Momentum Builds for Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP)

The Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) Project, which unites two major open networking and orchestration projects, AT&T's open source ECOMP and the Open Orchestrator Project (OPEN-O), opened its code for community collaboration. The ONAP code base is production-ready and in use. Developers are invited to access it at https://git.onap.org ONAP also announced new Platinum member Reliance Jio; Silver members Ciena, Microsoft, New H3C Technologies...

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OPNFV Hits a Milestone - the Blue Danube Release

The OPNFV Project, an open source project that was launched two and a half years ago to facilitate the development and evolution of Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) components, announced its fourth platform release - Danube. “Danube represents an evolutionary turning point for OPNFV,” said Heather Kirksey, director, OPNFV. “It brings together full next-gen networking stacks in an open, collaborative environment. By harnessing work with upstream...

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MEF Demos LSO Analytics using PNDA

MEF demonstrated a reference implementation of LSO (Lifecycle Services Orchestration) analytics using Platform for Network Data Analytics (PNDA), a Linux Foundation project. PNDA aims to eliminate complexity by integrating, scaling and managing a rich set of open data processing technologies and by providing an end-to- end platform for deploying analytics applications and services. MEF worked within its OpenLSO Analytics initiative to demonstrate...

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What's Next for SDN? Cisco's Dave Ward

So what's next for SDN? Cisco's Dave Ward gives us a perspective in 2 minutes.  See video: https://youtu.be/VgRgkV8_iHA ...

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Seaborn and Grupo Werthein to build Argentina-Brazil Subsea Cable

Seaborn Networks, an independent developer-owner-operator of submarine cable systems, and Grupo Werthein, a major Argentine investment holding company with significant holdings in the telecommunications sector, announced a binding agreement for the construction of a new subsea optical cable system, named ARBR, connecting Argentina with Brazil. The new ARBR cable system will additionally provide onward connectivity via Seabras-1, which is currently...

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Global Capacity Launches SD-WAN with VeloCloud

Global Capacity, a major connectivity-as-a-service provider, has announced a partnership with VeloCloud Networks, the Cloud-Delivered SD-WAN company, to enable the delivery of managed SD-WAN services. The partnership with VeloCloud is part of Global Capacity's initiative to expand its global enterprise networking portfolio with new software defined services that can offer enhanced flexibility, performance and reliability. Global Capacity's SD-WAN...

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China Telco Data for Feb 2017 and Market Update - Part 1

China subscription data by operator for February 2017 The following data for mobile customers was reported on March 20th for the previous month of February (millions of subscribers):                                                ...

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Have expectations of five-nines reliability diminished?

On the evening of March 8th, AT&T experienced a widespread outage of 911 emergency calling service for mobile customers across a significant portion of the U.S. Some callers were simply unable to reach an emergency operator. Media reports suggested the outage impacted at least 14 states and Washington DC, while AT&T Mobility confirmed that service interruptions prevented callers from reaching 911 emergency centres, but did not disclose the...

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Ericsson Conducts 5G Demo in Indonesia

Ericsson announced it has completed what it believes is the first demonstration of 5G technology in Indonesia that featured its 5G test bed, 5G New Radio (NR) and use cases such as operation of a motion-sensing robotic arm and live 4K video streaming. Ericsson stated that the demonstration achieved a peak downlink speed of 5.74 Gbit/s, with latency as low as 3 milliseconds (ms). Ericsson's 5G test bed includes the functionality required for pre-commercial...

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