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AT&T preps for NFV/SDN, 5G at Austin Spectrum Lab

Look inside AT&T's Austin Spectrum Lab with RCRtv AUSTIN, Texas – In an unassuming building in Austin, Texas, AT&T engineers can recreate virtually any network condition in the high-tech Austin Spectrum Lab, which will also serve as ground zero for the carrier’s upcoming trials of "5G." RCR...

SDN, NFV, 5G and network QoS

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with Accedian Networks about network QoS related to SDN, NFV and 5G On today’s show we have an interview with Scott Sumner, VP of...

Feature Report: NFV, SDN and cloud – How deep and where?

Network virtualization technologies using SDN and NFV platforms have slowly begun to creep across networks. This report garners insight from telecom operators, industry analysts and vendors to look at where carriers are focusing their initial deployments; which network segments are seeing improved efficiencies from...

Editorial Webinar: NFV, SDN and cloud – How deep and where?

Network virtualization technologies using SDN and NFV platforms have slowly begun to creep across networks. This webinar will garner insight from telecom operators, industry analysts and vendors to look at where carriers are focusing their initial deployments; which network segments are seeing improved efficiencies...

Ocular IP White Paper: Solving the customer equation in LSO NFV SDN

Three major trends currently shaping the telecom industry -- the mobile data tsunami, cloud computing and software-defined networking -- are all fueled by availability of bandwidth. As service providers evolve their network architectures to support these trends and enable the promise of network virtualization,...

Ericsson, NEC support NTT DoCoMo’s NFV deployment

Ericsson and NEC tout their support for NTT DoCoMo’s multivendor NFV deployment Ericsson and NEC both came out as vendor partners for NTT DoCoMo’s network functions virtualization plans, including the telecom giant’s recently announced multivendor NFV platform. Ericsson said its platform is based on the Open...

DDoS attack security for NFV- and SDN-powered networks

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with A10 about DDoS attack security for NFV- and SDN-powered networks On today’s show we have an interview with Rene Paap, product marketing manager...

OPNFV releases Brahmaputra NFV platform

OPNFV unveiled its second NFV platform, promising greater interoperability and testing The Linux Foundation’s Open Platform Network Function Virtualization Project launched its second platform release dubbed Brahmaputra. OPNFV, which teased the platform late last year, said Brahmaputra is the organization’s “first full experience with a massively...

NFV moving to deployment phase, virtualization leaders say

Affirmed Networks, Procera, ACG Research, Vasona weigh-in on NFV Network functions virtualization has come a long way in the last year, according to experts, who have noted movement from discussion to actual deployments on live networks. ACG Research CEO Ray Mota joined Affirmed Networks CEO Hassan...

NTT DoCoMo develops NFV technology for multivendor EPC

The Japanese firm plans to start deploying the NFV technology on its network this month NTT DoCoMo said it has completed development of what it claims to be the world's first network function virtualization technology that can run evolved packet core software from multiple vendors. NTT...

White Paper: Operators Accelerate NFV Adoption for Faster Agility and Openness

Huawei offers systems integration solutions to help operators quickly commercialize NFV Tier 1 operators accelerate adoption of NFV to increase agility and openness while reducing operating costs The growing need for operators to increase service agility, while reducing the cost of service, is causing them to...

ETSI taps open source software for MANO specs

ETSI said it has tasked its OSM group to use open source software for MANO tied to NFV The European Telecommunications Standards Institute this week said it have begun work on using open source software for management and orchestration of network functions virtualization in connection...

Digital transformation highlighted at MWC 2016

Huawei and partners show use cases of digital transformation to demonstrate importance of agile, elastic operations BARCELONA, Spain – With a focus on enabling a customer-centric business model, Huawei representatives and clients gathered during Mobile World Congress to discuss the importance of digital business transformation. Transformation has been...

Open-O partnership to transform networks

Huawei, Linux Foundation, China Mobile among members of open-source project; touted as first of its kind initiative for China BARCELONA, Spain – In order to lend agility and innovation to mobile operators, the Linux Foundation, China Mobile and Huawei announced the Open-O Project, which will...

Opanga Networks and the Kapsch CarrierCom Announce New Partnership at Mobile World Congress 2016 (sponsored content)

Seattle, WA and Vienna, Austria -- Kapsch CarrierCom and Opanga Networks are pleased to announce today the formation of a new strategic partnership to bring the next generation of network optimization solutions to mobile operators throughout Europe. Kapsch CarrierCom is a leading, global producer,...

Ooredoo Qatar’s project UNIFY: transforming infrastructure with NFV

Like a number of global operators, Ooredoo is in the process of transforming its network architecture to a next-generation infrastructure. Ooredoo’s UNIFY strategy is about driving ICT transformation to deliver a digital customer experience through more simple and agile IT. As part of the...

Opanga Networks Announces Commercial Availability of Its Second Generation Product at Mobile World Congress 2016 (sponsored content)

Seattle Washington -- Opanga, the leader and pioneer of Traffic Densification Technology™ (TDT), is pleased to announce today the commercial availability of its second generation product, Network Coordinated Super Scheduler™ (NCSS), providing mobile operators with a unique, disruptive network optimization solution and game-changing economic value. Building...

Analyst Angle Report: Getting the best QoE – Trends in traffic management and mobile core optimization

The move to real-time processing and virtualization is widening the opportunities for service and revenue generation, improving QoE by managing mobile traffic more efficiently and optimizing the use of the existing RAN infrastructure. The report assesses how new technologies and solutions are changing the...

Simplifying Enterprise Cellular With Parallel Wireless vRAN Solutions (sponsored content)

In 2016, analysts project that 400K Enterprise cellular nodes will be shipped, but over 12 million Wi-Fi APs will be used in the Enterprise LAN. We all know that Wi-Fi cannot provide the quality of service and security that enterprises need, but enterprises are...

AT&T unveils 5G roadmap; SDN, NFV key enablers

5G plan includes Ericsson, Intel; field trials planned for Austin AT&T today announced a roadmap for research, development and ultimate commercialization of next-generation 5G mobile networks in partnership with Ericsson and Intel. The U.S.-based mobile network operator pointed to millimeter wave, software-defined networks and network functions virtualization...

In an all-IP world, application awareness is a key differentiator (sponsored content)

Drive network agility and cost efficiency through IP monitoring Consumer demand for mobile data, driven by a constant stream of new applications and advanced services coming to market, creates numerous challenges for network operators. Our all-IP world puts competitive pressure on service providers working to...

Analyst Angle Webinar: Managing mobile traffic to maximize QoE and performance

The move to real-time processing and virtualization is widening the opportunities for service and revenue generation, improving QoE by managing mobile traffic more efficiently and optimizing the use of the existing RAN infrastructure. This webinar will assess how new technologies and solutions are changing the...

ASOCS: Sketching the path toward RAN virtualization (sponsored content)

At the RAN USA conference in San Francisco at the end of January, Chih-Lin I from China Mobile reminded us ETSI its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) framework span the entire network, from the core to the RAN. The RAN is an essential part of...

Building a new SDN and NFV network service infrastructure: A case study (sponsored content)

Juniper helps Orange Business Services overcome a business challenge Orange Business Services has always had a close relationship with its customers and in 2013, one of its in-depth surveys found that many were looking for greater agility from their network services. “Our customers are asking...