Etisalat Selects NEC/Netcracker's NaaS Solution to Accelerate B2B Revenue Growth
2018年3月20日 - 1:30PM
JCN Newswire (英)
NEC Corporation and Netcracker Technology announced today that
Etisalat has selected NEC/Netcracker's Network-as-a-Service (NaaS)
to deploy a complete virtual customer premises equipment (vCPE)
solution for enterprises. Etisalat's use of NEC/Netcracker's NaaS
solution is part of the service provider's larger virtualization
initiative and builds on its recent deployment of the NaaS platform
for residential vCPE.
Etisalat is the leading communications provider in the Middle East,
offering a wide range of 3G, 4G and fiber-to-the-home services to
more than 142 million customers across the region.
As part of the enterprise vCPE program and larger cloud initiative,
called the Sahaab program, Etisalat is using NEC/Netcracker's
full-stack Network-as-a-Service solution comprised with
Self-Service Portals, Service Orchestration and MANO offerings. The
initial service includes security virtual network functions
selected from NEC/Netcracker's Ecosystem 2.0 marketplace. Because
NEC/Netcracker NaaS includes many pre-integrated VNFs from its
Ecosystem 2.0 program, the VNF and service onboarding process was
extremely fast, both technically and commercially. Virtualizing
enterprise-focused customer premises functions, distributed in the
customer premises or centralized in the data center, will enable
Etisalat to deliver higher-value services to both large and small
business customers faster and at a lower cost.
The new capabilities enabled by the vCPE program will help
Etisalat's enterprise customers to securely order, manage and
control their services on demand, becoming more agile and ready to
succeed in the rapidly expanding digital ecosystem.
"Using virtualization to drive more sophisticated functionality to
our business customers will play a major role in enabling their
evolution into digital enterprises, allowing them to open new
revenue streams by offering more diverse services," said Esmaeel Al
Hammadi, Senior Vice President of Network Development at Etisalat.
"We selected NEC/Netcracker's NaaS solution for our large-scale
virtualization program because of its ability to support both
residential and enterprise transformation."
"We are excited to continue supporting Etisalat's virtualization
program, first driving its residential transformation and now its
enterprise-focused initiative," said Shigeru Okuya, Senior Vice
President at NEC Corporation. "Our solution will enable new revenue
opportunities and support Etisalat's evolution into a
next-generation digital service provider."
"Following the deployment of our NaaS solution for its residential
vCPE program, Etisalat's use of the solution for its enterprise
vCPE initiative underscores a commitment to giving customers the
best functionality possible," said Aloke Tusnial, CTO of SDN/NFV at
Netcracker. "By using our sophisticated NaaS solution and Ecosystem
2.0 Program, Etisalat is in a market-leading position to quickly
transform into a cutting-edge digital service provider."
About NEC Corporation
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