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Ericsson snaps up NodePrime for SDI acceleration

Ericsson has announced the total acquisition of data centre management platform NodePrime in a bit to drive its software defined networking and infrastructure capabilities.

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• 05 Apr 2016

ONOS releases updated SDN platform, integrates with OPNFV

ONOS, the open SDN platform, has released a new version of its operating system, promising integration with OPNFV’s broader platform.

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• 16 Mar 2016

AT&T to commence Q2 2016 5G trials

US telco AT&T has pre-empted the Mobile World Congress rush by boldly laying out its plans for 5G, with field trials for some enabling-technologies happening in Q2 this year.

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• 12 Feb 2016

Huawei and Telefónica claim first SDN IP+Optical trial in Peru

Kit vendor Huawei and operator Telefónica have laid claim to the industry’s first ‘SDN IP+Optical’ trial network with real traffic following a migration of commercial user traffic in Peru.

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• 02 Feb 2016

Juniper Networks buys BTI for its SDN tools

Data centre infrastructure vendor Juniper Networks is to buy BTI Systems, a specialist developer of software-defined networking (SDN) tools and networking hardware.

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• 27 Jan 2016

BT claims new Connect Intelligence IWAN service is software defined first

BT has launched a new managed comms service that uses software defined networking techniques to automatically optimise network traffic.

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• 26 Jan 2016

SDN specialist Big Switch wins $48.5M funding

Santa Clara based software defined networking vendor Big Switch Networks (BSN) has won another $48.5 million to bring its bare metal networking fabrics to new markets.

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• 19 Jan 2016

Mobile Edge Computing group announces PoCs, targets video optimisation

As the Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) working group at ETSI passes the one year milestone, the standards body has announced the development of three proof of concepts demonstrating the capabilities of the technology.

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• 24 Dec 2015

China Telecom, HPE open Beijing NFV lab

China Telecom has announced that its Beijing Research Institute has collaborated with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) to open a dedicated NFV lab in China.

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• 23 Dec 2015

Huawei unveils Application Driven Network architecture concept

Chinese networking giant Huawei has revealed its plans for a new network architecture concept it’s calling Application Driven Network (ADN).

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• 10 Dec 2015

Nokia Networks creates OpenFastPath Foundation to enhance SDN development

Software defined networking could get a boost as Nokia Networks, ARM and Enea have formed the OpenFastPath (OFP) Foundation to speed the progress of SDN.

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• 04 Dec 2015

Cisco seeks to simplify SDN with ACI release

Cisco claims that customers can take a further step towards network automation as it launched a new release of Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) software to its software defined networking range, reports BCN.

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• 04 Dec 2015

Nokia and Telecom Italia to find fresh ideas for RAN, SON and SDN

Kit vendor Nokia Networks and operator Telecom Italia have become incubation partners after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to scout for new technology, with fresh ideas about how to use emerging networking technologies.

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• 01 Dec 2015

Huawei partners with 5Gex to simplify 5G service creation

Huawei and its European partners are collaborating to create a unified 5G infrastructure for Europe, in order to underpin all future cloud and networking services.

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• 23 Nov 2015

Alcatel-Lucent demos Petabit MIMO-SDM fibre tech

Bell Labs, the research arm of Alcatel-Lucent, has announced the first demonstration of its space-division multiplexed optical multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO-SDM) system.

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• 19 Nov 2015

To prevent SDN failing, prepare to fail, says Cisco

In his keynote at AfricaCom, Cisco’s Paolo Campoli emphasised the possibilities brought by SDN to create new jobs and opportunities for service providers in Africa.

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• 18 Nov 2015

Huawei, ONF collaborate on wireless transport SDN

The wireless transport part of the software defined networking (SDN) stack works and Huawei and the Open Networking Foundation (ONF) have the proof, they say.

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• 06 Nov 2015

Colt promises virtualization made simple through new DCNet service

Colt has announced a new offering which claims to help enterprises and wholesale operators get the full benefits of virtualization at reduced cost and complexity.

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• 26 Oct 2015

Coriant demonstrates wireless transport on software defined networks

Coriant claims it has created a breakthrough in the field of software defined networks (SDN) by unblocking one of the transport level glitches that have stopped telcos and data operators from enjoying the fullest liquidity of their digital assets.

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• 15 Oct 2015

AT&T working with Brocade and Cisco on NFV and SDN development

AT&T is working with Cisco and Brocade, in separate joint development efforts to create more services with virtualization technologies.

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• 01 Oct 2015