First Vendor-Agnostic NFV Lab in U.S.

from From the Top

As our industry moves towards a solutions based technology and business model, communications service providers will require new NFV orchestration layers to interoperate with existing software, hardware and operating system platforms. The Telecommunications Industry Association will soon launch the first US-based, vendor-agnostic testing ground for NFV experiments, demos, and proofs of concepts, to facilitate industry collaboration for virtual network equipment and software. TIA’s Chief Technology Officer, Franklin Flint, spoke with TIA NOW about how the NFV lab will function and ultimately lead the industry for NFV interoperability testing.