Video: NFV Market Momentum, sponsored by Radisys

This 2-minute video,sponsored by Radisys, captures insights from leading vendors about what's driving the market interest in network functions virtualizations (NFV). Why pursue NFV in the first place?   Is NFV a market reality today?  Which network functions will be virtualized first?  Will a virtualized network solution deliver the same Five 9s reliability?  Speakers include: Cassidy Shield, Chief Marketing Officer, Alcatel-Lucent Jane...

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FCC Moves to Amend Net Neutrality Rules as it Asserts Authority over Broadband

The FCC voted 3-2 to approve a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking covering how broadband providers should be regulated in the United States.  With this proposal, the FCC proposes is seeking to impose rules based on a legal blueprint set out by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in its January decision in Verizon v. FCC and its authority to promote broadband deployment under Section 706 of the Telecommunications...

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FCC Adopts Rules for Incentive Auction of 600 MHz Spectrum

The FCC adopted rules to implement a two-sided Broadcast Television Incentive Auction covering vacated 600 MHz spectrum. The FCC will conduct a reverse auction in which broadcasters may voluntarily choose to relinquish some or all of their spectrum usage rights, and  a forward auction in which the relinquished spectrum is made available to wireless providers. The rules integrate the reverse and forward auctions in a series of stages; each stage...

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Hong Kong's HKT Launches VoLTE with Huawei

HKT, Hong Kong's leading telecommunications service provider (PCCW), officially launched its Voice over LTE (VoLTE) service, initially available on the Samsung Note 3 LTE smartphone.  Huawei is HKT's technology provider. HKT said it is able to deliver a totally seamless handover of voice calls from 4G to 3G coverage. Call set-up times for VoLTE-to-VoLTE connections are around 1 second.  The service also supports instant switching between...

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AT&T Readies First VoLTE for Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini in Select Markets

AT&T announced plans to begin supporting High Definition (HD) Voice over VoLTE in select markets beginning May 23. Specifically, the VoLTE service will be activated on Samsung Galaxy S4 mini devices in select areas in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin.  AT&T plans to add support for more devices and markets over time. Pricing was not disclosed. http://about.att.com/story/att_introduces_high_definition_voice_in_initial_mar...

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Juniper Forms OpenContrail Advisory Board

Juniper Networks announced the formation of an OpenContrail Advisory Board (OCAB) aimed at providing input to the project leadership team on strategic priorities, community evolution, development roadmap, project governance and operational efficiency. The board is comprised of the top 10 contributors and stakeholders of the project representing both users and developers. http://opencontrail.org/opencontrail-advisory-boar...

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Qualcomm Demos LTE-TDD Broadcast in China

Qualcomm, in collaboration with Sohu.com, conducted a live public demonstration of LTE-TDD Broadcast in China, featuring High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) and Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over HTTP (DASH) technologies.  LTE Broadcast enables the multicast of high-demand content such as live sporting events, breaking news or software updates, so that multiple users receive the same content simultaneously. Qualcomm said the demo utilized its...

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