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VanillaPlus hosted a second NFV roundtable discussion. It was an opportunity for colleagues from Ericsson, Cirtix, Comptel, and RedKnee along with Analysys Mason to discuss how some of the deployment

Telekom Austria Group’s Serbian subsidiary, Vip mobile, has demonstrated a fully virtualised stack in a commercial network. The showcase demonstration included virtualised Evolved Packet Core (EPC) by Connectem, Metaswitch´s Project Clearwater, an open-source IP Mulitmeida Subsystem (IMS) core, and virtualised VoLTE application server by OpenCloud.

The Telekom Austria Group announced that its domestic subsidiary A1 has joined forces with its technology partner, NEC/NetCracker, to test a virtual modem solution within the framework of a field trial.

Is successful orchestration the key to successful NFV implementation? The short answer to that is Yes … and No, as Jeremy Cowan found when talking to experts in network functions virtualisation (NFV). As you might expect, the longer answer is a little more complex.

As the demand for true network virtualisation is about to be met, a key issue is how CSPs can deliver the best SDN experience. The importance of capacity planning, management and orchestration is now being recognised in the journey towards end-to-end virtualisation, writes Dr Jay Perrett

This was the question posed towards at the end of a recent NFV roundtable discussion hosted by VanillaPlus which included colleagues from Ericsson, Cisco, JDSU, TMForum, Analysys Mason and Nakina. At the time, my knee-jerk response was “yes”.

NFV allows CSPs to increase efficiency and lower costs, but it requires a transformation in the way networks are run, writes Kate O’Flaherty

To make the most of transforming from a physical to a virtual network architecture operators need to avoid numerous bear traps. Jeremy Cowan asks industry experts where CSPs may feel

ON-DEMAND VANILLAPLUS WEBINAR: Why analytics-supported orchestration is the management enabler for network functions virtualisation

There is widespread agreement that network function virtualisation (NFV) presents a game-changing opportunity for communication service providers and customers alike. But CSPs also have serious concerns about how to manage