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ETSI NFV release 5 kicks off with increased support for cloud-enabled deployments

Sophia Antipolis. 9 November 2021- The ETSI Industry Specification Group (ISG) for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) has started working on its next specification release, known as “Release 5”, officially kicking off the new

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‘We’re showing the carrier network industry that innovation is not dead,’ says RtBrick’s Brandon

(SPONSORED FEATURE) Chances are that you’ve already heard of RtBrick. Whether you’ve seen us on the front pages of telecom trade magazines, on shortlists for the industry’s most prestigious awards,

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Amdocs claims the world’s first carrier NFV software and services portfolio based on open source

To enable service providers to try NFV, the portfolio for future networks from Amdocs is being redesigned. It is hoped this will allow communications and media companies to use NFV

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Mobile network operators come out fighting

There’s a groundswell of chatter and opinion-sharing about the pressures swirling around the network; perfect storm formations of connected things, smarter devices, and 5G mobile networks, writes Gabriele Di Piazza,

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Aria Networks wins Apple, Facebook support for AI approach to optimisation, partners with TierOne OSS

Aria Networks has integrated dynamic network discovery into its Artificial Intelligence-driven network optimisation, and is now partnering with TierOne OSS Technology. And as we report exclusively here, Aria has also

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Software Defined Networking: exploring the benefits for communications service providers

It’s not surprising that the buzz about software-defined network has continued to gain momentum, because SDN-based offerings are maturing to meet the demands of mainstream communications service providers (CSPs). The

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Unlocking the real value of SDN/NFV: Moving toward business-ready, zero-touch Network-as-a-Service

Much attention has been paid to what SDN and NFV have done to change the potential of the communications landscape. We know it is revolutionary. We know it will be

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How to avoid NFV transformation pains Part 5: You need new skills

What new skills will be needed by CSPs and their partners as they transition to network functions virtualisation (NFV)? And where will they find them?

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Two killer forces shaping the future of the CPE

  Powerful forces are steering the development of the customer premises equipment (CPE)  explains Pravin Mirchandani, CMO at service-enabling network access specialist, OneAccess.

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NFV’s value can be a differentiator and game changer for CSPs if combined with predictive analytics

While the industry attention to NFV has focused on virtualising machines, many of the benefits of virtualisation will be missed if CSPs don’t deploy predictive analytics to allow proactive attention

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