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BT pulls itself together and enters the all-IP marathon

UK operator BT has announced its intention to combine its business and public sector, wholesale and ventures businesses into a single entity called BT Enterprise. This seems like a very logical move but there could be

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End-to-end transport assurance is key to virtualisation success

Virtualisation is sweeping across the mobile world. It has already taken over the core networks of the operators, and now aims to take baby steps into the RAN network, starting

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Is NFV ready to support 5G network slicing?

As one of the hallmarks of soon-to-launch 5G, network slicing has the potential to revolutionise the services mobile operators offer to their customers. And as also recognised by the majority

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Does AT&T’s white box strategy mean the end of telecoms vendors as we know them?

AT&T could potentially be turning the telecoms equipment industry on its head with the announcement that it is rolling out its 5G network using open-source software running on open-source hardware, all

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Broadband Forum forges ahead with holistic approach to broadband network development

A new conception of broadband is on target to be achieved as the industry experiences an era of unparalleled change and challenge, and networks transform to meet the opportunities of

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SON shines sometimes as CSPs get ready to automate operations

  Self organising networks (SON) have, in recent years, gained limited attention as communications service providers (CSPs) focus on virtualisation via software defined networks (SDN) and network functions virtualisation (NFV).

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Etisalat selects prime integrator for its NFV infrastructure platform to advance its telecom cloud program

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology have been selected by Etisalat as the prime solution provider for its multivendor telecom cloud programme.

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Lanner teams up with Telco Systems to accelerate NFV deployments

Lanner, a global supplier of network communication platforms, is partnering with Telco Systems, a provider of SDN/NFV, CE 2.0, MPLS and IP solutions, to accelerate NFV service deployments.

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Spirent partners with China Mobile Research Institute for demo of 5G C-RAN platform performance testing

Spirent Communications, the carrier network and SDN/NFV testing solution provider, has participated in the performance testing showcase for China Mobile’s 5G C-RAN programme at Mobile World Congress (MWC 2018) in

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Etisalat deploys residential vCPE using NEC/Netcracker’s NaaS solution

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology announced that Etisalat has implemented NEC/Netcracker’s full-stack Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solution for the deployment of its residential virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE). Etisalat is the first communications service provider to leverage

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