Netcracker, an NEC company, has long distinguished itself by offering a suite of OSS and BSS systems for communications service providers that take a very business-oriented approach. Its Netcracker 12 suite brought a strong integrated story to its overall offerings. Now, Netcracker 2020 completes th ...

Panel Discussion This TelecomTV Superpanel, sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Intel, was held at the truly remarkable Louwman Museum in The Hague, and brought together an exceptional team of very senior NFV experts in a lively and informative debate examining the proposition that IoT is a ...

So you have got your network virtualized! What’s next? ...

Future virtual networks will bring the much-needed business agility, network agility and service agility to telcos. But this raises a question: Are telcos’ operational structures, processes and operation teams ready to handle such agility?vAnd if not, what do telcos need to meet such chall ...

O.K., so you have got your network virtualized! What’s next? If it’s business as usual, we would move to operation phase and start reaping the virtualization benefits. But here is a point. It is not just about implementing a technology like SDN or NFV; rather, it’s about the skills to run ... ...

Mobile network traffic is expected to increase 45% annually with video representing 60% of all mobile traffic. To meet the demand, networks will need to be intelligently and cost effectively scaled for secure services delivery, especially the Gi-LAN. As volumes grow, the number of concurrent users, ...

When it comes to network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking (SDN), it is no longer a question of “if,” but rather “how” and “when.” Yet, surprisingly, much of the conversation around NFV and SDN is focused on technology, and very little is ever said about operational proc ...

Nachman Shelef, vice president and general manager at HPE ConteXtream, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Ray Mota, CEO of ACG Research, discuss why customers should look to HPE as they transition their infrastructures to meet rapidly changing service demands. ...

This year’s Layer123 SDN OpenFlow World Congress in Dusseldorf, Germany, was quite an expanded event from last year with over more than 1,500 people registering. There was a great mix of presentations from equipment suppliers, services providers and open source organizations at the event. SDN and ...

A basic tenet for infrastructure deployment for service providers and operators is to avoid introducing any platform, system or software that could potentially destabilize their network operation. ...

Another gold rush has brought a high level of excitement to the network infrastructure producers and consumers alike. ...

...and how reflecting on this can help navigate the path ahead in realizing the promise of the new software-defined model ...