BROWSING: ETSI NFV

ETSI's Open Source MANO (OSM) release 4.0 is lighter weight, more mature The European Telecommunications Standards Institute responsible for European Union telecom standards, announced Release 4 of its Open Source MANO (management and orchestration) standard last week. ETSI is billing OSM 4.0 as a lighter,...

ETSI-based open source NFV platform tips OSM Releases 4 and 5 that bring more stability, testing and convenience. The Open Source Management and Operations (OSM) project, an initiative hosted by the standards group ETSI, gave workshop attendees at NFV-Zero Touch World Congress a sneak peek...

ETSI’s MEC plans were signified with a name change and expanded focus to include hetnets using LTE, 5G, fixed broadband and Wi-Fi technologies. Highlighting the rapidly expanding scale and scope of mobile edge computing on the greater telecommunications space, the European Telecommunications Standards...

Results from a recent ETSI Plugtests event showed near complete success in some NFV test schemes, with work still needed on more complex operations. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute touted significant success from its recent NFV Plugtests event in Spain, which included network...

ETSI Open Source MANO initiative swells to 60 organizations with arrival of Verizon, Atos and CableLabs as new members. Verizon Communications is one of the latest telecommunication operators to join the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s Open Source MANO project, which is focused...

Organizational support for open source initiatives is easing the integration of platforms into the telecom world. One key challenge for growing the support of open source into the telecommunications space is through various organizations that are looking to either bolster the use of...

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...

Open source continues to gain momentum and is said to remain central to ongoing development and deployment of NFV and SDN for telecommunication operators The open source community remains active in bolstering support for the telecommunication market’s move towards network virtualization platforms using software-defined networking...

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...

TIA expects to launch the first NFV-focused test lab in North America early next year The Telecommunications Industry Association is throwing its might behind the growing network functions virtualization space, announcing plans to launch an NFV interoperability testing laboratory. TIA said the lab is expected to...

Arno is the first NFV software platform release from OPNFV The Open Platform Network Function Virtualization Project released its first software platform, dubbed Arno, which OPNFV said is a “develop-focused” release designed to foster the development of NFV, virtual network functions and use case-based testing. The...

NFV collaboration targeting small cell layer The European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s NFV Industry Specification Group signed a collaboration agreement with the Small Cell Forum to “explore synergies” between the two organizations in working on network function virtualization technology targeting the small cell layer. The agreement builds...

NFV causing re-think of standards process One of the more significant challenges facing the network function virtualization market is how it’s handling the need for standards. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute is the main driver in terms of setting NFV standards for the telecom space....

SDN, NFV PoC includes Nokia, Aalto University, Coriant and EXFO Nokia Networks has partnered with Finland’s Aalto University and vendors Coriant and EXFO on a proof of concept designed to tap software-defined networking and network function virtualization platforms to add agility and reduce costs associated...

NFV service orchestration platform targets carrier deployments Oracle Communications recently unveiled its Network Service Orchestration Solution, targeting one of the greater challenges facing mobile network operators as they make plans toward virtualizing parts of their operations using network function virtualization and software-defined networking technology. Oracle stated...

On this week's NFV/SDN Reality Check, RCR Wireless News Editor-In-Chief Dan Meyer provides updates on the latest in NFV- and SDN-related telecom news, and speaks with Tom Nadeau, distinguished engineer at Brocade, about the current evolution of network virtualization. The European Telecommunications Standards Institute recently...

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 through its weekly “Software”...

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 through its weekly “Software”...

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 through its weekly “Software”...

Amdocs announced a strategy and ecosystem to enable further service virtualization by its customers. Within the announcement there are three topics which combined enable their strategic vision for an open network functions virtualization cloud. The first new product is a Network Cloud Service Orchestrator or...

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 through its weekly “Software”...

The Linux Foundation launched its Open Platform for NFV Project, designed as a “carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and services.” Founding members of the program include a long list of companies participating in the software-defined networking...

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 through its weekly “Software”...

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 Broadband Forum, NFV will have...