by Pivot
Tag: NFV
ABI: 5G Network Slicing Opportunity Will Require Operators to Step Out of Comfort Zones
5G network slicing – the virtualizing of networks on a shared physical infrastructure for specific use cases – will be a $66 billion market by 2026, according to a 5G network slicing revenue forecast from…
Comcast Business Exec Evangelizes SD-WAN, Gigabit
Gigabit connectivity will be “transformational,” said Kevin O’Toole, senior vice president of project management for Comcast Business today, noting that Comcast gigabit is now available across 96% of the company’s footprint. O’Toole was equally enthusiastic…
Telecom Infra Project Cites Progress in Virtualization, Edge Computing and mmWave Technologies
Two and a half years after it was established under the auspices of Facebook, the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) has made substantial progress toward its goal of hastening the pace of internet connectivity globally. A…
AT&T Releases White Box 5G Router Spec, Invites Non-Traditional Vendors to Build It
AT&T said it will release a specification for a white box router for use in its 5G network to the Open Compute Project this week. The AT&T white box 5G router spec is a reference…
Universal CPE Revenue Forecast: Over $1 Billion in 2022
A universal CPE revenue forecast from IHS Markit calls for sales of universal customer premises equipment, or uCPE, to rise from $7.7 million in 2017 to $1.02 billion in 2022. uCPE, under the research firm’s…
NFV Infrastructure Forecast to Grow 58.1% Annually
Worldwide revenues from network function virtualization infrastructure (NFVI), which stood at $564 million in 2017, will grow dramatically, with a 58.1% compound annual growth rate through 2022, according to and NFV infrastructure forecast from International…
AT&T Expands Edge Solutions Portfolio by Offering Cisco ENCS With AT&T
July 17, 2019 — DALLAS — Building upon its leadership in edge-to-edge virtualized capabilities, AT&T* now offers the Cisco 5000 Series Enterprise Network Compute System (ENCS) as part of its Edge Solutions portfolio to help businesses increase their networking…
5G, IoT, Drive Carrier Router Evolution, Juniper’s New Approach
As carriers get set to offer 5G services and to support a higher level of Internet of Things (IoT) traffic, we should expect to see a carrier router evolution, as news today from Juniper Networks…
Verizon Leans on IoT Growth, Fios Broadband to Maintain Revenue Growth in 1Q18
Verizon today reported first-quarter 2018 results highlighted by consolidated revenue growth and strong Verizon Wireless customer loyalty. Verizon revenues were up 6% over the same period last year. For first-quarter 2018, Verizon reported EPS of…
AT&T Outlines Core Network AI Strategy: Equivalent to Overhauling a Major Highway Without Stopping Traffic
AT&T carries 197 petabytes of data traffic every business day, according to a blog post from Chris Rice, the Senior Vice President of AT&T Labs, Domain 2.0 Architecture and Design. That means that transitioning to an…
AT&T to Deploy 60,000 White Boxes to Support 5G Plans
AT&T said this week that it will deploy 60,000 white boxes over “the next several years” to support its 5G next-generation wireless plans. The AT&T white boxes will provide router functionality and support edge computing…
AT&T, ONF Collaborate on Virtualized Multi-Gigabit PON Service Automation
AT&T is working with the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) to integrate the ONAP operating system with multi-gigabit passive optical networks. The AT&T, ONF collaboration will leverage work the ONF already has done on multi-gigabit PON.…