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MEF18 Proof of Concept, 29 – 31 Oct – Self-Service, Agile, Orchestrated Cloudlink™. PoC Participants: Zayo and Ciena. Speaker: Mike Stein, Product Manager, Zayo. With the adoption of the Cloud, customers today enjoy the flexibility of being able to spin up and spin down resources on a consumption, as-needed basis via their cloud service provider. […]
MEF18 Proof of Concept, 29 – 31 Oct – End-to-end Service Orchestration of E-LAN over Multiple Domains via the LSO Interlude Interface and Across Multiple Vendors. PoC participants: Eurofiber and Inmanta. Speaker: Jeroen van der Laan, Software Solution Architect, Eurofiber. Zero-touch automation of network services across domains and technologies provides many business opportunities. At MEF18, […]
Intel and Huawei 2.6GHz 5G NR Interoperability and Development Testing (IoDT) based on the 3GPP Release 15 global standard September version. The IoDT test is the world’s first 2.6GHz 5G interoperability test under SA network and is a key milestone towards accelerating the maturity of the 2.6GHz 5G NR ecosystem The testing involved Intel’s 5G […]
DE-CIX announced that Internet Exchange (IX) in the New York metro area has exceeded a key milestone of 200 unique Autonomous System Number (ASN) networks. This makes it the largest Carrier and Data Center-Neutral Internet Exchange in New York, according to the company. “200 networks is a significant milestone to achieve and especially nice to […]
Networking innovation will be even more important in the next 10 years than what we’ve seen to date, said Amin Vahdat, Google Fellow, in a keynote at the ONF Connect event in Santa Clara, California. The key reason for this is the ever-increasing pace of data growth, which Vahdat says is clearly outpacing the growth […]
LF Networking (LFN) announced new platform releases from ONAP (Casablanca) and OPNFV (Gambia), bringing additional support for cross-stack deployments across new and existing use cases such as 5G and Cross-Carrier VPN (CCVPN), as well as enhancements to cloud-native VPN. “New and enhanced deployments of our platforms are popping up every day across the globe, and […]
OIF has launched the FlexE 2.1 project, which covers FlexE over 50Gbe PHY applications. It also adds an extension to the recently released FlexE 2.0 Interoperability Agreement (IA). FlexE 2.1 will specify a 50G FlexE frame and multiplexing format and will address Flex Ethernet (FlexE) applications with lower bandwidth needs and provide an implementation foundation […]
Two additional branches are planned to extend MainOne’s subsea cable system to Dakar (Senegal) and Abidjan (Cote D’Ivoire). With this development, MainOne will have landing points in five markets – Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Cote D’Ivoire and Portugal, in addition to Cameroon. MainOne, which is a 7,000km cable system that spans from Portugal to Nigeria, entered […]
MEF18 Proof of Concept, 29 – 31 Oct – Transformation in Action: Harmonizing Delivery of Intent-Based Networks & Services. PoC Participants: AT&T, Amdocs, Fujitsu Network Communications, and Iometrix. Speaker: Raluca Sirbu, Director, Network Infrastructure & Services, AT&T This PoC focuses on building a transformational ecoystem that will: – Automate services with zero-touch delivery and activation […]
MEF18 Proof of Concept, 29 – 31 Oct – MEF 3.0 Implementation for Orchestrated Multilayer Optical Transport. PoC Participants: CenturyLink, Telefonica, TELUS, Infinera/Coriant, and NEC/Netcracker. Speaker: Jack Pugaczewski, Distinguished Network Architect, CenturyLink and MEF Distinguished Fellow. This MEF 3.0 Implementation POC demonstration shows multiple MEF 3.0 LSO APIs and TAPI Connectivity, Topology, and Notification APIs […]
MEF18 Proof of Concept, 29 – 31 Oct – Machine Learning-Based Elastic Network Services. PoC Participants: Colt Technology Services & Accedian. Speaker: Tom Foottit, Senior Product Manager, Accedian. This PoC demonstrates the ability to leverage network performance data and machine learning to provide customer visibility to service performance and also demonstrates how to use current […]
Beginning next year, Verizon will offer an Inseego 5G mobile hotspot device powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform and Snapdragon X50 5G modem and antenna modules with integrated RF transceiver, RF front-end and antenna elements. The device also offers powerful next gen Wi-Fi performance using the Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6-ready mobile solution. The companies […]
Orange Business Services is proving maritime connectivity for The Arctic Shipping Company, which specializes in cargo transportation, including along the Northern Sea Route, which runs from the Barents Sea, near Russia’s border with Norway, to the Bering Strait between Siberia and Alaska. Orange Business said its Maritime Connect combines multiple networks, including satellite, to ensure […]
