Service Provider SDN Meets Operator Challenges

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Ericsson’s Head of Product Area IP & Broadband (PAIB) Jan Häglund and Emerging Technology Manager for Fixed Network Technologies in Telstra's Chief Technology Office & Innovation group Frank Ruhl gave a joint presentation on service chaining before about 1,500 people Tuesday in the Santa Clara Convention Center’s main hall. Together, they showed Ericsson Service Provider SDN in action in a major operator setting, sending a message that the company has moved into the implementation phase of SDN for Tier 1 operator networks.

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