AT&T named Amdocs and Juniper Networks as two additional vendors in its User-Defined Network Cloud program.
AT&T has not revised its previously announced capital expenditure due to expected savings from cloud platforms.
“This is an ambitious program that allows us to tap into the latest technologies to enhance the network infrastructure,” said Tim Harden, president, AT&T Supply Chain. “We’re taking another step toward building the faster, simpler and more flexible network of the future that provides increased global connectivity with easily scalable and faster content delivery.”
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In February, AT&T outlined its vision of a User-Defined Network Cloud that is open, simple, scalable and able to perform many functions.
Speaking at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, John Donovan, senior executive vice president of AT&T technology and network operations, said it envisions a multi-service, multi-tenant platform capable of adapting to traffic demands dynamically. The end goal is to spur innovation by making it easier to adapt the network for new services.
AT&T’s Domain 2.0 supplier program, which will was announced in September 2013, will use these principles to build this new architecture based on Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networking (SDN).
AT&T also announced the first group of companies selected to work on the company’s strategy. Ericsson, Tail-F Systems, and Metaswitch Networks have been selected to begin further discussions on design and deployment. AT&T also selected Affirmed Networks to work on a virtualized Evolved Packet Core (EPC). Ericsson will also work on integration and transformation services. Further selections will take place through the end of 2014.
