Small Cell Forum unveils blueprint for network virtualisation to support enterprise, IoT and 5G

Small Cell Forum (SCF) has now published Release 8, a practical working guide detailing technical and commercial best practice for operators planning to deploy Network Function Virtualisation (NFV).

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Subex to lead catalyst on Dynamic Asset Management in SDN & NFV at TM Forum Innovation InFocus 2016

Subex Inc, a global provider of Business and Operations Support Systems (B/OSS) for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), will be the Dynamic Asset Management in SDN & NFV Transformations

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Accanto appoints Dr. Stefan Vallin as NFV chief architect

Accanto Systems, a provider of network orchestration and quality management solutions, has announced the appointment of industry network expert, Dr. Stefan Vallin, in the newly-created role of NFV chief architect.

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FreeBit, KazTransCom and Turkcell adopt Red Hat OpenStack Platform to aid agility and efficiency

Red Hat, Inc. a provider of open source solutions, reports that communications leaders from around the world, including FreeBit, KazTransCom and Turkcell have deployed Red Hat OpenStack Platform,

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New Linux-based middleware designed for CSPs to host, chain and manage multiple vendors’ VNFs

The Open Virtualisation Platform (OVP) has been unveiled by OneAccess Networks. It is a Linux-based middleware platform that enables operators to perform full lifecycle management of OneAccess’ own virtualised network functions

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Telco Systems and Certes Networks partner for secure virtualised network services

Certes Networks, a provider of software-defined security systems to protect enterprise applications, has joined a technology partnership with Telco Systems, which provides MPLS, IP, SDN and NFV systems.

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Network performance assurance provider Accedian appoints new head of R&D, pursues growth in NFV, 5G

Accedian, a global end-to-end network performance assurance provider, has appointed Martin Labelle to the role of vice-president of Research and Development.

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ZTE’s cloud UniCore vEPC solution certified by VMware

ZTE Corporation has announced the successful completion of the technical certification for “VMware Ready for NFV”. The company is now one of the VMware ready network functions virtualisation (NFV)

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Telefónica Group selects Xura as a global messaging partner

Xura, Inc. a provider of digital communications services, has announced an agreement with the Telefonica Group to become a global messaging partner across all countries operated by the multinational.

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It’s not you, it’s me: Why operators and vendors must help employees ‘skill up’

With the introduction of Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), and Software Defined Networking (SDN) operators hope that they can finally rival, at a local level, the types of services that the

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