and networking have a lot more in common than we think.
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Canonical expands on the impact and potential for telecommunication operators that have embraced OpenStack as part of their virtualization plans.
On this week’s “NFV/SDN Reality Check” we speak with Mark Baker, OpenStack product manager at Canonical, to discuss the importance of the platform...
A report from Viavi Solutions claims 12 operators have already carried out field testing of 5G technology.
Twenty-five mobile operators have announced plans for lab testing of “5G” technologies, according to a recent report by Viavi Solutions. Of those 25 operators, 12...
Unlimited data is back, with Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile all going ape over the new marketing opportunity, to the benefit of consumers.
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Network slicing work builds on 5G collaboration deal inked by BT and Huawei in December.
U.K. telecommunications provider BT and Huawei announced new research into network slicing with the goal of finding how the technology can be used to support services delivered...
Stating plans to harmonize under a single framework targeting telecom SDN and NFV plans, The Linux Foundation moves to consolidate open source efforts.
The Linux Foundation is looking to merge open source orchestration and management efforts, and perhaps reduce acronym clutter, by...
Verizon Enterprise Solutions to use Ericsson platforms for support of virtualized global Managed Network Services platform, SD-WAN services.
Verizon Communications’ Enterprise Solutions division deepened its network virtualization partnership with Ericsson, noting the vendor will provide enabling technology for the operator’s virtualized global...
Smartphones — thanks to superior user experiences and affordable pricing models — dominate the market worldwide. In the first quarter of 2016, they represented 78% of total mobile phone sales worldwide.
Data consumption has become in many regions the prime use case, enabled by...
Colt said its SDN On Demand platform will allow for quicker enablement of new services through Microsoft’s Azure cloud.
Colt Technology Services collaborated with Microsoft in adding its Dedicated Cloud Access services to its software-defined networking “On Demand” portfolio in a move to...
Nokia plans to further strengthen its NFV, SDN and software focus with purchase of fellow Finnish company Comptel in a deal valued at $370.8 million.
Nokia is set to bolster its network software plans through a pending acquisition of Comptel, which is focused...
