Early NFV deployments will target virtualization of the mobile core (EPC) and IMS services
NFV IaaS will open a major opportunity for data center and cloud service providers to play a greater role in the telco services market
Mind Commerce estimates the NFV market to be worth $203 Million in 2014. Growing at a CAGR of 46 % between 2014 and 2019, NFV revenues will reach $1.3 Billion by the end of 2019
Companies with expertise in network virtualization technology as well as commodity hardware manufacturers such as Intel will significantly benefit from the commercialization of NFV