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What are network slicing provisioning rules?

There are four phases of managing a network slice instance: preparation, commissioning, operation and decommissioning. They all require provisioning. When used broadly in IT, provisioning simply refers to the process of making something available. More specifically, network provisioning within the telecommunications industry is the...

Telco cloud vs. IT cloud: What’s the difference?

The scalable and agile cloud architecture that governs both telco cloud and IT cloud is the same, even though service requirements are not.

AdaptiveMobile Security finds ‘fundamental vulnerability’ in 5G network slicing architecture

Network slicing is not widely deployed; AdaptiveMobile Security working with GSMA on a fix Network slicing is among the North Stars of current 5G efforts as the ability to virtually partition a network out from the core to the radio access network is seen as...

OSS/BSS challenges ahead for SDN/NFV rollouts, Netcracker says

  The increasing virtualization of telecom networks offers the promise of faster launches of new services. But are back-end business and operational systems ready to support the flexibility and rapid services launches that SDN/NFV is supposed to provide? Now that operators are past their first steps toward...

Guide of best practices for virtualization released by Small Cell Forum

DALLAS – The Small Cell Forum published its latest technical guide detailing best practices for operators planning to deploy network functions virtualization. Small cell virtualization is expected to be a key enabler of "5G" technology, heterogeneous networks, enterprise services and the "internet of things"...

Small Cell Forum release guide of virtualization best practices

DALLAS – The Small Cell Forum published its latest technical guide detailing best practices for operators planning to deploy network functions virtualization. Small cell virtualization is expected to be a key enabler of "5G" technology, heterogeneous networks, enterprise services and the "internet of things"...

Q&A: Trends in software-defined network architectures

As software-defined network architectures move into the mainstream, a number of challenges and trends are emerging. RCR Wireless News asked Roark Pollock, VP of solutions marketing for Ixia, to weigh in on the company's perspective on momentum in the SDN and network functions virtualization market,...

DevOps NFV KPIs defined by Nexius and UT Dallas

Research paper: 'Organizational Collaboration and New KPIs for NFV Success' A DevOps structure coupled with network functions virtualization KPIs were central themes in a research report released by Nexius, an end-to-end network services and business intelligence solutions company. The research paper, "Organizational Collaboration and New KPIs...

Looking beyond capex, opex – NFV/SDN Reality Check Episode 19

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Simon Osborne, CTO for service orchestration at Comptel, on looking beyond capital expense and operating expense when moving towards virtualization platforms such as network functions virtualization and software-defined networking. The move towards virtualized platforms is paved...

Alcatel-Lucent scores NFV, SDN, cloud deals with China Mobile, China Unicom

1-year deals valued at $1.3B; include NFV, SDN and cloud support Alcatel-Lucent signed a pair of contracts with China’s largest mobile operators to support the rollout of network functions virtualization, software-defined networking and cloud technology. The one-year deals are valued at $727 million with China...

Software Wrap: Huawei, Masergy and OpenDaylight push NFV and SDN boundaries

Huawei launches 9 NFV and SDN platforms; Masergy goes live; and OpenDaylight unveils Lithium Network infrastructure provider Huawei continued its push into the virtualized world, announcing nine software-defined networking and network functions virtualization platforms at the recent Open Networking Summit 2015 event. Three of the platforms...

Oracle boosts NFV platform

Oracle launches four new NFV platforms targeting CSPs Oracle continues to bolster its virtualized platform that targets communication service providers, announcing four new products it claims are designed for network functions virtualization deployments. The products, which were announced today at the LTE World Summit in Amsterdam, include its...

NFV/SDN Reality Check – Episode 17: Tapping analytics, orchestration for scaling automation, VNFs

On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check we talked with Amartus and Openet Labs on tapping analytics, orchestration for scaling automation and virtual network functions. As the telecommunications world continues its evolution towards virtualized platforms, increased demands are being placed on network analytics in order for...

AT&T taps NFV, SDN to bolster Gigapower service

NFV, SDN being used as part of disaggregation process AT&T’s push to virtualize 75% of its network by 2020 continues to gain steam, with the telecom giant this week describing the use of software-defined networking and network functions virtualization in delivering its Gigapower broadband service. In...

Many telecom operators planning NFV deployments this year

IHS survey found more than one-third of carriers plan 2015 NFV deployments A new report from IHS found that 35% of telecom operators are planning to deploy network functions virtualization this year, yielding yet more evidence that despite its still nascent nature, carriers are moving...

Ciena boosts SDN, NFV platform with $400M Cyan acquisition

Proposed deal to add Cyan’s SDN, NFV experience to Ciena’s network platform The telecom market's march toward virtualization continues to reshape the vendor space as network technology provider Ciena announced plans to acquire Cyan, which is focused on software-defined networking platforms. The deal calls for...

Report: Telecom NFV to hit $8.7B in spending by 2020, SDN $11.3B

Telecom NFV growth spurred by operational efficiencies, SDN by enterprise A new report from Mind Commerce finds that telecom network revenue tied to network functions virtualization could reach $8.7 billion by the end of 2020, as operators continue to push toward virtualized deployments using NFV....

IBM SDN, virtualization, automation centers set for Dallas, Nice

Service providers, enterprises targets of IBM’s SDN, virtualization, automation centers IBM is set to open a pair of “network innovation centers” designed to allow clients to take software-defined networking, virtualization and analytics-driven automation technologies and services for a spin. The centers will be located in Dallas and...

ETSI, Small Cell Forum to align on NFV plans

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...

OPNFV welcomes SK Telecom, others; names director of NFV organization

The Linux Foundation’s recently launched Open Platform for NFV Project expanded its membership role as well as announced a director to head up the OPNFV plans to provide a “carrier-grade, integrated, open source reference platform intended to accelerate the introduction of new products and...

How it works: network function virtualization

Network function virtualization is a growing trend for companies looking to test and experiment with their networks without taxing their existing IT resources. In this edition of “How it works,” Ely Compean, SVP with NetAmerica Alliance, shows us the basic structure and application of network...

NFV/SDN Reality Check: Brocade talks evolution of network virtualization

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: SDN and NFV battle for prominence

A new report from Argus Insights shows that software-defined networking maintained a healthy mindshare lead over network function virtualization during the past two months, citing data collected from blogs, message boards, Facebook and Twitter. The firm noted that “relative mindshare reflects the expected revenue growth over...

Huawei NFV lab opens in China

Huawei NFV lab will focus on multivendor interoperability Huawei recently opened a new lab in Xi’an, China, focused on developing multivendor integration verification capabilities for network function virtualization. The lab is said to be an expansion of Huawei’s move to work with customers, partners and...