Verizon begins 40G fibre broadband trial of ADTRAN’s SDN-Optimised NG-PON2 solution

ADTRAN®, Inc. a provider of next-generation open networking solutions, reports that Verizon has selected its SDN-optimised NG-PON2 solution for upcoming lab trials. The goal is to create a cost-effective Fiber-to-the-Home solution

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Orange Business Services accelerates cloud services in Business VPN Galerie with Riverbed technology

Orange Business Services has announced that it has integrated its acceleration service Enterprise Application Management (EAM) Riverbed into Business VPN Galerie to significantly improve the user experience for cloud users at

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NETCONF/YANG – Orchestrating the network beyond the NFVI boundary

A key promise of SDN/NFV is to enable service providers to offer innovative, on-demand enterprise services with unprecedented flexibility. Building a network capable of delivering flexible, dynamic, customer-tailored services, is

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NEC and Netcracker contribute to NTT’s SDN/NFV trial with NFV Orchestrator solution

NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology have participated in a trial with Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT) to contribute to their NetroSphere concept.

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Transforming the OSS in a brownfield site

With the growth of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV), how can brownfield operators transform their existing Operation Support Systems (OSS) stacks without heavily impacting their businesses? 

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IMS Networks choose Huawei WAN SDN solution for challenge of digital transformation

France’s IMS Networks publicly announced at CeBIT 2016 that it would use Huawei NE40E high-end routers and WAN SDN solution to build a new-generation IP backbone network.

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Ultra-compact VNFs are the key to cost-effective NFV

Only the most efficient VNFs will pass the scrutiny of the operator community, argues OneAccess’ CMO, Pravin Mirchandani; the risks and costs of accepting anything different are too high.

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The Adele Hello Effect – Using real-time analytics to dynamically assure network services

What do a Grammy award-winning musician’s newest music video and a home security system have in common? When one explodes in popularity, the other might suffer outages, delays and technical

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In an SDN/NFV era, modern BSS solutions need to address the partnership angle

A virtualised environment will require an innovative BSS solution that is flexible but also programmable and able to immediately capture any type of chargeable event or trigger. Modern BSS systems

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