Layer123 SDN & OpenFlow World Congress: China Unicom and Telefónica on NFV

China Unicom and Telefónica published a whitepaper about their Joint Approach to Network Virtualization. The carriers see network transformation as fundamental for achieving the flexibility and efficiency required to keep up with exploding customer traffic. The collaboration focuses on the development and standardization of Network Virtualisation technologies.  Use cases they are working on include the Virtualization of the Customer Premises...

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Blueprint Tutorial: SDN and NFV for Optimizing Carrier Networks

By Raghu Kondapalli, Director of Strategic Planning at LSI The ongoing convergence of video and cloud-based applications, along with the exploding adoption of mobile devices and services, are having a profound impact on carrier networks. Carriers are under tremendous pressure to deploy new, value-added services to grow subscriber numbers and increase revenue per user, while simultaneously lowering capital and operational expenditures. To...

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Level 3 Launches Cloud Connect Direct Access over MPLS, IPVPN, EVPL, Wavelengths

Level 3 Communications introduced a Cloud Connect Solution to help global enterprises to integrate the cloud into their networks. Level 3 Cloud Connect Solutions provide private network access to leading cloud and data center services. The idea is to deliver a secure, reliable path for customers to realize the efficiency and flexibility of the cloud without compromising productivity or revenue. The service supports multiple ways to connect enterprises...

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Verizon: Growth Continues in Smartphones and FiOS

Verizon reported Q3 revenue of $30.3 billion, a 4.4 percent increase compared with third-quarter 2012. This is the fourth consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth of more than 4 percent. Earnings came in at 78 cents in EPS in third-quarter 2013, compared with 56 cents per share in third-quarter 2012. Third-quarter 2013 results include a non-operational gain of 2 cents per share related to the sale of wireless spectrum, partially offset...

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Earthlink Implements RiverMeadow's Cloud Migration SaaS

EarthLink has enabled their Cloud Hosting Services with the RiverMeadow Cloud Migration SaaS. As part of the agreement, RiverMeadow migrations will be bundled with EarthLink Cloud Hosting offers, to facilitate customer onboarding. RiverMeadow said its Cloud Migration SaaS provides a low-touch, three-step, automated process to migrate physical, virtual or cloud-based servers into EarthLink Cloud Hosting environments. There is no need to purchase...

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Huawei Confirms Contract for China Telecom's Global Optical Backbone

Huawei has been selected as China Telecom’s partner in the global deployment of its backbone optical transport network (OTN) covering the U.S., UK, Sweden, Germany, Singapore, Hong Kong, and eight provinces of mainland China.  Multiple core nodes will be deployed in these regions. The OTNs will connect to various carrier networks around the world and expand with the development of services. Financial terms were not disclosed. China Telecom...

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NEC is First to Pass ONF's OpenFlow Conformance Testing

NEC Corporation has received the first Certificate of Conformance through the Open Networking Foundation's (ONF's) OpenFlow Conformance Testing Program. The ONF OpenFlow Conformance Testing Program was launched in July 2013. The Program provides networking vendors with the opportunity to demonstrate compliance with the OpenFlow specification, the first SDN standard and a vital element of an open SDN architecture. Testing of NEC’s Programmable...

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ZTE Awarded More Than 60% Share of China Mobile’s 100G OTN Group Tender

ZTE has been awarded more than 60% share of the contracts in China Mobile’s group tender for 100G Optical Transport Networking products for 2013. The large-scale nationwide group tender comprises China Mobile’s 100G OTN networks in all provinces, and each vendor was thoroughly assessed on equipment technology, engineering implementation and network planning. Before the tender, China Mobile commissioned special laboratories to perform stringent...

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