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ETSI’s more mature OSM Release 4.0 now available

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,...

Second ETSI NFV Plugtests event set for next year

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 headquarters in southern France. The...

The key role of MANO in network functions virtualization

Network functions virtualization (NFV) is making big waves in the telecom industry, but the shift lacks proper oversight. Consequently, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) defined management and orchestration (MANO) as the architectural framework for overseeing the surge of network functions flooding virtual devices. At...