GEC NEWS WIREEtisalat has activated its first live Network Function Virtualization telco cloud in Abu Dhabi. The latest project comes as part of the corporation’s continuous efforts for technological leadership in the region and worldwide. The telco cloud platform will help create a one-stop shop app/online portal with a fast, intuitive and pleasing user experiences and interfaces. It will also provide service capabilities e.g. self-configuration, self-optimization and self-healing functions.
The platform brings faster time-to-market in product development, rapid prototyping of services, collaborations including rich/open ecosystems, explore new innovations with lower risks and cloudifying consumer and business connectivity. Customers will also be empowered through the automation of services and operations with automatic capacity expansion and reduction.
Esmaeel Alhammadi, Senior Vice President of Network Development in Etisalat and Sahaab program lead said, “We thought it was a technological step, requiring a mere upgrade of the network and services. But it turns out to be more than that. It’s a shift in mindsets and how things get done. It’s not every year that we have technologies like these that have the potential of adapting to customer wishes faster and opening new avenues for future innovations and collaborations.”
Anand Krishnan, EVP, Cloud, Canonical said, “We are delighted that Etisalat has selected Canonical OpenStack as their NFV infrastructure and Juju as their generic VNF manager. As the global leader in OpenStack deployments, we will work closely with Etisalat to ensure its customers can benefit from the virtualization and cloudification of network functions that this will deliver.”
