THE HAGUE, Netherlands,
Oct. 10, 2018 /CNW Telbec/
- Orange one of the world's leading telecommunications
operators, and EXFO the communications industry's test, monitoring
and analytics experts, today announced that Orange has integrated
EXFO's passive virtual probes (vProbes) into the Beijing Release of
the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP). This industry-first
integration of a passive probing virtual network function (VNF)
into the ONAP release delivers service assurance for SDN/NFV
commercial deployments. It also provides monitoring and
troubleshooting of the service quality experienced by end
customers.
Overview:
- The Linux Foundation's ONAP project was established in
March 2017 to address a rising need
for a common platform for telecommunication, cable, and cloud
operators—and their solution providers—to deliver differentiated
network services on-demand, profitably and competitively, while
leveraging existing investments (ONAP Beijing documentation)
- The Beijing Release aims to improve platform maturity
and support use cases, making it easier for network operators to
deploy ONAP.
- EXFO and Orange's collaboration will enable the
ecosystem to roll out open infrastructures based on SDN/NFV with
the capability to monitor and troubleshoot complex end-to-end
issues. It will also define a reference design for virtualized
service assurance over 4G/LTE networks.
- The unique on-demand monitoring function dynamically
instantiates end-to-end troubleshooting resources based on multiple
criteria like service degradation and customer complaints, or in
association with the provisioning of a new service. It also opens
the way to the elasticity of virtual network function's monitoring
in order to cope with sporadic traffic increases or relocation of a
network function. ONAP is seen as the global framework to
orchestrate and automate the deployment and the lifecycle of the
vProbes.
Quotes:
"As we transform our network, we are
partnering with innovative and disruptive vendors to support our
move to Open Source technologies like ONAP to guarantee our
software independence and openness," said Eric Debeau, Head of Orange's Network Automation
Platform Team. "Orange and EXFO have successfully removed a major
barrier to ONAP deployment: the lack of monitoring solutions for
dynamic, orchestrated virtual networks. EXFO's unique on-demand
provisioning of virtual passive probes significantly reduces the
resources required to check service availability and troubleshoot
issues. The solution enables service assurance for network
virtualization through adaptive, permanent or on-demand monitoring
solutions."
"Expectations are high for commercial networks based on SDN/NFV
to deliver better quality of service and availability. We are proud
of our collaboration with Orange to make sure virtualization
delivers on its promise of quality for the end customer while also
accelerating operators' digital network transformations," said
Abdelkrim Benamar, EXFO's Vice
President, Service Assurance, Systems and Services. "We are also
proud to have integrated our virtual passive probes in the ONAP in
just two weeks, which demonstrates the maturity of our virtual
network functions and the ONAP Beijing Release."
About Orange
Orange is one of the world's leading
telecommunications operators with sales of 41 billion euros in 2017 and 149,000 employees
worldwide at 30 June 2018, including
91,000 employees in France. The
Group has a total customer base of 260 million customers worldwide
at 30 June 2018, including 199
million mobile customers and 20 million fixed broadband
customers. The Group is present in 28 countries. Orange is also a
leading provider of global IT and telecommunication services to
multinational companies, under the brand Orange Business Services.
In March 2015, the Group presented
its new strategic plan "Essentials2020" which places customer
experience at the heart of its strategy with the aim of allowing
them to benefit fully from the digital universe and the power of
its new generation networks.Orange is listed on Euronext Paris
(symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol ORAN).
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Orange and any other Orange product or service names included in
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Limited.
About EXFO
EXFO (NASDAQ: EXFO) (TSX: EXF) develops
smarter test, monitoring and analytics solutions for fixed and
mobile network operators, webscale companies and equipment
manufacturers in the global communications industry. Our customers
count on us to deliver superior network performance, service
reliability and subscriber insights. They count on our unique blend
of equipment, software and services to accelerate digital
transformations related to fiber, 4G/LTE and 5G deployments. They
count on our expertise with automation, real-time troubleshooting
and big data analytics, which are critical to their business
performance. We've spent over 30 years earning this trust, and
today more than 2,000 EXFO employees in over 25 countries work side
by side with our customers in the lab, field, data center and
beyond. For more information, visit EXFO.com and follow us on the
EXFO Blog.
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