Follows NFV vendor partnerships with a new version of its OpenStack distro, aimed at resilience at scale.
The comms industry is rallying to the cause of open, independent interoperability testing.
Innovation? Yeah, yeah, okay. Look, can you just help me get to 100G? Cheap?
The cable industry is moving closer to a time when power delivery in the network will be matched up with power demand.
Data analytics and revenue assurance are growing in strategic importance for the cable industry.
Carrier looks to network virtualization to fuel expansion of a mobile offering that allows customers to access GSM services over WiFi.
Australia's NBN is not built yet but it is already reshaping the country's telecom market.
Reed Hastings knows sports is moving online, so why not bring it to Netflix?
Level 3 says NFV-based security offerings are firmly on its roadmap but admits there are still security concerns about SDN and NFV technologies.
Facebook software engineer Paul Saab revealed that IPv6 now accounts for almost 50% of Facebook's 4G smartphone traffic in the US – and that's just the start of it.
Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: Orange to play a key role in 'Smartseille'; OBS connects shipping crews; Huawei wins big in France.
So North America is out of IPv4 addresses – that's incredibly anti-climactic. Unless it isn't, in which case you're in trouble.
Tech companies are admitting they have a gender problem that they say they want to fix, but more needs to be done – and faster. No more excuses.
New Verizon Private Network Management Service for 4G LTE access guarantees how mission-critical apps will work in congestion.
The co-founder and managing director of UK ISP Hyperoptic shares her thoughts on everything from 'fibrehoods' to advice for the sisterhood of women in comms.
Steve Saunders caught up with XO Communications' Chris Ancell and heard his views on open standards, cloud, security, and more.
Patrick Drahi's strategy of debt-fueled growth might receive a boost from investment in New IP technologies.
Top female leaders from Intel, AT&T, Verizon and GenBand share their experiences, perspectives and advice for women in the industry, who convened in Dallas this week.
Swedish operator's decision will leave it with just a third of the mobile customers it serves today but allow it to focus resources on Europe and invest in new business areas.
Enterprises are looking to service providers to carry the burden of IT that's increasingly becoming viewed as commodity – and that creates business opportunities for SPs.
In a rare and exclusive interview, Eric Xu, Deputy Chairman and Rotating CEO of Huawei Technologies, talked to Light Reading CEO and founder Steve Saunders about convergence, virtualization, industry politics, doing business in the US and economic success.
Comcast is pitting itself against incumbent telcos and likely fellow cable operators with new Enterprise Services division targeting the Fortune 1000.
Light Reading's Steve Saunders and Ray Le Maistre discuss some of the hot talking points from day 2 of the Global Services Forum in Zurich, where discussions have ranged from ICT transformation to the global impact of next-gen communications.
There have been many great insights into the way telecom operators are revamping their networks, systems, skills, processes and cultures during this year's Global Services Forum in Zurich, Switzerland.
The IT giant is to cut a tenth of jobs at its newly formed Hewlett Packard Enterprise business as it looks to rein in costs.
The White House is committing more than $160 million to smart city development, including an effort to create a "smart city app store."
Service providers' hesitation over deploying virtualization in the data center could cost them big in the long run, predicts Ulf Ewaldsson.
Light Reading's Steve Saunders talks to Paul Hutchinson, the CEO and founder of Hutchinson Networks, about enterprise networking, the white box revolution and virtualization.
Telco transformation programs are about a lot more than networks and ICT – there's a lot of focus on process changes and adopting a new culture, say executives at the Global Services Forum in Zurich.
Introduced version 2 of open source SDN controller, based on the OpenDaylight Lithium release along with two new management apps.
What are the hot topics of debate on the first morning of the Global Services Forum 2015? Light Reading's Steve Saunders and Ray Le Maistre discuss.
F5 and Citrix aren't keeping up with the times, says Amit Pandey, who takes the helm at the virtual ADC startup.
It's a D round of funding for the switch hardware and software supplier.
In this interview, Steve Saunders speaks with Gary Messiana, CEO of Nominum, a company founded by the inventor of the Domain Name System (DNS). Messiana discusses how digging deeper into the DNS query stream from a household can yield valuable subscriber data.
Telecom Italia's Gabriela Styf Sjöman, VP of Engineering & Telecom Italia Group Labs, talks about the need for internal disruption and innovation at telcos, OSS transformation, service quality perception and more!
As the IP video market heats up, big-name companies are using IBC as a launching ground for new media platforms and services.
Telecom Italia's Gabriela Styf Sjöman, VP of Engineering & Telecom Italia Group Labs, talks about the need for internal disruption and innovation at telcos, OSS transformation, service quality perception and more!
There were four key takeaways from Huawei's Ultra-Broadband Forum in Madrid this week and they all begin with the letter 's'.
Series A round to drives vision of OpenFlow computing with carrier-grade performance.
Enterprise cloud services and 4K/8K video can define the business case for investing in next-gen fixed broadband networks, says Huawei's current CEO Eric Xu.
Get ready for some unwelcome internecine struggles that could set back telco cloud developments...
Designed to make it easy for enterprises to set up direct connections to cloud providers.
A startup chock-full of 'Google DNA' wants to bring web-scale and enterprise WiFi deployment concepts to cellular networks.
New demo Ultra HD channel from Harmonic and Intelsat will give pay-TV operators in North America a chance to test 4K TV delivery over their own distribution systems.
At the UBB Forum in Madrid, Light Reading's Steve Saunders and Ray Le Maistre discuss some of the potential ways network operators can drive revenues from fast fixed-broadband services.
Amazon is acquiring video processing company Elemental Technologies and will fold it into Amazon Web Services.
Ciena surprised the sector with fiscal third-quarter revenue that fell well short of estimates, blaming "short term" customer issues.
Salisbury, North Carolina is the first city in the US to debut broadband service with speeds up to 10 Gbit/s.
Comcast is testing an Unlimited Data Option that lets users avoid overage fees for an extra $30 per month.
Can network appliances be virtualized and still provide high performance at high speeds?
An open source platform for DIY SDN.
Betting on the success of a new open-standards platform and touting its IoT credentials.
Financial markets are plunging, but the news for Ciena is looking pretty positive.
Pair are working together to optimize iOS devices in the enterprise, including plans for a Fast Lane to give bandwidth priority to important enterprise apps.
The new Cedexis Radar Live service provides an unprecedented look at real-time Internet performance.
Michel Combes has been confirmed as the new chief operating officer of Altice, where he already looks under pressure to boost efficiency.
