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Mavenir – Living on the Mobile Edge – Discussion with Stefano Cantarelli

DISRUPTION IN THE NETWORK EQUIPMENT MODELS AND VENDORS

A recurring theme in discussions with wireless operators about NFV and SDN migration is their frustration with traditional Network Equipment Providers for not moving fast enough to deliver native VNF solutions that run on COTS hardware in a standard way. While operators have always been focused on driving suppliers to lower price,...

MAVENIR SEEKS TO BUILD ON LEGACY AS TELECOM DISRUPTOR

Mavenir announced earlier this month that it had landed a deal with a Tier 1 North American carrier for Its NFV-based CloudRange™ platform. Mavenir's roots in telecommunications date back go back 12 years, but the company has undergone various name changes and technology shifts along the way. While Mavenir didn't...

WHY EDGE COMPUTING IS ATTRACTING SO MUCH INTEREST

Edge computing is one of the latest and hottest buzzwords in the wireless industry. Already, AT&T is testing edge computing designs and Verizon has gone as far as to coin the term “intelligent edge network” for its latest upgrade efforts. Mavenir’s John Baker explained that as much as 80% of the data on mobile...

VMBC DELIVERS VITAL INTERNET TRAFFIC OFFLOAD AT THE NETWORK EDGE

Operators are facing a dilemma – How to remain profitable while cost-effectively meeting rapidly escalating network capacity demands. Nearly 80 percent of user data that transits an operator’s network is encrypted video that only benefits OTTs. It is in each operator’s best interest to architect the network to off-load this...

CARRIERS CAN SAVE CASH USING MEC TO OFFLOAD TRAFFIC

Carriers can tap into significant cost savings by creating local breakouts that offload traffic through Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC). A study released today found that U.S. mobile carriers could reap savings of more than $546 million over a five-year period by employing white box routing to offload 32% of their video traffic. Mavenir, which...

CARRIERS COULD REALIZE SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS

A 32% local breakout will extend the current macrocell backhaul and EPC capacity by 25.6 months RICHARDSON, TX – May 15, 2018: Mavenir, a leader in software-based, end-to-end Cloud Native network solutions, today released a new study showing that U.S. mobile carriers could realize savings of more than $546 million over...

MAVENIR’S vMBC DELIVERS VITAL INTERNET TRAFFIC OFFLOAD

Operators are facing a dilemma – How to remain profitable while cost-effectively meeting rapidly escalating network capacity demands. Nearly 80 percent of user data that transmits an operator’s network is an encrypted video that only benefits OTTs. It is in each operator’s best interest to architect the network to off-load...

MAVENIR’S BG KUMAR HAILS DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY

In 2018, US software-based telecom networking provider, Mavenir, will continue to embrace disruptive, innovative technology architectures and business models that drive service agility, flexibility and velocity, the company's president told Telecom Review. Ahead of Mobile World Congress 2018, BG Kumar discussed Mavenir's recent projects and acquisitions that serve the telecom sector.

MAVENIR MITIGATES CORE PROCESSING

Mavenir delivers virtualized Media Breakout Controller (vMBC) Software company Mavenir recently premiered its virtualized Media Breakout Controller (vMBC), which enables operators to host virtual routing, firewall and user plane data offload with white box routing. Networks currently are under pressure to meet consumer demands for more bandwidth and less latency. Multi-access edge computing (MEC)...