Ericsson talks dual-mode cloud core; Oracle on move from VNF to CNF
With one notable exception, commercial 5G networks use a non-standalone architecture wherein
new 5G NR radio infrastructure is connected to an Evolved Packet Core that also supports LTE
data transmissions. Virtualization of EPC functionality is...
Network virtualization investments often start with the EPC
Last week T-Mobile US announced it worked with Cisco to deploy the "world's largest" virtualized evolved packet core covering some 70 million subscribers. This is part of a five-year arrangement between the two companies that speaks to...
FCC pauses shot clock related to Sprint, T-Mobile US merger
In a week of 5G-related world firsts, T-Mobile US got into the mix by announcing completion of the "world's largest" virtualized evolved packet core. Cisco provided SDN tools for the vEPC, which T-Mo says covers...
Affirmed Networks benchmarks vEPC performance
Network virtualization is most certainly a process, but one that's imperative to the evolution from hardware-driven connectivity to much more flexible software control. While operators approach softwarization differently, many see deployment of a virtual evolved packet core (vEPC) as a...
Radisys and Mavenir integrate vEPC into M-CORD as part of partnership
Wireless network company Radisys Corporation alongside software-based telecom networking provider Mavenir announced they are collaborating to offer communication service providers a way to commercially launch a M-CORD (Mobile Central Office Re-architected as a Datacenter)...
The Swiss telco is working with Huawei on a five-year virtualization, transformation initiative
HONG KONG--Swiss telecommunications operator Sunrise Telecom has been making progress towards the virtualization of its core network within the last six months, the telco’s Head of Commercial Management and Infrastructure Marc...
The Open Networking Foundation (ONF), a nonprofit that serves projects creating solutions using open source software and software defined standards, recently unveiled that Intel Labs' has made its Xeon Processor based virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) reference software available to the CORD project.
CORD (Central...
