5G, Cloud & Edge
Learn more about Affirmed Networks 5G solutions, including Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core, Affirmed Multi-Access Edge Computing, and Affirmed Private Network Service.
GlobalData Report
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
5G Mobile Core Disruptors: Competitive Landscape Assessment
In this updated report, Affirmed emerges again as the undisputed leader with the highest rating among 5G mobile core disruptors.
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eBook
Affirmed Private Network Service
Bringing the Power of Hyperscale to Operator-Enabled Private Mobile Networks
The convergence of 5G, MEC, and the cloud enables ultra-fast, secure, and scalable private mobile networks for powerful applications
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White Paper
Affirmed Private Network Service
Deploying Private Mobile Networks on Azure
Bringing the Power of Hyperscale to Operator-Enabled Private Mobile Networks
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Solution Brief
Affirmed Private Network Service
Affirmed Private Network Service
New enterprise 5G networks will outperform Wi-Fi and support a cloud architecture for new service deployment and automation
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Affirmed Private Network Service
Why Private Networks are Essential to Drive Enterprise Digital Transformation
In this IDG white paper, 5G is expected to usher in more speed and potential for enterprise applications and operations.
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Overview Brochure
Affirmed Private Network Service
The Five “Must-Have” Features for Private Networks
5G is more than smartphones. Smart factories, smart cities, and even smart cars are all driving the need for new private 5G networks.
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White Paper
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Total Value of Ownership
The ultimate goal of 5G network transformation is not simply to reduce the cost of a network, but to increase its value.
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Overview Brochure
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Affirmed Networks Company Overview
Affirmed’s cloud-native networks are driving award-winning innovations and deployments with major carriers worldwide.
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Solution Brief
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Affirmed UnityCloud
UnityCloud enables smart factories, connected cities, autonomous cars, telemedicine, and more to reduce their OPEX by 90%.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Breaking Down the Intrinsic Links Between Cloud and 5G
Ashwin Moranganti shows opportunities linking 5G and the cloud—edge compute, private networks, and network slicing.
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Overview Brochure
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
The World Wide Wireless Web
The next iteration of the world wide web will be wireless with billions of new handheld and IoT devices being deployed.
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Infographic
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Why the WWW Needs to Evolve to the World Wide WIRELESS Web
As we move towards a mobile-first society, the world wide web must evolve into what we call the world wide WIRELESS web.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Executive Interview with Ron Parker, CTO, Affirmed Networks
This FierceWireless interview covers wide ranging topics from Affirmed UnityCloud to the company’s vision for 5G core.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
High Performance Next-Gen Core Networks
Affirmed’s Ron Parker and Intel’s Caroline Chan explain the potential of cloud-native, next generation 5G core networks.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
The Promise of NFV: Moving Towards 5G & Cloud Native
This video explores the power and promise of cloud-native 5G NFV to quickly develop profitable and robust implementations.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
The Cloudification of the Network: The First of Its Kind Intelligent Mobile Network
Executives from Intel, Rakuten, and Affirmed explain why network virtualization and going cloud-native are so essential.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Turbocharging the Network Will Pay Dividends for 5G
Caroline Chan and Amit Tiwari underscore the expectations for immersive, high fidelity user experiences at the edge.
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Video
Multi-Access Edge Computing
Q&A about Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) with Randy Cook from Affirmed Networks – Part 1
In Part 1, Randy Cook, explains what Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) is, its functionality, and what use cases it enables.
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Video
Multi-Access Edge Computing
Q&A about Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) with Randy Cook from Affirmed Networks – Part 2
In Part 2 of this series, Randy Cook describes MEC use cases such as localized mobile advertising and stadium applications.
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Video
Multi-Access Edge Computing
Q&A about Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) with Randy Cook from Affirmed Networks – Part 3
In Part 3, Randy Cook describes how service providers can benefit from MEC by bringing applications closer to the edge.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
The Current State of 5G Deployments
Affirmed’s Ashwin Moranganti explains virtualization’s role in 5G orchestration, visibility, and always-on networks.
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White Paper
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
An “Open” Approach to Building 5G Networks
5G isn’t just about redesigning networks around new architectural standards. It’s about rethinking how to deliver services.
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White Paper
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Affirmed & Intel Enable Cost-Effective and High Scale 5G Core
Presenting a state-of-the-art solution for the commercial, standalone 5G core (5GCN) network that reaching 200 Gbps.
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eBook
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
The Critical Role of Next Gen Core Solutions
Ultra-fast mobile broadband is great, but the real benefits of a 5G architecture will come from next-generation core systems.
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eBook
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Win the Race to Revenues with Affirmed UnityCloud
This eBook introduces UnityCloud showing how fast operators can deploy revenue-generating services and enter new markets.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
5G and Affirmed UnityCloud
Introducing UnityCloud: a 5G core, cloud-native solution built on an open, webscale architecture for mobile operators.
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White Paper
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Winning the Race to Revenue
The competition for digital services revenue is underway and coming from all sides: not just traditional service providers.
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Report
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Open Networking Survey Report
This survey looks at open networking solutions that will help telecom and cloud service providers transform their networks.
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Infographic
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Win the Race to Revenue
This colorful infographic illustrates three tracks for increasing top line growth and bottom-line profits.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Affirmed: Becoming the Industry’s First ‘Mobile Core as a Service’
Amit Tiwari, talks to Light Reading about Affirmed's vEPC on AWS—the industry's first 'Mobile Core as a Service.'
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Heavy Reading White Paper
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
5G Service Velocity & the Distributed Cloud
Leading operators are re-architecting their networks for the services that will underpin their success in the 5G era.
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Customer Interview
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Fierce Wireless: DU interview at MWC
Salim Al Balooshi, Chief Infrastructure Officer of Du, discusses 5G and working with Affirmed Networks.
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Virtualization & Content Optimization
Learn more about Affirmed Networks virtualization solutions, including vEPC, Content & Security tools, carrier-grade Wi-Fi, IoT, and Professional Services.
Solution Brief
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Modernize your mobile service networks and build toward 5G with a fully virtualized mobile core platform built on four pillars of innovation.
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Solution Brief
Content & Security
Affirmed Content and Security Services
Create new services in minutes with Affirmed’s content and security services portfolio improving efficiency up to 10x.
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Video
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Affirmed Virtual Evolved Packet Core
5G markets will reach $196 billion by 2023 creating challenges such as scalability, cost, and demand for new services.
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Solution Brief
Global Professional Services
Simplify your Virtualization Deployment with Affirmed Professional Services
Let our Global Professional Services assist with expertise in virtualization from strategy to system integration and support.
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Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Affirmed Networks virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) benchmarks with 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
This paper highlights the performance of Affirmed’s virtualized Evolved Packet Core on Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L processors.
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White Paper
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Economic Impact of NFVI Design Choices
Learn the four critical NFVI design choices that can impact network cost and performance—saving (or costing) millions.
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White Paper
IoT
Three Critical Capabilities for CSPs to Deliver Internet of Things Profitability
Making IoT profitable for CSPs and enterprises requires new processes, faster launches, and new virtualized technologies.
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Customer Interview
Wi-Fi
Affirmed and Orange Partner on Wi-Fi Roaming
Even with 5G services coming to market, there is still a big future for Wi-Fi and other wireless technologies.
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Customer Interview
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Turkcell and Affirmed’s Network Virtualization Journey
Turkcell expects 100X data growth through 2025, with just 1% revenue increase on a network serving 35 million subscribers.
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Video
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Transatel and VMware on the dramatic impact of NFV
Jacques Bonifay of Transatel and Shekar Ayyar of VMware discuss the deployment and key advantages of NFV solutions.
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White Paper
Global Professional Services
Lessons Learned on the NFV Front Lines
No company has more experience with NFV architectures than Affirmed and along the way, we’ve learned some valuable lessons.
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White Paper
Content & Security
Updated*—Best Practices for Mobile Data Optimization
Before supersizing bandwidth for the oncoming flood of mobile traffic from video and IoT devices, think optimization first.
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White Paper
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Winning the Race to Revenue
The competition for digital services revenue is underway and coming from all sides: not just traditional service providers.
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Video
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Performance Benefits of Deploying Virtualized Architectures
Learn about the performance benefits of deploying virtualized architectures in this short 1:25 minute video.
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Video
Content & Security
Discrete Stand-alone Appliances vs. Integrated Functionality
Integrating network functions into one system vs. using specialized appliances reduces complexity and inefficiency.
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Customer Interview
Global Professional Services
Turkcell’s Network Transformation Program
LightReading's Ray Le Maistre interviews Aykut Soner Demirkol of Turkcell about their network transformation program.
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Video
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Affirmed: Becoming the Industry’s First ‘Mobile Core as a Service’
Amit Tiwari, talks to Light Reading about Affirmed's vEPC on AWS—the industry's first 'Mobile Core as a Service.'
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Solution Brief
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Preparing for the Future with Virtualized EPC
With Mobile Content Cloud, network operators can keep up with growing traffic while reducing total cost of ownership.
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On Demand Webinar
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
5G Service Velocity & the Distributed Service Provider Cloud
This webinar explores how advanced 4G and 5G influence the design, deployment and operation of new network architectures.
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White Paper
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Affirmed Mobile Core Tests Demonstrate Scalability, Performance for 5G Networks
Testing of Affirmed Networks virtualized evolved packet core (vEPC) solution shows line rate performance up to 150 Gbps.
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Customer Interview
Content & Security
How Three UK is Leveraging Affirmed’s NFV
In this Heavy Reading interview, Three CTO Bryn Jones explains how Affirmed NFV technology prepared Three for the move to 5G.
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Customer Interview
Affirmed UnityCloud - 5G Core
Fierce Wireless: DU interview at MWC
Salim Al Balooshi, Chief Infrastructure Officer of Du, discusses 5G and working with Affirmed Networks.
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White Paper
Network Slicing
Innovating to Increase Revenue
Despite high costs and declining revenues, the future is bright for innovators that can rapidly launch new mobile services.
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White Paper
Global Professional Services
The State of Play of NFV Today
Network Functions Virtualization has gained remarkable traction in the telecommunications industry but with varied results.
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Customer Interview
Virtual Evolved Packet Core (vEPC)
Etisalat on their NFV Journey Using Affirmed Networks’ Virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC) Solution
A Light Reading interview with Etisalat about their initiative to "cloudify" their network using Affirmed’s vEPC solution.
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Solution Brief
Wi-Fi
Affirmed Wi-Fi: How, When and Wi-Fi
With Wi-Fi hotspots numbers growing, analysts predict up to 80% of all mobile voice and data traffic will be Wi-Fi based.
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Demo
Wi-Fi
Affirmed’s Virtualized Wi-Fi Gateway
Affirmed's ePDG and TWAG allow operators to offer virtualized Wi-Fi access as part of their overall network experience.
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Demo
IoT
Affirmed IoT Overview Demo
Affirmed end-to-end solution includes virtualized connectivity, an IoT Service Platform, and IoT Integration Services.
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White Paper
Wi-Fi
Economic Advantages of Virtualized WiFi Access for VoWiFi
The challenge for mobile service providers is how to increase coverage while reducing the cost of delivering voice services.
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Orchestration, Management & Analytics
Learn more about Affirmed Networks orchestration solutions, including UnityCloud Operations, vProbe, and Network Slicing.
Solution Brief
UnityCloud Operations
UnityCloud Operations
Streamline your evolution to 5G with Affirmed’s award-winning approach to 5G service automation, management, and integration.
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ACG Research Report
UnityCloud Operations
Hybrid Networks: Integrated Provisioning for Virtual and Physical Networks
Learn how Affirmed provides a system for modern network resources and customer service provisioning with hybrid networks.
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Video
UnityCloud Operations
Affirmed Networks’ Service Automation Platform Demo at 5G North America
This six minute video demonstration shows Affirmed Networks’ Service Automation Platform.
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Whiteboard
Virtual Probe & Analytics
Affirmed Virtual Probe and Analytics
Affirmed’s virtual probe and analytics provides built-in network intelligence in a single solution reducing costs up to 50%.
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Network Slicing
Innovating to Increase Revenue
Despite high costs and declining revenues, the future is bright for innovators that can rapidly launch new mobile services.
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Solution Brief
Virtual Probe & Analytics
Affirmed Virtual Probe
More traffic, devices, and competition are fueling the migration of MNOs towards network virtualization.
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Report
Virtual Probe & Analytics
Applying Real-Time Analytics in the Virtualized Mobile Core Network
Solve the challenges of traditional tools by making it possible to probe VNFs in a scalable, cost-effective manner.
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White Paper
Virtual Probe & Analytics
Bringing Virtual Probes and Analytics Together
Telecom operators need real-time analytics to deliver structured data sets and provide context for business decisions.
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Whiteboard
Network Slicing
Automated Network Slicing and Service Assurance
Network slicing is fundamental to operators that need to support diverse services on a common network platform.
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White Paper
Network Slicing
4G & 5G-Ready Network Slicing
Supporting diverse services on a common network platform is a powerful idea with compelling commercial opportunities.
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Solution Brief
Network Slicing
The Affirmed Virtual Slice Selection Function (vSSF)
MNOs can monetize and optimize differentiated mobile services using Affirmed’s Virtual Slice Selection Function (vSSF).
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Whiteboard
UnityCloud Operations
The Affirmed Service Automation Platform
ASAP is an automated configuration management platform that radically simplifies service creation and provisioning.
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