Orange and Ericsson partner for 5G

Orange and Ericsson have initiated a partnership to develop 5G use cases and service scenarios, including technical alignment and external demonstrations.

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DigitalRoute MediationZone is NFV-ready and certified for Nokia Telco Cloud

DigitalRoute has announced that its MediationZone technology has been certified by Nokia for compatibility within the company’s Nokia Telco Cloud Architecture.

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Overcoming OSS barriers for future digital networks

The future digital networks will be associated with high-volume, high-speed data transfers, on-demand services based on customer preference and dynamic orchestration of the resources.

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ETSI announces NFV Release 2 specifications

ETSI has announced the availability of the NFV Release 2 specifications, delivering requirements, interfaces and information models for Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV).

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End-to-end means multiple networks, operators and services – Part 2

Once upon a time — that is, maybe two or three years ago — every service provider would have created a custom solution with no common interfaces and no common

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LSO reference architecture will turn the vision of agile, dynamic and assured services into standards-based reality – Part 1

Lifecycle Service Orchestration: Reference Architecture and Framework (MEF 55). This 57-page document from the MEF is the essential, foundational specification for agile end-to-end

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Orange testing AT&T’s open source ECOMP platform for building SDN capabilities

Global operator Orange plans to test AT&T’s platform for creating and managing a software-defined network. AT&T built this platform, called ECOMP, with a focus on making it accessible to other

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Challenges in building OSS for future digital networks

The future digital networks are being designed to make digital business a success for the communication service providers and to offer competitive, advanced digital services to their customers.

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Italtel to support operators in Iran by building ‘ultra-fast internet infrastructures’

A Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), Italtel, has revealed its plans in Iran, specifically that it will concentrate on building up ultra-fast Internet wideband infrastructures so that essential services such as

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Our uninterrupted future: Roaming the streets of a seamless mobile access network – Part 2

In the first of my two-part series, I explored the potential of a seamless mobile access network in the context of the UK’s smart city evolution. Here, I continue that

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