NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16,
2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Verizon and The
Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass
innovation through open source, announced today that Verizon has
joined the Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) project as a
Platinum member. ONAP brings together the majority of global
carriers and vendors to build an automation and orchestration
platform to transform the service delivery lifecycle for network,
cable and cloud providers. ONAP enables nearly 60 percent of the
world's mobile subscribers.
Participating in ONAP demonstrates Verizon's commitment to open
platforms and open source to drive innovation and transformation,
especially in the areas of SDN and NFV. By working closely with the
ONAP community, Verizon expects to:
- Simplify and accelerate onboarding of network functions while
expanding interoperability with other SDN ecosystems
- Gain greater agility in network management, service creation
and provisioning to best meet customer needs
- Drive reference standards to vendors and partners for
consistent deployment of their network services in the Verizon
network
As an early leader in virtualization and cloud technologies,
Verizon has driven the adoption of SDN and NFV across its network
with a focus on transformation. With its scale and experience,
Verizon is well-positioned to help drive the ONAP initiative across
the industry with global partners and suppliers. The collaboration
with ONAP underscores Verizon's leadership in delivering new
network services, while simplifying onboarding and operational
functions.
"Future experiences powered by intelligent and automated
networks is one of the biggest opportunity areas for carrier
networks," said Ed Chan, senior vice
president and Chief Technology Architect at Verizon. "Verizon is
working together with partners to accelerate virtualization and
automation across the industry through ONAP."
"We are thrilled Verizon is joining ONAP," said Arpit Joshipura, General Manager of Networking
and Orchestration, The Linux Foundation. "By participating in ONAP
development, the world's most influential carriers will greatly
accelerate SDN/NFV services, virtual functions, and edge computing
and 5G applications. Open standards and technologies like ONAP are
advancing data networking faster and more economically than ever
before."
About Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE,
Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York City, has a diverse
workforce of 163,400 and generated nearly $126 billion in
2016 revenues. Verizon operates America's most reliable wireless
network and the nation's premier all-fiber network, and delivers
integrated solutions to businesses worldwide. Its Oath subsidiary
houses more than 50 media and technology brands that engage about 1
billion people around the world.
About The Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation is the
organization of choice for the world's top developers and companies
to build ecosystems that accelerate open technology development and
commercial adoption. Together with the worldwide open source
community, it is solving the hardest technology problems by
creating the largest shared technology investment in history.
Founded in 2000, The Linux Foundation today provides tools,
training and events to scale any open source project, which
together deliver an economic impact not achievable by any one
company. More information can be found at
www.linuxfoundation.org.
The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses
trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation,
please see our trademark usage page:
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is
a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Media Contacts:
Sarah
Conway
The Linux Foundation
(978) 578-5300
sconway@linuxfoundation.org
Karen Schulz
Verizon
Mobile (864) 561-1527
Karen.Schulz@Verizonwireless.com
@VZWKarenS
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