Tag: NFV

October 23, 2023

Deutsche Telekom demonstrated the use of 5G network slicing for mission-critical urban infrastructure with edge IoT solutions company cthings.co. The demonstration took place at the launch of the hubraum 5G Testing Lab in Kraków, Poland earlier this month and featured […]

April 13, 2020

CenturyLink’s decision to build adaptive networks is paying off during the coronavirus pandemic. CenturyLink uses “adaptive networks” to describe its software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization-based networks. Laurinda Pang, CenturyLink’s president of international and global accounts management, cited her […]

April 8, 2020

Vodafone Group recently wrapped up the deployment of VMware’s network virtual infrastructure across all of its 21 European business markets, which led to a 50% reduction in the cost of its core network functions. With work finishing in Albania, Vodafone […]

March 11, 2020

What is the best 5G deployment strategy? In recent conversations with mobile operators, many admitted to shying away from investing in full 5G standalone (SA). Instead they have opted for 5G non-standalone (NSA), with a focus on 5G radio and […]

February 26, 2020

Service providers are launching new services faster than ever before and upgrading networks to fit the new 5G ecosystem. As they streamline offerings and build out advanced use cases, they’re getting help from an unexpected source: network function virtualization (NFV). […]

February 24, 2020

In order to help mobile and fixed service providers streamline their complex operations, Infovista announced a new digital twin platform. Infovista’s VistaInsight Avatar creates a digital avatar of physical assets across the network, processes and systems, enabling service providers to […]

September 26, 2019

As part of its close embrace network artificial intelligence (AI), AT&T is testing drones in New Jersey to inspect cell sites, and researching the use AI to define network policies. AT&T’s Mazin Gilbert outlined his company’s blueprint for artificial intelligence […]

August 5, 2019

Accenture has added to its telecommunications expertise this morning. They announced the acquisition of Northstream, a consultancy based in Stockholm, Sweden that focuses on network service providers and vendors. The deal gives Accenture additional talent based in northern Europe just […]

July 29, 2019

AT&T announced on Monday that it has reeled in a 15-year, $984 million contract with the U.S. Department of Justice. The deal serves as the long-term foundation for the Department of Justice’s network and technology upgrades. The fully managed portfolio […]

July 29, 2019

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute announced on Monday the results from its fourth ETSI NFV Plugtests, which took place last month in France. For the first time, ETSI included multi-access edge computing (MEC) in its interoperability test sessions. The experimental […]

June 27, 2019

The Linux Foundation’s LF Networking and GSMA announced on Thursday that they are creating a common industry framework for network functions virtualization infrastructure (NFVi). While LF Networking and GSMA made the creation of the Common NFVi Telco Taskforce (CNTT) official […]

May 23, 2019

While NFV has been a jungle of complexities for some service providers, CenturyLink continues to bushwhack its way to new horizons. CenturyLink is now on its fourth iteration of NFV, and while there have been some pain points along the […]

April 29, 2019

After starting the month with an in-depth look at ONAP at the Open Networking Summit event, April closes out with Open Source MANO (OSM) taking the center stage at the Network Transformation Congress. The Layer123 Network Transformation Congress kicked off […]

April 26, 2019

It’s good news for the industry that the Linux Foundation and the European Telecommunications Standards Group (ETSI) announced they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to more closely work with each other. But why did it take so long? […]

February 12, 2019

Ericsson and Intel announced a partnership to develop a software and hardware management platform for NFV, distributed cloud and 5G. The plan is to combine Ericsson’s software-defined infrastructure (SDI) management software with Intel’s Rack Scale Design across the length of […]

December 5, 2018

The Open Networking Foundation (ONF) is taking another step forward by putting its four reference designs out for review. ONF Executive Director Guru Parulkar announced during his morning keynote address at ONF Connect that the four reference designs would be […]

November 30, 2018

Telefónica Chairman and CEO José María Álvarez-Pallete rallied the troops today by announcing a new internal program that’s designed to target new growth while making the company more relevant to its subscribers. Speaking live in front of 900 executives in […]

November 7, 2018

LightRiver Software announced Wednesday that former CenturyLink and Level 3 executive Travis Ewert has been hired as its new chief operating officer. Ewert brings years of experience in software-defined networking, intent-based networking, NFV and automation to the LightRiver management team. […]

October 24, 2018

The cable industry isn’t getting enough recognition for what it does with broadband, security should be a higher priority and 5G is overhyped. The cable industry’s thought leaders gathered on the stage at SCTE Cable-Tec Expo to share their views […]

October 12, 2018

EXFO reported a quarter that its CEO described as disappointing, but promised that 2019 will be a year of renewed focus on execution by the test company, which has had a number of recent acquisitions. Sales for the company’s fiscal […]