News tagged: NFV

08 October, 2019

SD-WAN is a lever in the door for the new world of software-defined telecoms says Verizon’s Cantor

Oliver Cantor is associate director of product strategy at Verizon and is focused on communicating the company’s software defined and virtualisation strategy to enterprise customers. The emergence of these technologies is enabling the telecoms industry’s transformation into a provider of digital infrastructure for enterprises. At the same time, enterprises are transforming through digitalisation and Verizon has developed products and services to support them in this agile, new world he tells VanillaPlus managing editor George Malim

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22 February, 2019

How can CSPs exploit telco cloud?

It’s a challenging time for telcos, as the expectations of their subscribers rocket, and they attempt to mitigate a huge transition under the auspices of new networking and communications standards, writes Nathan Rader the director of NFV strategy at Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu.

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12 February, 2019

How can BOSS apps adapt with 5G?

5G’s advent has been preceded by several technological advancements, business models and market demand for new types of communication services, writes Vinay Devadatta, the practice head for Innovation and Industry Relations at Wipro.

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04 February, 2019

It’s time to clean house in OSS/BSS in preparation for 5G

With standards approved, and with handsets and localised networks due to be deployed in the first half of 2019, 5G networks will soon be appearing all around the world, writes Michal Medrala, the head of OSS product management at Comarch.

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04 January, 2019

Don’t rush SD-WAN deployment, consider all the details

Heads of IT or global network infrastructure teams may have decided on their required business outcomes and the phases of SD-WAN implementation, but find the granular details challenging or the programme costs very hard to control, writes Marc Sollars, the chief technology officer at  Teneo.

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19 December, 2018

Increasing numbers of NPMD tools are a problem for SMBs

Over the past few years the network performance monitoring and diagnostics (NPMD) industry has developed more and more specialized tools for specific network functions, writes Joe O’Connor, the senior vice president of Channels and Alliances at LiveAction.

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11 December, 2018

Can network transformation pave the way?

Communications service providers (CSPs) spend about 90% of their capital expenditure (CapEx) budget on the network, so it would be reasonable to assume that network transformation represents a core component of digital transformation. But this is not necessarily the case. (more…)

15 November, 2018

Maintain visibility into the new mobile reality

The rapid explosion of over-the-top (OTT) services has forever changed the business model of mobile operators globally, writes John English, the director of marketing for service provider solutions at NETSCOUT.

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07 November, 2018

What’s in your broadband toolkit to win the MDU battle?

A substantial percentage of the world, especially broadband-demanding millennials, live in multi-dwelling units (MDUs). The European Commission has proposed all European households should have access by 2025 to networks offering at least 100Mbps download speeds and upgradable to one gigabit, leading to a competitive Gigabit Society.  With nearly 40% percent of the EU population living in MDUs, there are numerous and lucrative opportunities for network building to meet EU goals and real-world millennial desires for broadband services, writes Ronan Kelly, the chief technology officer for EMEA and APAC at Adtran.

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31 October, 2018

Machine learning-based network monitoring and troubleshooting automation launched by Bwtech

Bwtech, a provider of end-to-end performance monitoring and optimisation solutions for the mobile communication industry, announced the launch of an innovative tool, NetWarden. (more…)