VMware has announced VMware vCloud NFV 2.0, designed to modernise and transform network architectures and operations for global communications service …
F5 Networks highlights opportunities in 5G
F5 Networks has urged service providers to pull out all the stops to ensure the game-changing impact of 5G is optimised.
Etisalat launches virtual telecom function
Etisalat has announced that it successfully on-boarded its first virtualised telecom function using Affirmed Networks’ virtualised Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) solution, which follows the launch of its first NFV telco cloud.
Going virtual
Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) promises to significantly change the way telecom networks are built and operated. However, there remain several challenges to widespread adoption.
Ooredoo, Cisco expand strategic partnership
Ooredoo is building its long-term strategic relationship with Cisco, announcing two new significant agreements at the recently held Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Cisco launches new NFVI solution
Cisco recently introduced its new NFV Infrastructure Solution (NFVI), which according to the company, combines both virtual and physical environments, and provides all the necessary compute, storage, and networking infrastructure to run NFV network services.
Ericsson leads Gartner’s OSS and IRCM magic quadrants
Gartner has positioned Ericsson as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrants for Operations Support Systems and Integrated Revenue and Customer Management (IRCM) for CSPs for the fourth and second consecutive years, respectively.
The keys to a Smart City
In major metropolitan areas and smaller cities alike, governments are adopting software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualisation (NFV) to deliver the agility and flexibility needed to support adoption of ‘smart’ technologies that enhance the liveability, workability and sustainability of their locale.
Virtual dreams
Network Function Virtualisation has the potential to profoundly change the way networks are built out and managed. Service providers hope to benefit from NFV by reducing start-up costs and the costs associated with network operations – both CAPEX and OPEX.
Cisco building an Internet of Everything router: Chambers
Cisco is building a router for the Internet of Everything, the company’s initiative to connect the billions of devices – or 99 percent of the world – that it claims isn’t already connected.