While an established player in the virtualization software world, VMware sees new opportunities for NFV in the telecom market.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we speak with Gabriele Di Piazza, VP of products and solutions for VMware’s Telco NFV Group, about the company’s growing...
SD-WAN platforms will be required to power the IoT dreams of the market and will see greater enterprise adoption.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they expect...
Telecom operators are set to take advantage of NFV, SDN and cloud to increase agility and better compete against OTT players.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what...
Verizon bolstered its SD-WAN platform for greater enterprise visibility, and claimed a successful cross-vendor test of NG-PON2 technology.
Verizon Communications may not make as much noise as rival AT&T in terms of its work on virtualization technologies like software-defined networking and network...
Nokia’s Nuage Networks division to see its SDN Virtualized Services Platform used to support 2,000 public cloud servers for China Mobile.
Nokia’s Nuage Networks division snagged a deal with China Mobile to deploy the vendor’s Virtualized Services Platform as part of the...
Pitt named SVP at MEF, where he is set to expand the organization’s reach into SDN and NFV in support of MEF Third Network vision.
Networking trade group MEF said it has hired former Open Networking Foundation Executive Director Dan Pitt to...
The partnership with Movius is set to support plans for Sprint to offer a cloud-based second line for enterprise customers beginning this year.
Sprint continued its push into the lucrative enterprise market scoring a deal with Movius to offer a cloud-based second...
Mobile, cloud, IT services, security, the “internet of things,” and mergers and acquisitions are set for potential change in 2017, with 5G playing an unknown role.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the...
Operators commonly expect that moving to SDN and NFV with white box CPEs will enable cost reductions, however reality is telling a different story.
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CommScope sees densification, virtualization, optimization and network convergence as major cellular network trends in 2017.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what they expect to see in the...
With 5G on the horizon, Nokia explains the benefits of cloud-based support and its Cloud Packet Core product.
On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, brought to you by Nokia, we speak with Nick Cadwgan, director of IP mobile networking at Nokia, to discuss the operator...
Telecommunication operators and enterprises are set to increase their NFV investments as the market has finally reached a maturation point.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what...
Cisco Wi-Fi platform to gain deeper integration into Ericsson’s cellular core network product targeting mobile, cable and enterprise customers.
Ericsson and Cisco Systems continue to expand their relationship, with the latest move adding a new Wi-Fi solution to their service offerings.
The...
Addition of Ethernet over copper and Ethernet over DOCSIS options set to bolster the Sprint SD-WAN platform scheduled to launch this year.
Sprint’s often over-looked wireline business bolstered its product platform with the addition of Ethernet over copper and Ethernet over data...
Providers are set to take charge of the IoT market in 2017, with the help of partnerships, data analytics and SDN.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on what...
Telecom operators are expected to continue investing and deploying in SDN platforms, though advances need to be made in order to reach their full potential.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 virtually upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile...
Google Fiber plans in flux; 5G progress and standards challenges; and M&A activity highlight final round of RCR Wireless News top 100 stories of 2016.
Editor’s Note: Before we turn the page on 2016, we thought we would take a look back...
5G specifications and spectrum support; 600 MHz auction stumbles; and executive shuffles at Verizon and Ericsson among top stories of 2016.
Editor’s Note: Before we turn the page on 2016, we thought we would take a look back at the past...
Huawei surges; FCC moves on USF and 5G leadership, while scoring open internet victory; and Sprint pockets cash.
Editor’s Note: Before we turn the page on 2016, we thought we would take a look back at the past 12 months by highlighting...
While huge progress has been made toward the development of NFV, a variety of challenges remain before widespread service roll out can commence.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 virtually upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on...
Open source platforms are set to alter the telecommunications landscape.
The convergence between the internet and telecommunications worlds is bringing to the forefront different approaches to deploying services. In the internet world, large cloud players built their data centers using white box...
NFV Interoperability Testing Initiative formed by Nokia, Cisco, Ericsson and Huawei in pact to accelerate commercial NFV implementations.
A cadre of high-level telecommunication vendors formed the NFV Interoperability Testing Initiative in a move to conquer continued multivendor interoperability testing challenges for network...
Gigabit-based services will become the norm in 2017, with pressure and support coming from VR, 5G, cellular IoT, SDN and SON.
Editor’s Note: With 2017 virtually upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from across the mobile telecommunications space on...
In a deal that closed late last week, VMware looks to have strengthened its OpenStack software position with purchase of Plumgrid assets.
VMware bolstered its position in the OpenStack software market with the purchase of some assets from Plumgrid. Details on the...
