Cisco’s Open vRAN Alliance Says Its End-to-End System Is Ready to Roll
The Open vRAN Alliance assembled products from different vendors to create an open vRAN system that can take the place of single-vendor RAN solution.
Virtualization Is Core to Sprint Curiosity IoT Platform
The IoT platform uses virtualization to push more processing capabilities to the edge of the network and a dedicated operating system to help the platform “come alive.”
Equinix CEO Charles Meyers Sees NFV, 5G Opportunities Ahead
The data center giant will pursue business opportunities in NFV, IoT, and 5G services, according to the new CEO.
VMware Plans to Bring More AWS, Other Cloud-Native Services on Prem
VMware’s Rajiv Ramaswami says the virtualization company wants to bring more cloud-native services into customers’ on-premises data centers.
Sprint Sweet on 5G Spectrum Plans
Sprint CTO John Saw said the carrier’s rivals were “trying to make 5G lemonade out of the lemons that they have.” He was referring to Verizon and AT&T using millimeter wave spectrum for 5G.
SD-WAN Provider Martello Goes Public on TSX Venture Exchange
Now that it is publicly traded the company intends to continue focusing on acquisitions like its recent purchase of SD-WAN provider Elfiq Networks.
Sysdig Scores $68.5M Series D to Boost Container Monitoring, Security
Sysdig CEO Suresh Vasudevan declined to comment on the company’s plans for an initial public offering.
Cisco Helped Bring the Brains to T-Mobile’s Network
T-Mobile is using Cisco’s virtualized packet core throughout its network today and will use it as it upgrades to a 5G packet core.
Equinix Picks New CEO Charles Meyers
Meyers succeeds Peter Van Camp, who was named interim CEO in January when former CEO Steven Smith resigned suddenly after “exercising poor judgment with respect to an employee matter.”
Open Source Eases AT&T’s Technical Burden
“If you asked me five years ago if I would be talking about open source I would have said you were crazy,” said Amy Wheelus, VP of Network Cloud at AT&T.
Verizon to Launch Pre-Standard 5G in Four Markets on October 1st
When it launches, the operator will be the first service provider globally to commercially launch 5G. However, it is using its own proprietary pre-standard 5G gear.
ONAP Casablanca Pushes Toward November Release
The third release has a more equitable feature set provided by AT&T, the other founding carrier members, and more recent additions.
AT&T’s Airship Plans Gain Altitude, Seek Maturity
For Airship, the most pressing issue is minimizing the impact on network operations during more frequent update cycles.
Research Brief: Cutting through the SD-WAN Confusion: A Handy Guide for Enterprises
SDxCentral's latest research brief is aimed at providing enterprises contemplating purchasing SD-WAN solutions with a concrete five-step process and a set of core considerations critical to success.
Packet Closes $25M Series B, Builds Edge Network
Thao Nyugen works for Packet as director of hardware platforms. Coming from Facebook, he led the development and deployment of over 1 million Open Compute Project servers in the last eight years.
How Identity Awareness Will Transform SD-WAN Routing
Traditional routing fails to differentiate between application and user requirements. SD-WAN is changing that with identity awareness.
Verizon to Open 5G Labs to Test Applications for Different Vertical Markets
The four new labs, alongside its existing lab in New York City, will rely on local partnerships to test and refine new 5G use cases.
Intel Buys NetSpeed to Boost Specialized SoCs
NetSpeed’s technology helps architects optimize system-on-chip performance before manufacturing the chips.
Ericsson Scores $3.5 Billion Deal with T-Mobile for 5G Gear
This is T-Mobile's second 5G equipment deal in two months. Ericsson is a long-time partner to T-Mobile and supplied some of the operator's LTE network equipment.
AT&T’s 5G Edge Plans Are Based on Collaboration
A robust edge deployment will be necessary for the carrier to deploy immersive services that will differentiate its 5G network from its current 4G LTE deployment.