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OPEN-O’s SUN Rises on Brownfields, Too
In announcing its first software release today, the OPEN-O Project is again stressing its perceived advantage over other open source MANO efforts: the inclusion of legacy networks in its network orchestration plans. (See It's Showtime for OPEN-O and OPEN-O Issues First Software Release.)Details of that first release, called SUN, were limited, other than the fact it contains two mil
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Latest NFV Headache: Software Licensing
LONDON -- OSS in the Era of SDN& NFV -- Software license management and VNF onboarding are emerging as key challenges as network operators push ahead with virtualization in the hybrid network environment that exists today, a number of speakers said here last week.BT 's chief network architect, Neil McRae, was the first to raise the issue, doing so as an almost off-handed compla
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TM Forum and FIWARE Foundation Launch Global Initiative to Grow Urban Data Economies
Smart City API Reference Architecture Establishes a Platform Business Model for Portable and Interoperable Smart City Solutions, Enabling Innovative Data Monetization StrategiesMORRISTOWN, NJ—November 16, 2016—TM Forum, the global industry association for digital business, today announced a joint collaboration program (JCP) with the FIWARE Foundation to co-develop a Smart City
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Liberty Global Selects UXP Systems to Power Digital Identity across European Footprint
Innovative User Lifecycle Management Platform to boost engagement with individual users, simplify access to services and rapidly integrate new services to grow subscriber base AMSTERDAM, NL – 10 November 2016 — UXP Systems, the leader in powering digital identity for operators, announced today that Liberty Global plc “Liberty Global” (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK, LILA and L
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Meet MYCOM OSI at TM Forum Live! ASIA 2016
MYCOM OSI to demonstrate its latest NFV initiatives and IoT management solutions as well as to participate at TM Forum’s conference programLONDON, UK, 8th November 2016 – MYCOM OSI, the leading independent provider of Assurance, Automation and Analytics solutions to the world’s largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs), today announced details of its participation at
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HomeBusinessBanking & FinanceEconomyRetailMedia & TechnologyM&AEmployment Centina Systems, Vodafone, Huawei to Demonstrate Assurance of Drone Services Vodafone champions latest phase of TM Forum Catalyst Project
Strategic assurance solutions provider Centina Systems will participate in a project ed by Vodafone to explore drone services for commercial application, the company said.The catalyst–or proof of concept–will focus on the application of unmanned aerial vehicles or drones as a service for the agricultural and telecommunications industries. Centina Systems will develop plug-ins t
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Smart Cities Council Launches IoT Tech Challenge Grants for American Communities
The Smart Cities Council, the world’s largest smart cities network, has announced the beginning of its application period for the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant, open to American cities. Five winning cities will receive a grant in 2017 designed to inspire innovation, inclusion and investment in their environments. The grant program’s goal is to help cities apply
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Avoid disruption: adapting business models to digitalization
DALLAS–“Anything that can be digitalized will be.” That is how Nik Willets, deputy CEO of TM Forum, opened the keynote session titled “Embracing the new digital business reality,” at this year’s TM Forum Innovation inFocus meetup. He gave the digitalization example of our phones, which now hold everything we used to physically carry around. Industries focused on the phy
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Smart Cities Council Launches Challenge Grants to Help American Communities
Smart Cities Council launched its application for cities to apply for the Smart Cities Council Readiness Challenge Grant. Five American cities will receive a grant in 2017 to inspire innovation, inclusion and investment in their city. The grant, which will help cities apply smart technologies, is part of the current White House commitment to accelerate the development of smart citi
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EXFO, Verizon, Ontology Systems and Cognizant Collaborate on a New TM Forum Catalyst
Implementing NFV, SDN or hybrid networks means additional layers of complexity added to the already daunting challenge service providers face in configuring and managing their networks. From ensuring the path to virtualization doesn’t hurt subscriber service levels, to efficiency of automation and complete integration of service assurance into DevOps, designing and following the