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NFV and SDN investment looks strong, though service assurance remains crux

March 23, 2017

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Network service assurance remains a top priority for telecom operators, though views on what those assurance levels need to be in a virtualized environment remain in flux. Wireless carriers are likely to avoid virtualizing aspects of their network and services – like voice-over-LTE and voice over Wi-Fi services expected to match performance of legacy systems – if they are not confident their virtualized versions are up to snuff.

A recent report from IHS Markit predicts the service provider network functions virtualization market, including hardware, software and services, will surge from $2.7 billion in 2015, to $15.5 billion by 2020.

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