All Virtualisation (SDN, SD-WAN, NFV, VNF, VRAN) articles – Page 7
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Innovation (R&D)
TM Forum champions APIs as telcos battle web giants
More big hitters are joining TMF’s Open API programme, although numbers remain lower than anticipated. Ongoing focus on standardisation and consistency saw a pause in API development to ensure strong foundations. Adoption of SDN and virtualisation is blurring the remit of traditional standards bodies.
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Innovation (R&D)
TM Forum DTW19: 2019 Catalysts spark pragmatic innovation
Rundown of key Catalysts, joint initiatives. More than 30 joint technology projects demoed, with assurance, partnering, and customer experience to fore. Operator preoccupations ahead of 5G include profitability and effectiveness of network slicing. Drones, emergency services, and healthcare among focus verticals.
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Brazil: Empresas lands BRL 500m state contract
Five-year state government deal sees SD-WAN and security technology bundled with more basic MPLS connectivity.
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BT Enterprise sets out to prove its worth
CEO McQuade is aiming to reframe BT Enterprise’s steady-and-profitable business in largely declining markets as a more forward-looking digitalised unit ready and able to deliver next-generation services to businesses small and large. Pace of IP transition to accelerate, and the potential rise of SD-WAN is now seen as an ...
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Strategy & Change
T-Sys hangs up on user support
Business tidy-up still getting into “full swing”, more than 18 months after T-Sys Chief Executive Adel Al-Saleh’s appointment.
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ngena tie-up to be dropped as T-Systems furthers refresh
T-Sys’ partner and portfolio shake-up reaches enterprise networking.
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Vodafone Group gets more NFV vim from VMware
Vendor’s telco cloud infrastructure active in 15 Vodafone markets. Vodafone hatches plans with Orange to make VNF onboarding easier.
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Kite takes off in Brazil
Commercialisation of LPWAN is progressing in Brazil, with both NB-IoT and LTE-M put to use in a range of business scenarios. Huawei appears to be Telefónica’s principal partner, but Ericsson remains a presence in the market.
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Telefónica builds on SD-WAN ambitions with Nokia and Nuage
Telefónica España added SDDC’s to its SD-WAN partnership with Nokia and its Nuage Networks unit The aim is to simplify customer access to cloud-based applications