Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

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 …

Partner Communications chooses Cloudify and VMware to help accelerate NFV solutions Cloudify and VMware recently announced they are working with Partner Communications, formerly known as Orange Israel, on a new approach to network functions virtualization (NFV). Partner Communications is working …

Wireless networks are delivering more and more mobile data, but nonetheless carriers are managing to drive down operating costs. This webinar will explore several of the technologies and solutions that are helping operators run their networks more efficiently and drive …

Amdocs NFV targets service providers managing both physical and virtual features Amdocs continues to dip its toes into the network functions virtualization (NFV) market. The company recently unveiled Amdocs NFV powered by Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP), which oversees the …

Change is the only certainty for the fast-moving wireless industry, so mobile network operators want to focus on flexible operating expenses instead of huge capital investments in technologies that could become obsolete. How is the wireless infrastructure industry responding? This …

Microsoft’s new security platform targets customers worried about placing sensitive data in public clouds Microsoft recently announced it is making it more difficult for hackers to breach the data and privacy of its public cloud users with a new set …

Dell bolsters IoT, 5G and big data initiatives with DSS 9000 Dell EMC recently rolled out its “hyperscale-inspired” rack scale infrastructure known as DSS 9000. Sprint and Telefonica are the first companies to leverage the technology for their software-defined data …

Open source key enabler of softwarization of telecom The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) announced it finished merging with Open Networking Lab (ON.Lab), realigning itself with the open source community. The two nonprofits, dedicated to the mass adoption of software-defined networking …

Goal is to allow operators embracing SDN and NFV to reduce costs and speed-up development of new businesses HONG KONG–Huawei has released a new solution designed for SDN/NFV testing dubbed TestCraft at the company’s Operations Transformation Forum 2017, which takes …

ABI Research says open source communities and individual telcos are fueling development in Asia-Pacific NFV market As telecom service providers in Asia-Pacific continue to virtualize their network architecture, a new report by ABI Research forecasts the network functions virtualization (NFV) …

BSNL and Coriant enter MoU that lays the foundation for future 5G deployments in India India telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with U.S.-based networking solutions provider Coriant yesterday in an effort to bring …

To combat the growing threat of cyber intrusions, VMware introduces new security tool that monitors data center applications Data centers are challenged to combat the growing threat of cyber intrusions. For this reason, VMware recently unveiled AppDefense at VMWorld, a …

Gigabit LTE coming alive with carrier aggregation, massive MIMO and NFV With major global operators competing to offer end users affordable, unlimited access to mobile data, more than two dozen carriers, including all four major U.S. MNOs, are in the …

Radisys invests in early 5G initiative with MobilityEngine Radisys Corporation introduced a new platform that it says will allow disaggregated mobile networks to meet 5G demands. Radisys MobilityEngine, an evolution of its CellEngine product line, is a portfolio of disaggregated …

ETSI interoperability plugtests help technical committees develop global standards for NFV platforms The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is set to host the second Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) Plugtests event from Jan. 15 to 19 next year at its Sophia Antipolis …

Liberty Global intends to deploy Juniper Networks vMX virtual route reflectors to streamline operations and decrease cost of ownership Juniper Networks announced Liberty Global, the world’s largest international TV and broadband company, is using its vMX platform to support a …

Sprint adds new vendors as part of nationwide network functions virtualization OpenStack cloud deployment Sprint announced it is collaborating with Metaswitch and Mavenir as part of its nationwide network functions virtualization OpenStack cloud deployment in a recent company blog post. …

Are containers taking over? Virtual machines have taken the spotlight on the telecom stage within the last few years, but the technology is by no means a one-man show. Containers, which predate virtual machines, have taken on an increasingly important …

Mosaic Alliance brings vendors together to improve NFV and SDN solutions In an effort to speed up the implementation of its software-defined access (SD-access) networks, Adtran Inc., a global provider of networking and communications equipment, recently debuted its Adtran Mosaic …

Verizon expands its software-defined ecosystem by integrating another security tool Verizon Communications is offering another security component to its virtual network services platform with the addition of Check Point Software Technologies. Verizon has become more and more concerned with securing …

The need for container orchestration Containers are being embraced by enterprises across the industry. The lightweight technology allows service providers to package applications, along with their dependencies, libraries and other binaries, into isolated environments on an individual server. Accompanying the …

D-Link teams up with Pluribus Networks as part of open networking partnership In an effort to gain footing in the enterprise market, D-Link, a networking equipment manufacturing company based in Taipei, Taiwan, recently debuted a new line of bare metal …

Microsoft Just-In-Time Virtual Machines (VM) Access aims to thwart unauthorized access to virtual machines Microsoft recently debuted a new security tool called Just-In-Time VM Access in an effort to better secure virtual machines running on Azure from computer hackers. Microsoft …

Red Hat patches vulnerability in OpenStack subsystem that manages virtual machines Red Hat recently patched a security glitch in an OpenStack subsystem used to provision network services to virtual machines (VMs), which could have given hackers access to network resources …

The booming NFV and SDN market The network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) market is expected to be worth approximately $54.41 billion by 2022 with a compound annual growth rate of 71.4%, according to a new report by …