Reports & White Papers

Our VanillaPlus NFV Insight report explores how NFV is moving from theoretical ideals into real commercial deployment. The Insight contains a VanillaPlus-commissioned report from analyst firm Analysys Mason and includes

Many communications service providers have started to think about network function virtualization (NFV) and virtualizing BSS stack. Convergent charging is a particularly powerful starting point for that NFV journey and

Introduction NFV promises to enable greater flexibility in network design and operation, supporting the deployment of virtual network functions (VNFs) in new locations to reduce cost and optimise service delivery.

WELCOME TO THE VANILLAPLUS BLACK BOOK 2015 When we published our VanillaPlus Black Book 2014 at Mobile World Congress last year, we highlighted a series of technological and business model

Network functions virtualisation (NFV) is less of a subject for debate and excitement than it was two months ago when we published the VanillaPlus CEO Guide to NFV Part One.

This report provides a summary of: the drivers that are pushing communications service providers (CSPs) toward a radical restructuring of their network operations the factors that will inhibit the pace of change what

NFV isn’t just another network technology upgrade.  Network functions virtualisation (NFV) is an elegant concept that understandably has gained a lot of CSP attention. The idea of decoupling the function