Speaking at the Oppenheimer 19th Annual Technology, Internet and Communications Conference, AT&T’s chief financial officer, John Stephens, said the carrier plans to virtualize 30% of its network functions by the end of the year. He also discussed AT&T’s five-year plan for its spectrum holdings.
AT&T was an early mover on network functions virtualization and software-defined networking with its Domain 2.0 plan to virtualize 75% of its network by 2020. Stephens said 2015 ended with 5% of the virtualization goal.
