CenturyLink is leveraging two of the latest big trends in digital network architecture in an effort to build an integrated customer self-service marketplace for applications and on-demand services. The telecom provider is making use of software-defined networking (SDN) and network…
PETALUMA, Calif. & MONROE, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Cyan (NYSE:CYNI) and CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE:CTL) today announced that CenturyLink will leverage Cyan’s Blue Planet NFV Orchestrator to deliver NFV-enhanced services to enterprise and small and midsized business (SMB) customers. Cyan, a leading provider of…
Network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN) are the focus of a new industry alliance spearheaded by equipment manufacturer Telco Systems known as the Open Edge Alliance. Open Edge Alliance, members will be “able to develop apps that…
Wireless operators are getting serious about deploying voice over LTE (VoLTE) and network function virtualization (NFV), as a couple of new announcements illustrate. Perhaps not surprisingly, VoLTE looks to be where NFV initially may take root in carrier networks. Virtualized…
It’s all too easy for network operators of all sizes to bury their heads in the sand of the technology landscape and think that so many new technologies don’t apply to them. But doing so in the case of IP…
Brainpower was on display at the Metaswitch Forum this week in New Orleans, where discussions on the implications of SDN and NFV dominated. These two networking technologies are fundamentally changing the approach and architecture of telecom networks, or as Metaswitch…
A new product suite from Alcatel-Lucent announced today uses network function virtualization (NFV) to support cloud-based mobile network functionality. The goal is to “lower ROI hurdles, get new services up and running, lower risk and squeeze more out of mobile…
An announcement from RAD and Nakina Systems today offers a hint of the direction service providers are moving in with regard to network function virtualization (NFV). In an interview, executives for the companies said a major cable operator will use…
The cost of cell base station hardware, and its percentage of mobile operator network capex, is falling fast while mobile operators are devoting growing amounts of capital to software and opex, according to a report from Maravedis-Rethink. “The cost of…
The telecom industry is getting serious about network function virtualization (NFV), according to an informal survey of attendees at the Ethernet & SDN Expo in New York last month conducted by telecom vendor RAD Data Communications and shared with Telecompetitor….
LONDON, August 21, 2013 – Metaswitch Networks today announced it has become the first integration partner named as part of CloudNFV. Metaswitch will be providing support for Project Clearwater as part of CloudNFV’s larger technology demonstration framework. Project Clearwater, an…