On June 24, Alcatel-Lucent announced a three year agreement with Telenor which includes:
ALU: Wireless Network Guardian and Velocix 7810 Transparent Caching
Opera/Skyfire: Cloud based Rocket Controller and Optimizer
ConteXtreme: SDN/NFV elements of session control and policy based traffic steering
Telenor: 148 million 2G, 3G, and 4G subscribers.
This is important because:
Teaming arrangement under The Shift Plan
Cloud based video and web optimization
Virtualization and monetization of assets
For more detailed discussion: The ALU “Shift” into First Gear with Telenor on Board
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