Telecom network vendor Huawei has opened its Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) open lab in Xi’an, China.
Global operators and partners, including China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, VMware, Red Hat and Canonical, attended the launch ceremony.
Howard Liang, senior vice president and president of Global Technical Services, Huawei, said: “The NFV open lab is an open innovation center of ICT convergence dedicated to being open and collaborative, expanding joint service innovations with partners, and developing the open eco-system of NFV to aggregate values and help customers achieve business success.”
Huawei in a statement said it will build its multi-vendor integration verification platform based on typical service scenarios, as well as accumulate experience through ongoing tests and projects to eventually build an NFV big data analysis platform.
In addition to providing data support for operator NFV network service planning, Huawei will leverage the big data platform to develop joint solutions with industrial organizations, operators, and partners to obtain certifications and authorization from cross-parties.
In the initial phase, Huawei is working closely with China Mobile, VMware, and Red Hat in these areas.
