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The networking industry is experiencing a kind of renaissance, with impacts that will be far-reaching. The acronyms SDN and NFV are the buzz and all the pundits are weighing in, but few are the stories of real production deployments with real customers consuming virtual network functions.... More Info

Mobile service providers face growing operational challenges from new 3G, 4G and 5G technologies and massive radio access network expansion from small cells. Backhaul complexity has also increased dramatically with the transition to Ethernet/IP.... More Info

AT&T U-verse recently updated its U-verse App to include 41 additional live channels and compatibility with a wearable. The U-verse App has more live channels available to watch outside the home than any cable provider with 236 live channels inside the home and 173 channels available outside the home.... More Info

While navigating through the throngs of attendees and dodging schwag-slingers at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this year, I overheard someone say, “If you want to know what the future looks like, spend half an hour observing the habits of a digital native.” Certain that my aging collection of cassette tapes disqualified me from this demographic, I began to consider these digital natives and the profound impact they are having, and will increasingly have, on everything from transportation and commerce to entertainment, education, healthcare and communities of all sizes…... More Info

By all accounts, the Internet of Things (IoT) is still in its early days. Analyst firm Gartner predicts more than 26 billion devices will be connected by 2020.... More Info