Sprint announced it is collaborating with Metaswitch and Mavenir as part of its nationwide network functions virtualization OpenStack cloud deployment in a recent company blog post. The vendors will work with Sprint as the operator upgrades its network to gigabit LTE and 5G.
Sprint Chief Operating Officer Günther Ottendorfer wrote in the blog post that network functions virtualization (NFV) is “an essential building block” in accomplishing this feet.
