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VNF-based SBCs critical for white box security

Simplicity is becoming a major selling point – especially when it comes to IT security, writes Paul German, the chief executive of VoIPSec. As organisations wake up to the huge

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ETSI OSM reaches its 100th member and gets ready for 5G

ETSI Open Source MANO has just reached the critical number of 100 participating organisations in the group. A wide range of industry players are involved in the OSM community, including

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SD-WAN – what’s good, what’s not and what to look out for

Software defined wide area networks – or SD-WANs – are coming to a network near you … and soon, writes Manish Aggarwal, the director of technology at Aricent.

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GSMA launches 2018 “Mobile World Congress Americas, in partnership with CTIA”

The GSMA announced details of the 2018 Mobile World Congress Americas including the first confirmed participating companies, exhibitors, programs and activities taking place at the event’s second annual gathering.

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The future calls: Realising the business need for network virtualisation

Anyone familiar with the industry will know that it’s currently an interesting time to be a Communication Service Provider (CSP). But, as with most sectors, it’s also a very tricky

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Telcos should look to digital technologies to rival disruptive over-the-top players

The communications service provider (CSP) industry is experiencing significant challenges. Disruptive technologies have given way to an army of streaming service providers, such as Netflix, Amazon and Apple’s iTunes, as

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Lanner launches carrier-grade HTCA-6400 to expand its HybridTCA NFVi-ready product lineup

Following the transformation towards software-based networking architecture like SDN and NFV, communication service providers and carriers benefit from the flexibility and the agility to evolve their new services. To address

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Facing the NFV security challenge

NFV will transform the way networks are run and managed, but the area also represents a major security challenge. As the authors, Igor Faynberg, chairman, and Alex Leadbeater, vice chairman, ETSI NFV Security Working

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How to assure networks in virtual environments

Service providers everywhere are increasingly turning to virtualisation, writes John English, the senior product manager for service providers at NETSCOUT. In an effort to gain control of service creation, innovate

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Vasona Networks and F5 partner to scale virtual mobile edge computing deployments

Vasona Networks, Inc.®, which provides mobile edge solutions for better user experiences and network capital efficiency, announced a partnership effort with F5, which makes apps go faster, smarter and safer for the

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