Telecompetitors are increasingly turning to software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) in an effort to reduce the capital and operating expenditures associated with network and IT infrastructure, but broad scale implementation remains years away, according to a new…
TDS Telecom has chosen Metaswitch’s Perimeta session border controller to support the carrier’s fast-growing managedIP communications service which, according to TDS Vice President of Network Services Ken Paker, is growing at 60% to 80% per year. TDS believes Perimeta will…
A North Carolina company is becoming recognized not only for its network expansion throughout the eastern part of the state, but for its unique public-private partnerships that are bringing fiber-to-the-home in rural, underserved counties. CloudWyze, based in Wilmington, N.C., describes…
Many telecom networks have invested a majority of revenue in their switch, but they’re weighed down by outdated networks, complex infrastructures, and rising maintenance costs. So how do they go about legacy switch replacement? If you are planning to do…
The Broadband Forum today unveiled a framework, TR-466, defining a new metro-compute networking architecture designed to move applications or content toward lower edge tiers in the network hierarchy. The goal is to provide users with a better Quality of Experience…
Multi-access edge cloud (MEC) revenues will grow from $3.5 billion last year to $16.7 billion in 2025, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 37%, according to an MEC forecast from IDC. The worldwide assessment is consistent with the level…
April 7, 2021 — EKINOPS (Euronext Paris – FR0011466069 – EKI), a leading supplier of optical transport and enterprise connectivity solutions, today announces it has been selected by TELUS, a world-leading communications and information technology company, to deploy network function…
Comcast says that it has achieved symmetrical 1.25 Gbps transmission on a live production network in Florida. The Comcast symmetrical 1.25 Gbps trial involves a home in Jacksonville. The trial is running on a network built on Comcast’s Distributed Access…
Technology giant Microsoft said today that it plans to acquire communications software company Metaswitch. Microsoft sees opportunity for its Azure cloud platform in the communications service provider market, as a company executive explains in a blog post. “The convergence of…
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Windstream Enterprise (WE), a managed communications service provider, has been recognized as the “2019 SD-WAN Service Provider of the Year – North America” by MEF, the prestigious nonprofit international telecom industry consortium. The MEF Awards program is the largest…
Telecom equipment and software provider Ribbon Communications Inc., has entered into an agreement to acquire, through a merger, ECI Telecom Group Ltd . (“ECI”), a provider of end-to-end packet-optical transport and SDN/NFV solutions for service providers, enterprises, and data center…
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