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Cisco, Altiostar and WWT Team on Open vRAN

Cisco, Altiostar and World Wide Technology included is Altiostar’s 4G and 5G open vRAN in 2011 Cisco also helped to fund some of
(WWT) are working together on an open, software, which supports open interfaces the members of the Starent team to enable
virtual radio access network (vRAN) and disaggregates the radio hardware from them to create a new company — Altiostar
blueprint for service provider networks. the radio software. “Most service providers Networks. Of the combined blueprint
The joint solution will help carriers deploy need help accelerating the integration and announced today, Altiostar EVP of Strategy
cloud-based vRAN systems based on adoption of open vRAN,” said Bob Everson, Thierry Maupile said in a statement, “This
technologies from Cisco and Altiostar senior director of 5G Architecture at Cisco, blueprint brings together leaders in all
and that will be brought to market using in a prepared statement. Cisco’s former the areas needed to roll out a complete
the sales and integration capabilities of CEO John Chambers was one of a group and open vRAN solution to both rural and
WWT. Their vRAN blueprint consists of of people who envisioned virtualizing urban networks.” The Open vRAN blueprint
infrastructure software and hardware the radio access network early on. In will be validated in WWT’s Advanced
from Cisco, including its Cisco virtual 2009 Cisco paid $2.9 billion for Starent, a Technology Center in St Louis. Joe Wojtal,
infrastructure manager (CVIM), packet startup that decoupled the mobile packet CTO for WWT’s Global Service Provider
core, and converged SDN transport. Also core from the radio access network. Then business, recently told FierceWireless,
“Given that mobile operators are focused
on disaggregating mobile infrastructure,
we’re spending a lot of time with them."
He said in addition to work with Altiostar
and Cisco, WWT has also been working
with Affirmed Networks for mobile packet
core technology innovation. Affirmed was
recently purchased by Microsoft. In addition
to its Advanced Technology Center, WWT
has global integration centers in Mumbai,
Singapore, St. Louis, and Amsterdam.
WWT will take the open vRAN blueprint to
market as a fully integrated solution that
will be available for customers to test and
deploy in their networks with the support
of services from WWT and Cisco.

NTT East Selects Cisco SD-WAN to Expand Its Managed SD-WAN Services

for Enterprises

Cisco announced that NIPPON TELEGRAPH ISR 1100 series router as the customer Vice President, Representative Director,
AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION premise equipment (CPE), the Cisco CSR NTT EAST. “We are very pleased to create
(NTT EAST) has selected Cisco SD-WAN 1000v as virtual CPE, and Cisco Network this new service by collaborating with
powered by Viptela for its new managed Functions Virtualization Infrastructure Cisco to deliver its SD-WAN solution to
SD-WAN services under NTT EAST's VPN (NFVI) as the managed SD-WAN service solve corporate challenges from workstyle
service portfolio for enterprises. While the foundation. Together, these products and reform, security measures, and labor
business environment is changing rapidly technologies enable NTT EAST to build shortage. With these enhancements, we
from increased use of cloud applications a virtualized platform to provide highly are committed to continuing to provide
and growth of remote and mobile workers, secure and flexible optimized network secure, reliable and optimized network
organizations are challenged with a access with zero-touch provisioning. services to solve challenges that society
shortage of IT resources and increasing Cisco’s Customer Experience team will faces.” “We are pleased to collaborate with
management costs. SD-WAN is helping provide customer support to adapt, deploy NTT East to offer new managed SD-WAN
address these challenges by efficiently and manage this new managed SD-WAN services that support business efficiency
linking applications, branch offices and service. Availability for the managed SD- and advance digital transformation,” said
mobile workers so organizations can WAN service is planned for July 2020. Ichiro Nakagawa, Vice President, Cisco
securely deliver applications to users while “We are constantly working to solve social Service Provider Business in Japan. “In
achieving IT agility and reduced costs. The issues through the use of ICT and to today's business world where agility to
new SD-WAN solution components include advance digital transformation in society,” respond quickly to market changes is
the Cisco SD-WAN Controller, the Cisco said Mr. Naoki Shibutani, Senior Executive critical, we realize that this managed

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