Alcatel-Lucent: Virtualization will let operators develop new services faster

October 01, 2013

To help operators virtualize their infrastructures, Alcatel-Lucent has opened up to third party vendors an internal cloud platform that will run features such as DNS and firewalls. Operators have to move away from the proprietary equipment they use today and instead adopt a more cloud-based infrastructure that allows them to be more flexible and use commodity hardware, according to Sue White, senior director of IP platforms marketing at Alcatel-Lucent. Just like enterprises today can roll out new applications and services faster using hosted services, so too will operators, and that should be a boon for users, Alcatel-Lucent said. "What we are going to see is operators innovate with services much faster and be able to work with third parties a lot better ... Today operators take a long, long time to deliver new services," White said. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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