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Look! Another SDN POC, this time from BT and Dell

BT and Dell EMC have paired off to launch a SDN proof-of-concept at BT Labs in Suffolk, as you do.

• 16 Aug 2017

NEC/Netcracker, Red Hat, Juniper and Dell EMC combine for Malaysian virtualization platform

NEC and Netcracker have announced a new tie up with Red Hat, Juniper Networks and Dell EMC to offer an end-to-end multivendor 5G-ready virtualization platform in Malaysia.

• 15 Aug 2017

AT&T results prove there is hope

AT&T has reported its quarterly figure at $39.8 billion, a 1.8% year-on-year decline. There was good, bad and mediocre, but there is reason to be hopeful if you’re an AT&T fan.

• 26 Jul 2017

Open Networking Foundation adds Deutsche Telekom as partner member

SDN non-profit Open Networking Foundation (ONF) has announced Deutsche Telekom is on-board as a partner member – the highest membership tier.

• 21 Jul 2017

Telus the latest win in Nuage’s SD-WAN surge

Telus has been named as the latest Nuage Networks client win, as the SD-WAN craze continues to grow across the world.

• 19 Jul 2017

Oracle expands on-premise public cloud offering – sounds weird right?

Oracle has continued its journey into the cloud, expanding an interesting proposition to target the data sensitive and paranoid.

• 19 Jul 2017

Vodafone explores software-defined radio with a squeeze of Lime

Vodafone group is enlisting the help of UK outfit Lime Microsystems to develop software-defined radio platform that supports its open RAN ambitions.

• 12 Jul 2017

Huawei edges closer to the front of the MEC queue

Huawei has announced a new industry collaboration which will see 13 organizations establish a virtual multi-access edge computing (MEC) ecosystem collaborative circle.

• 04 Jul 2017

AT&T goes big on another fixed wireless 5G trial

AT&T has made a play to launch itself to the top of the wireless standings with a new trial in Austin where the team hope to deliver speeds up to 1 gigabit per second using mmWave spectrum.

• 27 Jun 2017

Cisco announces major new intent-based networking initiative

US networking giant Cisco has unveiled what it claims is one of the most significant breakthroughs in enterprise networking in years.

• 21 Jun 2017

BT demos ‘hyperfast’ broadband, ‘pre-standard 5G’ and SDN for live video

UK operator BT has been showing off the latest inventions at its Adastral Park labs, with a focus on fixed-line performance.

• 12 Jun 2017

HPE has a go at creating a security USP

HPE has announced the launch of its ProLiant portfolio, claiming to be the first vendor to put silicon-based security into its industry standard servers.

• 06 Jun 2017

AT&T boosts in-house virtualization competence with Vyatta acquisition

Giant US operator AT&T has continued its quest for self-reliance in the virtualization era with the acquisition of Vyatta Software from Brocade.

• 05 Jun 2017

Ericsson taps into AI in a bid to boost services offering

Networking vendor Ericsson is banking on an injection of artificial intelligence special sauce to augment its support services portfolio.

• 30 May 2017

Network Convergence & the Future of Central Offices

C-RAN deployments are gaining momentum, and 5G is on the horizon. To maximize asset utilization and simplify infrastructure, service providers are considering the convergence of their wireline and wireless networks.In addition, the development of software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) may mean big changes for the Central Office. How big? Explore the impact of network convergence and the approaching passive infrastructure challenges on your Central Office.

• 12 May 2017

Nokia’s Nuage Networks scores Telefónica SD-WAN win

Nokia’s SDN venture Nuage Networks is celebrating a deal win with Spanish multinational operator Telefónica, to help it provide SD-WAN services to global enterprise customers.

• 10 May 2017

Cisco to boost software-defined offering with $610m Viptela acquisition

US networking giant Cisco is putting its hand into its pocket once more to acquire privately-held software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) player Viptela.

• 02 May 2017

Red Hat’s telecoms numbers illustrate the importance of ICT convergence

Open source software vendor company Red Hat revealed in its recent Q4/FY earnings that telecoms was its top vertical.

• 06 Apr 2017

AT&T signals the end of 5G friendliness

The industry promised us it was going to work together to deliver 5G, and maybe we should be grateful it lasted this long, but AT&T’s latest announcement signals 5G friendliness is over.

• 02 Feb 2017

Q&A with Joe Hou of Huawei and board member of OPEN-O

OPEN-O is an open source unified orchestrator project for telecoms virtualization launched at Mobile World Congress 2016 by the Linux Foundation.

• 23 Jan 2017