Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

A conversation with Satyendra “Tripps” Tripathi, Director New Tech Prod Dev Eng, Services Design and Development, AT&T Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. AT&T has been for a …

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Claudia Bacco, Managing Director – EMEA for RCR Wireless News, has spent her entire career the telecom, IT and security. Having experience at an operator, software and hardware vendors and as a well-known industry analyst, she has many opinions on …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

A conversation with Masashi Usami, PhD, Executive Director, KDDI Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. Faced with an increase in traffic volume and complexity, KDDI looks at NFV …

A conversation with Sameh Yamanu, CTO of Assurance and Analytics, and Rob Marson, Strategic Marketing Director, JDSU Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. Virtualization does not change only …

A conversation with Art King, Director of Enterprise Services and Technologies, SpiderCloud Wireless Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. SpiderCloud takes NFV to the edge – in …

Brocade rolled out new support for the burgeoning software-defined networking space, introducing its Vyatta Controller that the company said is designed to help telecom operators move toward greater support of all-IP infrastructure. Brocade said the controller is a “keystone” product …

A conversation with Steve Hratko, Director of Service Provider Marketing, Ruckus Wireless Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. Ruckus Wireless takes NFV to the managed WLAN services …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

Network function virtualization continues to permeate the telecommunications space, with the Broadband Forum hosting a session specially dedicated to NFV and the organization touting continued progress with its previously announced relationship with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. According to the …

Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. Hitachi’s focus is squarely on virtualization of the control plane with its recently announced, fully virtualized MME/SGSN that supports the NFVI. …

Metaswitch Networks in the NFV ecosystem: Bringing NFV to the IMS core. A conversation with Martin Taylor, CTO, Metaswitch Networks Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. At …

Mavenir Systems® in the NFV ecosystem: Virtualized VoLTE and RCS functions. A conversation with Ian Maclean, Head of Strategy, Mavenir Systems Download a transcript of the complete interview now and be the first to receive the complete report when finalized. …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

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Support continues to roll in for the mobile telecommunications industry’s move toward virtualization, with the latest coming from Radisys. The company said it will begin offering support for Intel’s fourth-generation Core processor technology across its x86 product portfolio to meet …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

Nokia Networks announced what it claims is the first commercial carrier-grade telco cloud set to go live by the end of the year. Although the location and operator involved were not named, the announcement describes a launch that will utilize …

Partnerships have become an important aspect shaping the telecommunications software market, as companies look to bolster their ideas in the space with the help of friends. The latest to expand its network is Wind River, which announced Hewlett-Packard had joined …

Tapping NFV to support 5G SK Telecom reported a deal with Ericsson-LG to collaborate on development to verify cloud orchestration technology in the carrier’s continued move toward developing support systems for so-called “5G” technology. The memorandum of understanding calls for …

Software is becoming an increasingly important part of telecommunication networks and deployments as both wired and wireless carriers look to add functionality to operations while increasing simplicity and reducing costs. RCR Wireless News is keeping an eye on recent developments …

Opera Software’s Skyfire division updated its Rocket Optimizer platform with a streaming audio optimization feature designed to help wireless operators handle the increasing amount of digital music content traveling across their networks. The update taps into the network function virtualization-ready …

China Mobile, China Telecom, Telus and Verizon in on testing A handful of telecommunication operators have partnered with a pair of standards bodies to test transport software-defined networking technology, which when combined with advances in network function virtualization are expected …

The telecommunications industry’s increased focus on software-based solutions tapping into software-defined networks and network function virtualization is set to impact router purchasing decisions, according to a new report from Infonetics Research. The firm found that three-fourths of the operators surveyed …